In New Hampshire and Massachusetts we don’t have many pests that aren’t affected by our cold winters. As you can imagine, our pest control calls drop off significantly in late fall and winter as pests die or go undercover until spring. Many Indoor Pests Decline in Winter You’d think pests inside buildings would be unaffected
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We often have customers who have just discovered a cockroach in their home and are freaking out. They want to know if they’re infested and what to do. A Single Cockroach Does Not an Infestation Make Seeing a single German cockroach does not necessarily mean that you have a cockroach infestation but until you can
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People are sloppy – We leave food out for cockroaches. Dirty dishes, leftovers, food crumbs, pet food bowls, all feed a cockroach. People eat on the go – We eat in multiple locations: on the sofa, at our desks, in our beds, in our cars—and in each place we leave crumbs and spills. People keep
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Actually, what might have once been seen as an alternative control is now the norm for most pest control companies. At Colonial Pest, almost all of our cockroach control uses nonvolatile pesticide baits, rather than pesticide sprays. Baits do not release any volatile chemicals into the air, they are odorless, long-lasting, and are placed in
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Large cockroach (male up to 1-1/4 inch) but not quite as long as the American cockroach. Color is shiny black to reddish-brown. Unique in that the adult female is virtually wingless just like the nymphs. The adult male has wings but they cover only the front half of his back and he can’t fly either. Sometimes referred to as a “waterbug.”
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Cockroach allergen is made up of tiny protein particles that are found in cockroach feces, egg cases, their shed skins and dead bodies, and in their saliva and other secretions. In other words, cockroaches are covered with allergen and shed it everywhere they go. People living in a home with cockroaches also spread the allergen with their movements. The allergic reaction occurs when the allergen is disturbed, becomes airborne, and is inhaled.
VIEW MOREWood roaches are not what we call “domestic” cockroaches, meaning they cannot, and do not, set up housekeeping in your home. These are outdoor cockroaches that are in your home only by accident, and are only temporary pests.
VIEW MOREWelcome. I’m Zack Ciras from Colonial Pest Control, your go-to full service pest control company. Today, I’d like to spend a few minutes with you chatting about how to prevent roaches at home. Some roaches, like the Pennsylvania Wood Roach, occasionally fly into the house from outside through a gap around a door or window.
VIEW MOREThe office building where I work has a break room/vending room on the basement level. Lots of us eat our lunch there and we’ve noticed cockroaches running around, but these are HUGE cockroaches, much bigger than any I’ve seen in apartments. Do office buildings have their own breed of cockroaches!? R. P., North Andover, MA
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