I have 450 sq ft that's on the ground floor. Like almost 0 elevation at all from street level. 100 year old building. I live a 10 minutes walk away from the Pacific Coast, SF climate

Every time I wake up and go to the bathroom, I see 2-5 insects in it. 1-2 are cockroaches, rest are some other small thing. Flies maybe? Always see some cockroach droppings on sink counter that I have to spray and wipe down

Every time I leave a room dark for a few hours and turn on the lights, I always see 1-3 insects

During the day with lights on, I notice 1-4 insects per hour in various places excluding tiny fruit flies. Those I probably see like 5 times a day

Problem has been getting worse since I've moved in but this is also the first summer I've lived through in this place

And if I need pest control, how much work is it to have them come in? Should I just move apartments if I need them?

  • GaveUp [love/loves]
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    22 days ago

    I have looked into this but tbh would rather not expose myself to the conditions of the unfortunate and give myself cancer

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7660981/

    • Dickey_Butts [none/use name]
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      22 days ago

      That's for people who work in mines or construction where debris is in the air constantly. You shouldn't breathe it in, for sure, but that's true of basically anything. If you are worried about it, you can try a slurry of borax detergent and some kind of sweetener as a bait that will kill them but I haven't had as much luck with that method.