Dinâmica do controle de Blattella germanica (Linnaeus, 1767) em lojas de varejo na Região Metropolitana do Recife

Abstract

Cockroaches are insects that have great ease in adapting to environments present in commercial and residential places, factors such as shelter and food are essential for their reproduction, so it is almost impossible to keep the presence of these insects in these spaces null, since there is great availability of environments that are conducive to infestations, therefore it is important to maintain control of these insects, since they are potential vectors of various diseases. In retail stores there are economic losses caused by these infestations, such as the loss of merchandise, since food that came into contact with these insects must be discarded. The research was carried out in ten retail stores in the city of Recife (PE), where the dynamics of the chemical control of Blattella germanica in different sectors of the establishments was observed, together with the observation of irregularities that cause a low efficiency of the chemical control. The collections were carried out in the period between the months of October and November 2019, and were carried out with the company Factor Saúde Ambiental (FACTOR) that makes up the Associação Pernambucana de Controle de Pragas Urbanas (ASCPEC). In general, establishments structurally do not follow the necessary rules to keep the population number of these insects low, thus harming the pest control company that needs an adequate and clean environment to make the control effective. Concluding that the management responsible for the retail store has a fundamental role to comply with the legislative rules given by ANVISA.