How do insecticides kill cockroaches?

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[@carithe9rodugy]

Right but L ending

[@DBRADify]

No....Joey won't be missed.

[@emarine]

this

[@tizocalonzo7652]

lol

[@Commander_HW]

lol

[@adarshgaurav1124]

Lol

[@romanflores5505]

Exactly

[@Username-or9nr]

That exoskeleton won't protect him against my shoe

[@Daniel-is3iy]

User name lmao

[@hashrielizz9590]

DAS RIGHT BITCH

[@duranmclemore8392]

You say that yet they still manage to keep scurrying

[@cpt_proton3813]

Or the vacuum cleaner.

[@YourFriendlyTrader]

Too messy spraying them with whatever that shit is more u kno clean

[@s.a.m77]

Who came here cause you suddenly got curious while spraying insecticide to roaches?

[@nevik7048]

S.A.M me lol

[@oscarruiz5866]

Me...

[@seanpalomo1313]

Me..and are you stoned as well?

[@amandaruiz260]

omg me lmbo

[@stampedmetalsword8099]

Yeah I just sprayed a cockroach with insecticide.

[@genzod-i6e]

Who came here after spraying some roaches.

[@rarekayy]

C G me. 😭😭😭😹😹

[@fbibarbie]

Damn was wondering how it kills them so fast just to find out it does not it kills them very slow and they are paralyzed and likely have no idea why their body wont function while they starve to death.... uhh feel a lil bad now not going to lie XD

[@tristan_840]

hahaha! I'm just curious

[@ewoenam9919]

was a big boy, spilt a drink in my bag and forgot to wash it :(

[@mwakahannah4188]

😂 😂 Me they kept turning over and I got curious

[@brandonneilsta.teresa3494]

So it doesn't really "kill" the bug, but it paralyzes them slowly until starvation kills them. Genius!

[@amruthtk7856]

Actually ants will kill em before they die of starvation IG

[@akhatr961]

this video is proof that you can literally search any random thought you have and find an explanation for it

[@Tubeytime]

Gotta love the internet

[@gfig49]

Yes 😂

[@antoniovargasr]

wait, so they are alive when we throw them through the WC or the garbage? they are just paralized? :O

[@kiranroy2063]

Antonio Vargas i ve got the same qustion

[@TraderTravels]

yes

[@tacos394]

interesting never thought about this :/

[@DBT1007]

that's why u should kill em after they paralized because the bug spray. like.. pierce them

[@Arphalia]

I’d light them on fire >_>

[@lovellasofiagadia5664]

When I spray on cockroaches I actually pity them...but I cant have them crawling all over me while I am sleeping

[@cosmicfrank5465]

@Jimmy Strudel them bitches dont pay rent

[@kinglegitto1848]

I have no pity for disgusting creatures that serve no real purpose in nature

[@remita3569]

@Jimmy Strudel not just diarrhea, they can actually kill you. cockroach may carry salmonella or ecoli from literal shit and infect u with it. Plus they are fucking disgustingly ugly

[@onur405]

lol actually sometimes we need some product and we dont know how can get ıt for example last year ı was need insecticide for barbecue and ı searched ı found some product and very usefull jut not for barbceue ım using under the wall :D if somebody need like this product you can look ...(youre welcome from now) amzn.to/3710EHg

[@skylightdown1]

same dude i feel bad killing them but they wake me up at 3 am

[@learnprogramming123]

I saw a cockroach on the wall of my bathroom. I sprayed him, he fell down, ran stray for few seconds and then turned upside down on his shell. I watched him carefully. He tried hard to stretch his legs but failed. Felt kinda bad for him and all his sufferings. And that brought me to this video to understand that pain of him. It is nice that this chemical give them easy death.

[@themostknownunknown1887]

Ayman Sudad Classic🤣😂😭

[@NeonSuperNovas]

Easy death??? They’re paralyzed until they starve to death lmao!

[@KoeSeer]

no, not easy. it's basically shutting down their entire system, especially heart and respiratory. They die from heart attack and being choked to death. but don't sad for them. There are dozens of cockroaches for every family member in your house.

[@ian-hm6cx]

No it's not nice bruh we need to make roach spray that makes them suffer like the little fucks they are

[@louis8487]

I wish the most painful and drawn out deaths for cockroaches.

[@doomedoyster]

Very interesting. Sprayed insecticide on a cockroach in my garage last week. It stopped moving almost instantly. 24 hours later he was in the same spot but his antennae were still moving.

[@zebrashark23]

I assume he is now dead?

