Hope you all are well. The name of the insect that I will tell you about today is Cockroach. It has different names in different countries. As I am a native of Pakistan, this insect is called Cockroach in our country. This cockroach is a hideous and ugly creature like a cicada. These insects are not only scary to look at, but their presence can cause many diseases in the house. It is said that in a city in the United States, these insects were present in abundance, there was an epidemic, but when these insects were eliminated from there by conducting a cleaning campaign, the epidemic will also end automatically.

These insects spread stomach diseases and especially intestinal diseases are caused by them. The habits and characteristics of these insects are such that there is no better place for them than at home. These insects like moisture and heat very much. They are mostly found in dark and dirty drains and kitchens. You will also find a large number of them in the garbage.

They are big gluttons and often prefer to eat things that are used by humans. In a way, you can call them robbers because they take their share of your food, which is why they hang around kitchens. If they don't get the food they want, they eat everything that comes in their way, in which case clothes, wood, even paint are not safe from their attack. These insects contaminate ten to fifteen times the amount of food they eat. It can be considered in this light how much food they spoil overall in Pakistan. They carry various kinds of dirt with them and can add this dirt to any food. The germs live in their stomach for about six weeks.

It should be clear by now that cicada and cockroaches, these seemingly harmless insects are a real menace in the home. They should in no way be considered inferior to a fly or a mosquito. While cockroaches are very harmful and cause diseases, guess what, there are 30 million cockroaches being bred in China. Cockroaches may not be liked or screamed at, but it is a source of income for the people of China. Due to its potential medicinal properties, cockroaches are providing new business opportunities for the Chinese industry. In China as well as in many Asian countries, cockroaches are fried and eaten, but now they are being bred on a large scale in China.

When the cockroaches are large, they are crushed and used as a syrup in traditional Chinese medicine. It is used in the treatment of hand, stomach ulcers, respiratory distress and other ailments.

A cockroach breeder in the African country of Tanzania has told how his fortunes have changed in this business. He said that when I started cockroach farming, people thought I was crazy, but I now earn a good amount of money from this business and now it seems that cockroaches are taking over the East African country. Last month, a video of famous Tanzanian singer and model Saumu Hamisi eating nutritious cockroaches went viral. The singer said that cockroaches taste like fish and white meat and according to her Use coconut oil to make kebabs or to fry cockroaches for roasting.

This farmer said that now customers from outside Tanzania get information from him to buy cockroaches. According to him, the business of breeding cockroaches in Tanzania has not been recognized by the majority of farmers. I want more people to be interested in this work so that we can provide more of them to the market. You guessed it, in China and in Africa, this cockroach is used as food and is eaten with great enthusiasm by grilling and frying, but our religion does not allow them.

How can we get rid of cockroaches?

Many times, no matter how clean your house is, the cockroach problem still persists and people do not understand how to get rid of cockroaches without hiring the services of an exterminating company.

Here are some common ways cockroaches come into your home not to scare you, but to get food. So an easy recipe to keep them away from the house is to not leave leftover food in the kitchen. Similarly, wet objects like standing water in a pot, leaking water from a pipe, even wet clothes attract them. They are a means of quenching thirst. So removing these sources from their reach not only prevents them from entering the home, but also eliminates them if any are present in the home. Similarly, piles of newspaper boxes or garbage cans also force cockroaches into homes. So keeping the house organized also helps to keep these pests at bay.

Cockroaches do not need an open door or window to enter the house, they can enter the house through an inch wide crack, so look for possible entry points in the house, especially close the small openings. So in this way one can get rid of cockroaches. Now sprays to kill them are also available in the market, they are also killed by spraying.

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