I have to say, I really, really don't miss the roaches. There's lots of things I miss about the South, but flinching every time I walk into my garage at night? Not one of them.

I was a little surprised we have NM size roaches up here in B'more. But I shouldn't have been, it makes sense given the population density and housing stock. I just didn't have them in the more suburban area I lived (I saw the little ones, but those don't freak me out.)

I had a random water bug in my place the other night. Now I know there are more and am squicked.

Blinds between 10:30 and 11:30.

Waterbugs=roaches?? I google waterbugs and find some truly horrifying nonstompable pictures of nightmares.

waterbugs are the big black roaches. huh, and now by checking out the fabulous what's that bug, I see they are American roaches, so now I wonder, what are the smaller lighter brown things?

eta - the same site answered my question - the smaller lighter ones are German cockroaches and much harder to get rid of.

If buying some of the diawhatever earth, how much to treat a full apt - say 950 sq ft? 1lb? 5 lb?

Huh - I usually use "waterbug" to mean those horrible things with a zillion legs that turn up in the bathtub sometimes.

Nah, waterbugs are the enormous roaches that may fly. Shudder.

Got to the grocery store before they closed and got roach motels that kill even the ones that don't eat the bait. But I'm looking at the entrance and it looks too small. Unless they just need to stick their heads in. Got home and there were two crawling on the wall and ceiling and found a body in my bedroom.

I'm in the country! It's gold courses and horse farms! Whyfore the cockroaches?!

I have major squick due to three years working in kitchens in the South. When I was in training, we came back from Christmas leave and opened up the cooking classroom and flicked on the lights and thousands of baby roaches went scurrying under the stove. I spent five minutes stomping them with my boots and then i wanted to throw up.

I just got a couple of 7 oz bottles. Haven't even finished off one and I sprayed a light trail around the basement door & window, inside the sink cabinet, outside the basement steps (all washed away now) and along the kitchen baseboards, knowing I'll vacuum that up soon. All they have to do is walk through it and it makes their insides explode. YAY!

It's just a fine powder, goes a long way.

Jessica, I think those are Silverfish.