[@BOYATobyGames789]

​@@zebrashark23 well it has been 3 years...

[@bullman3602]

@@BOYATobyGames789 nah he still chilling bro

[@Henrique-gg4fs]

@@zebrashark23 I think 3 years later we can assume its dead !

[@ahamster312]

What is the update on the cockroach now

[@11lhlewis80]

2:29 “and as for poor Joey... He will be missed” *no*

[@undeadnightorc]

Wait, so it only paralyzes them? The label on my can of raid says "kills on contact". I always assumed death was instantaneous.

[@oscarfunez3806]

Yes it will in minutes. Its like shutting down your brain. Once your brain shut down completely it cannot be restarted. It's just a pile of meat. Same here. They will die in minutes because of suffocation and body function not operating.

[@autumngrace3915]

It paralyzes them instantly, it takes a bit for them to ACTUALLY die but they won’t move until then

[@notarmchairhistorian7779]

If say thats a plus. They die a slow. ... painful death!

[@HBKilluminati7]

Do you not know what shutting the system down means? Their heart doesn’t have magic powers to keep going.

[@nagariboshiwolf]

@@HBKilluminati7 to be fair, i have noticed a couple of times where i have sprayed a roach or other insect with raid, and it appears completely dead/paralyzed, and then the next day or 2 later (if i just leave it lying there in the garage) ill notice a leg twitch or something and it like borderline looks like it's coming to life again. Dunno if it always KILLS them even though I dowse them in a shit ton of it lol. sometimes theyre like relentless zombies

[@anthyavila9726]

I first saw this video a few weeks ago and it was news to me that they were just paralyzed, thereafter, after spraying roaches, instead of just sweeping them into the trash bin, I take them outside and step on them until I hear a crunch. I was kinda furious at the thought that I possibly let some of them live before. Well, that would Never. Happen. Again.

[@ripfrickingben]

idk about you but I'm happy to know that they are paralyzed until they can do nothing but succumb to the realization of inevitable starvation and defenselessness

[@second6028]

This comment was way funnier than it should’ve been💀💀💀 It sounded like you cared and were putting them outa their misery at first then ur just like “possibly let some of them live” LMAO Lowkey a plot twist

[@catboydale]

28 dislikes were from Cockroachs

[@ridwan9610]

its from those who keep roaches as pet 🐸

[@catboydale]

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[@catboydale]

@Jeff Sanders Shit. You really are THAT bored aren't you.

[@zzoldd]

Terraformars

[@ohhhkayden]

KZbin really does have everything i wonder about randomly 😆

[@cameonashipleftonaplane698]

That's how I always end up in the rabbit hole 🐰 🕳️ it never fails. 👀😂🤣👁️🤳🏾

[@Jared-pn9zx]

After watching this I still have no Idea how it works, but as long the spray works I’m happy!

[@andrewstrongman305]

This doesn't quite match my observations. When hit with insecticides, flies and cockroaches try to clean themselves, then move erratically until they end up on their backs with legs kicking spastically. When they stop moving, they are dead. In hot, dry conditions the body dries out within hours. Paralysis and starvation are not factors.

[@phyzarel1845]

andrew strongman maybe they overdosed first

[@marsthedude1]

Hey Andrew. They try to clean themselves because they know something bad is on them and they want it off. The best way they know how is to try and clean themselves.

[@jtspiky]

it is also a stomach poison. obviously an overdose occurs in most situations especially with killing them with something like a can of mortein or similar. pyrethrins are usually used for long term residual products and rely on the insect to go over a sprayed area enough to get a lethal dose. so when it is dry the cockroach will still make contact with the product but at a lower dose slowly interupting the nervous system.

[@Boom-ue8zo]

I heard that if roaches turn on their back it will kill them because their muscle or somethibg

[@andrewstrongman305]

@@Boom-ue8zo Hahahaha! Good luck with that!

[@cedim620]

This may be true in certain situations... But it's not true of raid that I'm using. They die outright as soon as they are sprayed and it look painful and or agonizing... It's quite rewarding to see them suffer after being grossed out by their presence in my abode... I live in a duplex and I didn't have roaches until a certain new neibor came along.

[@TheChoujinVirus]

not all roaches come into dirty apartments, weather can make them scurry in

[@Aymeerah]

TheChoujinVirus right, especially in tropical environments!

[@MrCurly210]

Yuck as. Your new neighbour was harboring roaches.

