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Cockroach warning in Spain: Vile bugs ‘have become resistant to insecticide’ and ‘this summer will be difficult’, warn experts

EXPERTS have warned that cockroaches ‘have become resistant to insecticide’ making this summer ‘difficult’. Climate change has accelerated the metabolic cycles of certain species, leading to a huge expansion of bugs across

13 Apr, 2024 @ 10:00

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga

Gibraltar government rages that GSD reports of ‘cockroach and rat’ infestation will harm tourism

THE Government of Gibraltar launched a broadside against the opposition GSD for ‘spewing rubbish’ and harming tourism on the Rock over complaints of a pest infestation. The Environmental Agency singled out GSD

25 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Council in Spain’s Catalunya hires bug exterminators to target sewers overrun by cockroaches

SIXTY feet below Sitges, a town close to Barcelona, cockroaches have taken over the sewers. The bugs are wading through a river of raw sewage in the labyrinth of cramped tunnels, pipes

2 Sep, 2021 @ 17:10

Barcelona·Catalunya·Health·Lead·Other News

Cockroaches are becoming IMMUNE to powerful insecticides

COCKROACHES have begun developing a cross-resistance to powerful insecticides, an alarming new study has found. Scientists from Purdue University exposed German cockroaches to different insecticides, and found that the populations not only

8 Jul, 2019 @ 15:28

Health·Lead

BUG OFF: How to keep cockroaches OUT of your home or business

To make sure you're not sleeping with one eye open at night, follow our guide below

12 Jun, 2018 @ 11:44

Environment·Lead

THEY’RE COMING: There will be an ‘invasion’ of cockroaches in southern Spain this summer

It blamed the predicted proliferation on a combination of heavy rains throughout the spring and the steep increase in temperatures forecast in the summer

4 Jun, 2018 @ 10:38

Environment·Lead