Cockroaches

[onnut]

So here I am laying in bed reading Thaivisa on my iPhone and I feel a sharp nip on my arm. I turned over and saw a very big cockroach run from my pillow.

Is it possible it bit me? There is no mark left but it definitely felt like he bit me.

The best way to describe the feeling is it felt like a hair was pulled out!

Edited July 21, 2010 by onnut

[CHdiver]

It just wanted your iPhone. Change your phone and you will have nothing to worry anymore

[soihok]

Just look at it like it was giving you a massage, a bit like the fish massage.

I don't mind cockroaches that much, but not in the bed.

I really don't like when they launch themselves and fly either, they seem to defy gravity and look well out of control.

[sanook2me]

Just look at it like it was giving you a massage, a bit like the fish massage.

I don't mind cockroaches that much, but not in the bed.

I really don't like when they launch themselves and fly either, they seem to defy gravity and look well out of control.

I didn't know they could fly until i collected on in the ubiquitous Thai sweeping brush one day and shook him out over my balcony... F_cky a ducky it was a like a tranformer a robot in disguise...I absolutely soiled my pants stumbled backwards while grabbing the sliding doors to lock him out.... it was a huge once he spread his wings and somersaulted about in the air with no proper guidance or aim.. Its a survival thing right? they don't normally fly?

The last time i had one in my room he was on my head I had come up from my swimming pool and think he must have crawled into my t shirt and as i pulled it over my head he stayed on it until in my room when he started to scamper around my head...it felt like a fly to start with and then i flicked the tickly area a few times and then this thing fell on the floor and started running like Usain Bolt...it took a fight of over 20 minutes for me to locate him enough times with spray for him to start limping around in the open and for me to swot him with the sweeping brush...

Mrs Sanook returned home and was like <deleted>... the furniture was overturned and spread everywhere I was bent over sweating and red from the exertion and swatting like mad with the Thai sweeping brush and the spray can in my left hand..like the cartoon i was jerry chasing tom... She in her Thai way "you big bod..tammai scare(d) small malaang saab..he not hurt you..my samee..ben gay chai mai?)

Me thinking yeah but thats not the point but knowing the arguement was lost before i defended myself..

I hate them when they are in my home...outside i'm none to fussed..thats cockroach not my wife

[Familyonthemove]

Great post - made me laugh out loud when I was on a phone call.

And yes - about the OP's post - they do nip - but I think they are seeing if you are edible rather than a concerted attack.

Edited July 22, 2010 by Familyonthemove

[bkkjames]

Guess the OP will not be going comando tonight? 

Keep a light on - cockroaches don't like em. Remove the leftover cheeseburger on your comforter. Cut your toe-nails. Get a cat. Sleep with one eye open.

[robblok]

Guess the OP will not be going comando tonight? 

Keep a light on - cockroaches don't like em. Remove the leftover cheeseburger on your comforter. Cut your toe-nails. Get a cat. Sleep with one eye open.

One of my dogs seems to kill them too, but even if you clean your house well and leave no food out if the neighbors dont do the same you still get them.

[soihok]

Great post - made me laugh out loud when I was on a phone call.

And yes - about the OP's post - they do nip - but I think they are seeing if you are edible rather than a concerted attack.

Yeah , made me laugh too...nice one.

[onnut]

My wife has been telling me for years that they bite, I've never believed her and always took the piss when she comes out with it!

They don't half nip! And I found that out last night.

[ballpoint]

Be sure to let us know when they start taking your parking space.

[MrBrad]

There's a chance that because of this insect bite you will develop an itchy rash that does spread on your body, but is not contagious. It only gets worse, as was my case after a few days. If something like that develops, it's best to see a doctor for some meds.

[Gladiator]

It may not be the meek, but the cockroaches that inherit the earth.

According to some - if they are decapitated, they will still survive until ultimately they die of starvation.

Another useless fact of information

[inthepink]

Yes, apparently they can live for up to nine days after you cut their head off. They die of dehydration though I think, rather than starvation. The reason they carry on living is because they have two nerve centres, one in their head and one in their backside. I believe this is also why they can run as fast backwards as they can forwards.

The worst encounter I had with one was rubbing one on my face. I didn't do it on purpose, I picked a hand towel up in the bathroom of a small office I was renting at the time to wipe my face dry and it had a cockroach sitting on it. Made me feel quite sick. I tried drowning one once but after 10 minutes gave up as it seemed impossible.

Edited July 22, 2010 by inthepink

[Phil Conners]

I usually wrap them up in tissue before squashing and flushing them. Yuk.

[Gladiator]

Yes, apparently they can live for up to nine days after you cut their head off. They die of dehydration though I think, rather than starvation. The reason they carry on living is because they have two nerve centres, one in their head and one in their backside. I believe this is also why they can run as fast backwards as they can forwards.

Hence the experession, I suppose, of 'arse-about-face' !!!!

[NancyL]

I thougt we keep a clean house and I change out the roach traps monthly. Recently we added a 4 month old kitten to the household and he likes to get up at 5 am with Hubby. Hubby reports that while he surfs the Internet the kitten prowls around looking for those large cockroaches. He gets at least one or two every day. I have to take his word for it, though, because by the time that I get up all that's left is a few leg parts or something that looks like it may have been part of a cockroach. Hubby swears the cat isn't eating the roaches, just batting them around so much that they eventually fall apart.