[@DrexSux]

That neighbor a roach

[@DrexSux]

Nicholas King Whose mans is this?? That’s horrible advice LMAO

[@filiplaskovski9993]

I gotta say this was very to the point and informative no bullshit!! Well explained sir !! 👍🏼

[@anubhavgautam3182]

Man it’s 1:30 in the morning and I just woke up with scurrying noises. Feels like I’m in the World War III with roaches and a can of spray.

[@SKIP__ADS]

Legend has it Joey Still watches over his great great grandkids to this day

[@sim-yv4zg]

pray him with raid to find out👀

[@VanDonMyWay]

Fun fact: you actually search this

[@Peadeymclovin]

This is definitely the type of video that KZbin would recommend, but you are right I definitely searched for this😂

[@Sara3346]

I didn't.

[@Ty-uk6eu]

Yes

[@sabertoothno34]

Yep it's currently 5:29 A.M and I randomly thought of this

[@petefabio1530]

Guess what I AM

[@lostn65]

Does it do the same thing with flies? When you spray them, they increase their speed and fly around erratically, bumping into everything in sight until they don't have the energy to keep it up, then they buzz around for a while until it ends.

[@BTNZ]

Ok, that actually went from a fun video to a science lesson, real quick!

[@tobe3940]

What kind of person are you to see a roach on the thumbnail and think that that video will be a fun one?!

[@fuckoff6513]

So when you see them without any movement they're actually alive but paralyzed. That's creepy.

[@brunovaz]

There's no practical distinction when it comes to insects

[@TheLegoPro154]

Thanks for explaining! I really like your channel and I wish you could make more videos quicker.

[@user-zt4bc2ut2c]

Saw your channel on a TedEd video's comment section. Great job, dude!

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

RAID ANT AND ROACH SPRAY kills on contact

[@kirjian]

So raid doesn't kill them, it paralyzes them until they starve to death or are eaten by other insects? A much more fitting death tbh.

[@mrdotpotato7573]

I removed my bed, desk, sliding doors that go to my closet, and my bookshelf just to find one roach and spraying him till he stopped moving

[@spiritualopportunism4585]

Good

[@Brett-kg7je]

Notice how you sprayed the insecticide right onto the food

[@sooooooooDark]

gives the dish the special "something"

[@DBT1007]

it's the special secret formula to make the dish more delicious

[@coolkids123443]

it wont fucking kill you theres a reason there is fda you fuck bitch

[@laurawest6336]

@@coolkids123443 lol

[@MCWOriginal]

It’s the Krabby Patty secret formula

[@davidchavarriamendez9091]

Really interesting. I used to think the poison kills roaches, but it's hunger.

[@JalenWhite1111]

I got high and killed a roach, that’s how I got here...

[@Cookie-gw1vv]

🤡

[@faithredpath2695]

same

[@levid5102]

being high and battling roaches is the most visceral and terrifying thing

[@urto8667]

????

[@levid5102]

lol shit just happened again

[@KenChan-d2k]

RIP and my respect Joey, you sacrifice yourself for an informative eduactional video.

[@gabrieltrejo1069]

This is all false smh raid will kill a roach and not just immobilize it

[@cluer1]

Maria Gallegos I sprayed a roach with raid and left it alone days later it’s started to slowly crawl again. Try it if you don’t believe it.

[@NostalgicRemedy]

Marvin Martinez that’s because it’s regaining its ability to move. It will eventually die from respiratory problems

[@PardeepKumar-ri8kj]

ùr channel is really amazing . people will definitely support ur channel

[@dogecorgi2287]

Came here for my research paper... Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@kirjian]

Can the effect wear off? Does that mean that roaches can potentially move again?

[@kingkatyusha2424]

It just took half a can of fly spray to kill a spider bigger than my hand, usually I pick them up in a container and take it to the other side of the street but I noticed them returning back a week later.

[@Cronyth]

Where do you live? Australia?

[@nimomemre6550]

Starvation ??? ......... actually the respiratory system will soon fail along with the paralysis of cardiac muscles, leading to suffocation or heart attack.

[@Mentis-de]

God blessed the man who invented this🙏 I used lived for 3 weeks in west africa and insecet sprays were my best friends 👍

[@rocifier]

Look up the Bhopal disaster, the journey hasn't been as straightforward as one man who invented insecticides and profited.

[@davidbanner9851]

Very fascinating…also makes me wonder…how the hell did anyone ever figure this stuff out🤯

[@ghostmutt4265]

Oi I know. I think the same thing. Like thankyou to the people that worked this out and also stuff like sun screen and telephones. Like wtf.... if it was up to me, we would not have a wheel yet

[@daveb0789]

Lex Luthor quote : some people can read "War and Peace" and come away thinking it's a simple adventure story. Others can read the ingredients on a chewing gum wrapper and unlock the secrets of the universe.

