Oriental Cockroach

Oriental Cockroach Pest Control

What Is A Oriental Cockroach?

Oriental Cockroaches are large very dark (almost black, but sometimes dark reddish-brown), shiny cockroaches which live in sewers and similar wet, decaying organic matter. They are sometimes called “water bugs” because they come out of drains, and “black beetle cockroaches” because of their smooth, dark bodies. Males are about 1 inch long, with wings that cover only about 3/4 of their abdomen; females are about 1 1/4 inch long, and have only short stubs of wing pads.

Good sanitation and habitat reduction, along with vacuuming, surveillance, a baiting program, and some sealing of cracks can usually quickly reduce or eliminate a cockroach population.

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Oriental Cockroach Treatment

Before treatment begins, the technician will thoroughly inspect structure for a source of the infestation. Once that has been determined, your technician will create a customized cockroach treatment plan that will eliminate all live cockroaches. Your technician will also suggest treatment options which provide year-round protection, using the most effective and environmentally-conscious cockroach control solutions.

In order to provide the best service, your home or office will need to be prepared prior to treatment. This includes removing all dishes, cookware and food from cabinets in your kitchen area. The cabinets will also need to be emptied in the bathroom areas. If Oriental cockroaches have been detected in other areas of the home, we also recommend vacuuming and cleaning prior to treatment.

The initial treatment, which consists of low toxicity, non-repellent chemicals that are undetectable to cockroaches, will be applied to the cracks and crevices around the kitchen and bathroom areas. The treatment covers the affected roaches as they travel and is transferred from cockroach to cockroach, killing the colony just like a virus. In conjunction with low toxicity transferable pesticides, we also utilize gel baits which work similarly to our non-repellent spray. After your initial treatment, our technician will return to inspect your property for remaining signs of cockroach activity, applying bait where it is appropriate. After treatment, we require all treated areas to remain exceptionally clean and uncluttered to ensure total knockdown.

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Quick Facts About Oriental Cockroaches

Habits

This species of cockroach often travels through sewer pipes. It survives on filth and enjoys temperatures from 68 to 84 degrees. This is a cooler temperature than that preferred by other cockroach species. They can also be found in leaf piles and firewood outdoors.

Habitat

Infestations are sometimes found in areas not generally suspected of harboring Oriental cockroaches, such as dresser drawers in bedrooms. Oriental cockroaches found scattered through non-food areas of a home or building is usually a sign of a very heavy infestation or of the repellent effects of insecticide applications elsewhere in the facility. Adult males appear to be the most mobile stage, followed by non gravid adult females and large nymphs; gravid females probably rarely leave the harborage.

Threats

Cockroaches have been reported to spread at least 33 kinds of bacteria, six kinds of parasitic worms, and at least seven other kinds of human pathogens. They can pick up germs on the spines of their legs and bodies as they crawl through decaying matter or sewage and then carry these into food or onto food surfaces. Germs that cockroaches eat from decaying matter or sewage are protected while in their bodies and may remain infected for several weeks longer than if they had been exposed to cleaning agents, rinse water, or just sunlight and air.

Prevention

Good sanitation and habitat reduction, along with vacuuming, surveillance, a baiting program, and some sealing of cracks can usually quickly reduce or eliminate a cockroach population.