I don’t mind spiders and I like snakes. Cockroaches on the other hand...
I put out diatomaceous earth in hidden places that get shed
of all kinds of pests. (You have to put it out where no one
can get it on their hands!) It dries out bugs of all kinds
when they crawl through it. It’s not poison, but injures the
eyes if it gets in them. I dusted it all round the edges of
the rooms before the carpet was installed. It never goes
bad. It’s just the skeletons of little prehistoric bugs that
all died at once and collected out west somewhere. Now used
to dry out bugs & worm your animals. I’d rather use it than
poisons.