[@davidbanner9851]

@@daveb0789 the poor guy who actually came up with that great line won’t ever get credit for it…only Lex Luther will😅

[@xXFOYXxQ8]

I love when my cockroaches start flipping and doing parkour!

[@malpasoman]

I always thought they were being slowly dissolved like an acid affect

[@K99K237]

I wondered how it works, searched it on youtube and there is a video about it. Internet is awesome

[@anythingtheater-6893]

what do you use for the animations? which application?

[@BasementDweller_]

So wait that means they’re still alive? I almost feel bad spraying then.

[@km077]

Was watching this while having an eye on a fly break-dancing on my floor. Very enjoyable, quickly pressed the like button like never before.

[@Sumyii9]

I saw a cockroach on my fire stove, I don't know if I should spray it since I worry that it'll be dangerous. The fire is not on but I dont know if it will be dangerous in causing a fire with the lingering pesticide in the air inside the kitchen?

[@BrandonSmith-rb1bf]

Its crazy that there is only one video on this...

[@thoughtthinkingthought]

What software is used to make these videos? Hope to grow to half of what this channel has come to, keep it up!

[@Moth1337]

what ever happened? did you give up? its been 6 years and probably dont use this account anymore but im curious

[@Anquarza]

So it's basically nerve gas for insects because they disrupt the nervous system?

[@ajaykumar-xy6pw]

nice channel bro, very informative with nice animation slides... keep it up and you will definitely get the big audience. I will share your channel as much as possible

[@Lion_lamb]

How do you reverse it? I paralyzed the wrong roach

[@amiah1224]

Does this apply to bed bugs?

[@caroldawn9296]

Wait, so does it kill them instantly or does it just paralyze it and make it doomed to torture for the rest of its short life? Because now I feel bad.

[@nooneeey]

It paralyzes them until they starve. That’s why they twitch for days after spraying them.

[@TaskSwitcherify]

Great... But I didn't expect a lesson in Electromagnetism 🤣 Nice video!!

[@notallthatbad]

So you are basically paralyzing them until they starve to death. Damn.

[@Examplist]

do i have to spray them directly ? or can i spray a place before hand and then when they walk past it it will get inside their system

[@misaelaquino1461]

Damn, I'll never thought its that complex.

[@maggiesanders1011]

Okay so here's the thing I sprayed some Insecticide around the house during the day due to them roaches And they all started popping up and going crazy running around faster than usual so I'm wondering do I have to spray them directly or will they just die after a while of exposure to the insecticide that I sprayed

[@gamers-xh3uc]

That’s normal they will die soon or later but you need to spray the room with raid or whatever you use and wait for them to suffer like they are doing they are literally burning alive so they are desperate to escape

[@somewhatacat7526]

Ah! So i am just like a cockroach sprayed with insecticide: dead inside

[@AliveForMusic]

Can you explain to me why do I feel pity when I kill them? I instantly feel deeply bad...

[@Elsa-wg6tj]

So they don't die? They just become paralyze?

[@cattfishh7331]

I am here because I was sitting on my bed, studying for a midterm when a 2+ inches cockroach RAN into my room. My family is already sleeping so I don't want to wake anyone up. It has just crawled underneath my bedframe, and I'm scared to get off my bed. The only thing I have is a baseball bat, a BB gun, and a can of CV-80D insect spray. I tried spraying it for 5+ sec and it didn't seem to have an effect. The cockroach ran back under my bed and I don't hear or see it anymore....I can't sleep guys. Help!

[@thakurrkhrish]

u fine now?

[@cattfishh7331]

yeah, i am, thanks. i texted my mom, who woke up and ran to the garage and grabbed some insecticide

[@thakurrkhrish]

@@cattfishh7331 😂 gg

[@anjalikukreti1589]

That was informative, thankyou! I do have 2 questions though. 1. Cockroaches can survive being in water ,atleast for 30-40 min . So having holes in the exoskeleton for respiration ,how they don't suffocate? 2. Also,they can still roam around having their head chopped off. But who is signaling to wiggle/walk on their legs ,since brain is already out of picture?

