Cockroaches in the drain

So we live in the basement in our little village in the Terai. We are very close to the Indian border, which means that while I am in a generally mountainous country now I am living in a tropical climate with all that that entails in form of heat and animal life. The Bardia National is close and there the tigers, rhinos and elephants still roam.

The tropical climate also means having "cleaning crews"of lizards on Search and Destroy missions and I am always very happy to see Liz running up and down the walls and ceilings inside the basement, keeping is clean by eating flies and what ever else is to her liking. However....cockroaches also inhabiting the premises and I find it very hard to co-habit with them. Not in the least because I realize now that the close to the monsoon and the warmer it gets, the more likely they are to stay.


Cockroaches leave chemical trails in their feces as well as emitting airborne pheromones for swarming and mating. Other cockroaches will follow these trails to discover sources of food and water, and also discover where other cockroaches are hiding. Thus, cockroaches can exhibit emergent behavior,[10] in which group or swarm behavior emerges from a simple set of individual interactions.

Hmm...I guess I will just have to find a way to live peacefullt together since using the non Ahimsa method of stepping on them also sends out smells drawing their friends to the murder scene.