The scientific title ‘Periplaneta Americana’ goes by the big crimson winged cockroaches. However their species was not born on the American continent, however in Africa and the Center East, as a result of it thrives in humid and tropical climates.
They’re thought to have arrived in America within the seventeenth century, on slave ships carrying Africans captured to be bought as slaves, and at the moment are probably the most traveled unwelcome guests on the planet.
In latest weeks, the “American hovercrafts” have made a large touchdown in Larissa, after turning into “worry and worry of the residents”, as highlighted within the Mega report.
Cockroaches-Schwarzenegger
The capital of the Thessaly area isn’t the one one going through an issue with large flying cockroaches, however this yr it has had its justifiable share. In truth, the folks of Larissa have provide you with imaginative names reminiscent of “Natoic cockroaches” and “Schwarzenegger cockroaches”, as a result of they’re enormous and fly.
As consultants emphasize, the rise in inhabitants is said to the truth that the winter was delicate, along with the excessive temperatures recorded earlier, in comparison with different years.
They arrived prematurely … due to the warmth
To take care of the phenomenon and restrict it, DEVAL – Municipal Water Provide and Sewerage Firm of Larisa, applies a particular spray yearly, within the wells of the rainwater or soiled water networks, in collaboration with personal workshops.
However this yr the cockroaches arrived not less than 20-25 days sooner than anticipated, as he stated talking on the Mega present “You have not seen something but!” DEVAL Vice President Konstantinos Argyropoulos.
He stated that the precise cockroaches appeared sooner than in earlier years “as a result of we didn’t have a extreme winter, the warmth got here earlier and now we have humidity”.
Vice President DEVAL: “Girls are afraid, gents are ashamed”
Vice President DEVAL stated “they scare the ladies and we get calls about these NATO or Schwarzenegger cockroaches.” He even stated that males typically exaggerate their references to the service: “A gentleman informed me that ‘ she’s as large as my hand.” I informed him what you noticed wasn’t a cockroach, it was a rat, if it is as large as you say.’
Sprays from a non-public associate… after 3 days
The vice chairman of DEVAL stated that the spraying of the wells – carried out by a non-public firm chosen via a aggressive tender – doesn’t fully resolve the issue of the looks of cockroaches if the residents don’t coordinate the dismantling of their homes or outlets.
Contact data for DEVAL
Recognizing the pressing scenario created in Larissa, Mr. Argyropoulos launched the contact data for DEVAL, saying that residents can inform the service at any time, in order that the crew will arrive on the deal with within the 2 to subsequent 3 days that confirms. for spraying in wells.
The phone quantity talked about by Mr. Argyropoulos is 2410-687199 and the e-mail: [email protected]