[@SujalRajput10]

You can very easily find both the answer on google. In short Roaches simply close their spiracles so that no water can enter their bodies, and then travel up the drain. This regulates water loss, so precious water vapor within their bodies won’t be expelled. Because roaches don’t use their mouths to breathe, they can live in this state for up to a week, even without a head. The headless roach will eventually die because it can’t eat or drink without its mouth. Plus, the roach brain does not control this breathing and blood does not carry oxygen throughout the body. So it can breathe without a head.... But it's pretty vague explanation...try to do your own research....

[@zzoldd]

Short, simple and awesome. Thanks, and sorry Joey ;(

[@xFlow777]

It's not just cockroaches any bugs, you spray them with raid and 2 seconds later they're "dead". So they aren't technically dead? They are just paralyzed? Can it wear off if you don't kill them?

[@dragospahontu]

Depends on the bug. Sprayed a spider in the bathroom and the next morning I found him curled up but probably not dead.

[@socialite1283]

So, flyspray doesn't actually kill insects, it just prevents them from moving? What about neurons in the brain? How would the flyspray affect the insect brains?

[@MayaAshAnimation]

Wait...they don’t die. They become paralyzed and just starve to death? Brutal

[@RzVids]

So it doesn’t kill it, it just paralyzes it permanently?

[@pyroromancer]

funny how this can also describe parkinson's. I wonder if there's a link

[@OmarJIBAR]

So informative 👍

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

Hmmm... I though the communication between two neurons was via chemical neurotransmitters. Do insecticides also affect human neurons?

[@MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs]

Tell me why Thank you for taking your time to clarify this point.

[@fartmerchant762]

You're welcome

[@rob-ron4231]

I went to the bathroom Saw one sprayed it Saw it crawling to the wall knowing it was only a few seconds before he fall He did and he went on his back then all i see is him trying to move his legs Now he not moving Then I got curious how it worked

[@bbx_kalki1128]

Does it hurt them ??

[@metkic94]

SO iit dosen't kill them , it only makes them unable to move ? what about their hearth does it stop ?

[@Allplussomeminus]

So that's why they kick their legs around so wildly when you spray them... The overload of the electric signal... Eventually building up so intensely it becomes paralyzed.

[@rutuja2878]

How long does it take for a roach to starve

[@TheTriangle444]

everybody in the comments talking till roach starts flying

[@ivanhugh5372]

So they just go paralysed and die due to starvation huh... they aren't moving but still alive?

[@remitoinfinity]

Same question here. It's said that they can survive weeks without food and drink. The video mentioned starvation as the cause for their deaths, which means they won't die until weeks after that??

[@ivanhugh5372]

@@remitoinfinity ikr.....

[@rohitsinghal1903]

Interesting 😮

[@ArkFisted]

I always thought it was the scent of the pesticide that kills them

[@rubens.4116]

What? I thought it acted like an acid and burned them or something similar.

[@Popcornnnn__]

Does it also somehow expand their bodies? Coz I just gave the roaches at my home a nice dose of insecticide and they've died now but are double their sizes.. And now the triggering part ( *TW*) I tried to stamp one or two and heard a big loud crunch, it was the case with the baby roaches too

[@koravik123]

But how insecticide keep the gates open exactly?

[@Opeyemi.sanusi]

But mine don’t freeze and die by hunger they scratch freak out and turn upside down.

[@mdshaifudin2613]

Thank for info.

[@cardinal321]

I sprayed insecticide on a crippled mosquito thinking it would euthanize it and end its agony. Didn't know it just paralyzed it, threw the poor soul out of the window thinking it was dead :(

[@fdlarts7676]

Hol up, so they don't actually die instantly? That's kind of sad... necessary but sad...

[@ares679]

That exoskeleton doesn't protect him from ducks lol

[@princedemetri]

Damn… I thought this killed them right away.. not paralyzed them

[@cassandrarousos3555]

But how do they work on spiders? When you spray spiders they flip flop around before death

[@christopherr6284]

I sprayed around the house with Spectracide Bug Stop Home Barrier, and a large cockroach fell off the ceiling onto the floor. I then sprayed it with Raid and it flipped over and appeared to have died for good. I watched this video, and wondered... I grabbed a bottle of 91% isopropyl alcohol and poured it on him (roughly 1 hour later), and despite looking like he was dead, his legs started going crazy. He was never dead.

[@seaofcuriosity]

Joey will definitely not be missed .

[@johncarloinfiesto9568]

I use Baygon. How about u?

[@robindiddams4663]

since its an issue with the voltage gateway you should have used 502 instead of 404

[@feitopuns]

so they are not really dead when I spray them but paralyzed then die a day later or two

[@mackblack8341]

So do the roaches be paralyze when hit by a can of raid spray but not dead 🤔