[onnut]

Cockroaches don't only go after food waste. They can also eat paper and cardboard, apparently they like it! So it does not mean you have a dirty house just because you have cockroaches.

I have to say though that I am amazed and surprised that they nip or bite people. And feeling one nip me first hand has made me hate them even more.

Thing is I am really terrified of spiders, and when I lay in bed and feel something crawl over me I really crap myself, jump up thrash around and then realise it was just a bloody cockroach!!!

Can I borrow your cat NancyL?

Edited July 22, 2010 by onnut

[Beetlejuice]

Cockroaches don't only go after food waste. They can also eat paper and cardboard, apparently they like it! So it does not mean you have a dirty house just because you have cockroaches.

I have to say though that I am amazed and surprised that they nip or bite people. And feeling one nip me first hand has made me hate them even more.

Thing is I am really terrified of spiders, and when I lay in bed and feel something crawl over me I really crap myself, jump up thrash around and then realise it was just a bloody cockroach!!!

Can I borrow your cat NancyL?

They don`t actually bite, but have sharp spines on their legs that can pierce the skin.

I read that cockroaches are the most intelligent of the insects and probably the most repulsive.

Some cockroach facts:

http://www.essortmen...anthro_ryoa.htm

Let's say a cockroach finds itself in a frigid climate where the temperature has plunged below freezing. What do you think it would do? Keep in mind that the mercury has dropped below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, 0 Celsius.

If you roll your eyes and answer, "Whatever," you're absolutely right. The cockroach would do whatever it needs to do to exist. If it were living near you, this tough, little insect would simply become your housemate. So you haven't bought groceries for about two weeks? No problem. The cockroach holds a black belt to the infinite degree in survival.

This six-legged critter can live without food for an entire month and hold its breath for forty minutes if necessary. Even if you cut off its head, it would still run around the house for about a week before dying of thirst because its brain is not in its head. It's scattered throughout its body.

You'll be wasting your time trying to figure out how this little ninja with more than eighteen knees broke into your house. Young ones can squeeze through a crevice no thicker than a tip of a dime, while the older and fatter ones may need access equivalent to the thickness of the edge of a quarter. It'll certainly wear you out trying to chase it. It can run up to three miles in a hour before calling it a day.

The cockroach world does not exist of dating or romantic warm-up rituals. The female mates only once and is pregnant for the rest of her life. Sounds heartbreaking? Think again. Her heart is nothing but a simple tube with valves that pump blood back and forth. The heart can even stop without causing harm to the insect.

Batman and Spiderman may have to sit on the curb with Superman with Master Cockroach around. A set of claws on its feet enables it to climb a wall as easily as it scoots across the kitchen counter. Its attennae, which rival NASA's Global Positioning System, help it locate family and friends with state-of-the-art precision. Its set of eyes, made up of 4,000 individual lenses, allows it to see simultaneously in all directions. Its rear end is equipped with a motion detector that lets it know which way to scat when its safety is jeopardized. And unlike other creatures, this insect sheds its skeleton, not its skin.

Ever wonder why the cockroach is so difficult to eliminate? You know that white gook that spurts out when it's stepped on or bitten into? That's more than stored fat. The cockroach turns valuable nutrients into an energy source which helps it neutralize or lessen life-threatening chemicals. And if it doesn't chew its food properly, that's okay. It has another set of teeth inside its digestive system that finishes the work.

There are nearly 4,000 known species of cockroach. Their existence dates back to more than 200 million years. Some of the more interesting ones include the Madeira cockroach of Portugal, which emits such a foul odor when threatened, one would think a huge beast had died. There was one discovered in South America that was six inches in length with a twelve-inch wing span.

Edited July 22, 2010 by Beetlejuice

[zzaa09]

Guess the OP will not be going comando tonight?

Keep a light on - cockroaches don't like em. Remove the leftover cheeseburger on your comforter. Cut your toe-nails. Get a cat. Sleep with one eye open.

Thai roaches have better taste than to go for a "cheeseburger".

[Daewoo]

I am thining, screw the cat (not literaly), get an Issan girl, and a bit of chilli oil. Insect problem solved.

[buddy]

Be sure to let us know when they start taking your parking space.

Be scared when you spot them using Maltesers for body building sessions.

[t.s]

Cockroaches don't only go after food waste. They can also eat paper and cardboard, apparently they like it! So it does not mean you have a dirty house just because you have cockroaches.

I have to say though that I am amazed and surprised that they nip or bite people. And feeling one nip me first hand has made me hate them even more.

Thing is I am really terrified of spiders, and when I lay in bed and feel something crawl over me I really crap myself, jump up thrash around and then realise it was just a bloody cockroach!!!

Can I borrow your cat NancyL?

I gave up using bar soap in my downstairs bathroom because I would open the door late at night and spit 3 or 4 gong to town on the dove. They would leave gouges or tracks in the soap, and after a few days their progress was remarkable