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Become a fearless pest disposer with this incredibly effective three-step hack requiring just two utensils.

The internet is an endless treasure trove when it comes to picking up handy snippets of information to make life easier — and when it’s done in Japan, it’s often accompanied with a set of cute anime illustrations too. Here to help us with the unwelcome task of dealing with household pests is Twitter user @nokuhashi, who’s come up with an effective way of getting the job done, along with three easy-to-follow diagrams to illustrate the process.

▼ After seeing a “G” (gokiburi, or cockroach) on the wall, @nokuhashi struck upon the creative idea and decided to share it after he found it to be the smartest way yet to get rid of the pests.

https://twitter.com/nokuhashi/status/746624686935576576

Step 1.

Take an empty two-litre PET bottle and discard the lid. Cut the bottom off, making sure to create an even, straight line.

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Step 2.

Quickly place the bottle over the creature on the wall, as pictured.

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Step 3.

Grab a can of insecticide, place the nozzle in the lid opening and spray until the cockroach falls inside the bottle and moves no more.

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With tens of thousand of likes and retweets, Twitter users are applauding the simple yet effective concept, leaving comments like:

“This is fantastic! It makes extermination super easy!”
“This is a groundbreaking idea”
“I’m going to make one now so I have it ready for when I need it”
“It’s a good idea but I hate cockroaches so much I doubt I’ll be able to get past step 1”
“You should commercialise this as a product!”

Thanks to Twitter and the brilliant life hack from @nokuhashi, we’ll be ready and waiting, bottle in hand, for the creepy crawlies to come out from the woodwork this summer!

Source: Hamusoku
Images: Twitter/@nokuhashi