[nana911]

Since you've never seen them before, one of your neighbors has probably done an extermination and that is what has driven them into your apartment. They do sound like your basic cockroach. They can survive in a sealed rubbermaid container, but they cannot get into one. So if you keep his food inside it and sealed up, it will be safe.

They say that in nuclear war, cockroaches are the only species that will survive..I believe it...LOL

As far as grain foods, she is correct. All foods have little eggs in them and will hatch if stored on shelves long enough. I store all flour and the like in the freezer to prevent that. I keep all pet foods in the large clear rolling sealed containers. You can carry cockroach eggs into your home on potatoes (keep them in the refrigerator to keep from hatching) and in paper grocery bags and cardboard boxes (they lay eggs in the glue) and the warm temperature of a home versus the cold temperature of a warehouse will cause them to hatch. So, all greenies, if given the choice of paper vs plastic, if you choose paper, throw the bags out.

You're probably going to have to fight until you move. When you do move, try packing all your stuff into one moving van. And just before you close the doors, bomb it and close it up tight. We did that when we moved from LV to eliminate all the black widows (Las Vegans know what I'm talking about). Hopefully, bombing everything at once will kill all the eggs and capsules.

Good Luck!