In the yard itself – 1. Move firewood piles away from the house – If you moved your firewood close to the house this winter for convenience, now is the time to get that wood farther away since firewood piles attract all kinds of pests and invite wood-feeding insects that could have an eye on
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Are you one of those people who believes that the answer to all indoor pest problems is a good bug bomb, or two, or six? In the pest control business, we call them total release foggers (TRFs) and we’ve blogged before on the fact that they really do not work very well. Bug “Bombs” and
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One question with so many possible answers. Gel baits are the primary products used for indoor cockroach control and work well. Assuming that you purchased a reputable, EPA-registered product, the lack of results could be due to any one of these factors: Failure to follow the label directions– Always read the label thatwill tell you
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The reason that you don’t know what cockroach eggs look like is that chances are you will never see them. Instead, what you will see is a brown, capsule-shaped, enclosed egg case that holds many cockroach eggs or developing nymphs. Once you see a picture of a cockroach egg case, you’ll say, “oh yeah, I’ve
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Domestic cockroaches are those that live and reproduce inside homes or other structures. The very common German cockroach is the best known, but American cockroaches and Oriental cockroaches will sometimes reproduce inside. One cockroach that is not a domestic cockroach but causes great alarm when it appears indoors is the wood cockroach. It doesn’t reproduce
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They don’t just poop on surfaces, they also leave “fecal spots.” These brown, semi-liquid deposits from their rear end contain pheromones that attract other roaches to the site. You can find fecal spots in tight spaces and cracks and crevices where cockroaches hide such as behind pictures on walls or in the space along kitchen
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1. The most common cockroach living in homes in the Northeast is the American cockroach? TRUE or FALSE? FALSE. It’s the much smaller German cockroach. The large American cockroach is sometimes found in lower levels of commercial buildings such as office buildings or in sewers. 2. A German cockroach female gives live birth to an
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Is there a big black cockroach that lives outdoors? It doesn’t look like cockroaches I’ve seen inside. These bugs are mostly around the foundation but lately I’ve found a couple inside in our basement storage room. Will the same kind of cockroach sprays work on these guys? Can I use the spray outside? V. B.,
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My mother lives in an apartment that has cockroaches – bad! She has breathing problems and we just found out that she won’t complain to management about the roaches because she can’t tolerate the spray that the exterminator uses. If they do come around, she says she’s sick and can’t be treated. Trouble is she
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