See also: Roaches FAQ, Roaches Gallery

YOU CAN:
  • Notify us of the problem when you schedule your service.
  • Move household items to the center of infested cabinets or drawers for bait applications.
  • Remove all 'food' sources that would attract roaches away from bait application areas such as dog food, opened food packages, or uncontained trash.  (Pet food should be picked up between feedings.)
  • Put 1/2 cup of soapy water in drains to prevent entry through the pipes when not in use.  Replace the solution each time the drain is used.  Also use a cleansing tablet in the toilet tank.
  • Remove loose debris and other good hiding places around the foundation of the home.  Water the foundation area just prior to your service time.
  • Clean up by removing alternative food sources (pests are more likely to feed on bait).
  • Store food in bug proof containers (plastic or glass jars).
Please Do Not:
  • Spray any insecticides on or near bait placements.  It may prevent insects from eating the bait.
  • Use strong cleaners on or near bait.
  • Remove or disturb the bait placements.
  • Store paper bags between refrigerator and cabinets.  Roaches harbor there.

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WE WILL:
  • Bait areas of roach activity.  Bait is slower but works much better for long term roach management.
  • Chemically treat visible populations.
  • Place bait directly into small cracks, crevices and voids that harbor roaches.
  • Reapply bait in same spots if completely consumed.  This 2-week follow-up is recommended.
2-week follow-up services are highly recommended until control is achieved.
Bait is applied in cabinet cracks and crevices where roaches roam.
Bait works when ALL other food sources are removed from their harborage areas
Four of the many cockroach species are the most problematic in U.S. homes.
Can you identify your most unwanted pest?

 
AMERICAN COCKROACH
  • Referred to as 'Sewer Roaches' because they invade through sewer lines and drains
  • 34 to 53 mm long
  • Reddish-brown with pale yellow stripe on wing
  • Prefer fermented foods
  • The American cockroach is one of the hardiest species of cockroaches. Unlike most other cockroach species, the American cockroach can fly and is also attracted to light.

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AMERICAN COCKROACH
BROWN-BANDED COCKROACH BROWN-BANDED COCKROACH
  • Prefer ceilings, appliance motors and light switches (hot areas)
  • 13 to 14.5 mm long
  • Light brown to brown with pale brown bands
  • Prefer table scraps
GERMAN COCKROACH
  • Most common and referred to as the 'Household Roaches'
  • 13 ot 16 mm long
  • Light brown to tan with two long dark stripes
  • Prefer table food, soap, glue and toothpaste
 GERMAN COCKROACH
ORIENTAL COCKROACH ORIENTAL COCKROACH
  • Prefer the great outdoors under stones, leaves and other debris
  • 25 to 32 mm long
  • Shiny black in color
  • Prefer decaying organic matter, but will eat table scraps
  • Also known as 'waterbugs'
Did You Know?
  • There are about 4,000 known roach species worldwide.
  • Cockroaches are an ancient group, having changed little in appearance in 320 million years.
  • Cockroaches may be winged or wingless, but even winged species do not always fly.
  • Their long, hairlike, highly sensitive antennae and sensory bristles enable them to detect even tiny amounts of food and moisture.
  • Only about 1 percent of cockroach species are considered pests to humans and these are basically nuisance pests.
  • Sprinkling abrasives such as diatomaceous earth to penetrate their protective cuticles may work in individual households as a nonpoisonous alternative.
-- REMEMBER --
SANITATION IS THE KEY TO GETTING THE ROACHES TO TAKE THE BAIT!
*** They cannot reproduce if they cannot feed! ***

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