WHO HAS THEM?
Every house, business and location has cockroaches. The key is you want to control them so they are out of site and out of mind. Whether you live in an apartment, house or neighborhood in Conroe, Katy, Pearland or The Woodlands, you have cockroaches. However, if your current eradication methods or pest control company is not up to the task of keeping them at bay, give Atak Pest Control, Inc. a call today at (281)291-9222.
WHAT KINDS OF COCKROACHES DO YOU HAVE?
According to information freely available on the internet the four most common types of cockroaches in The United States of America are the American, German, Asian and Oriental cockroaches.
TRIVIA
The name cockroach comes from the spanish cucaracha. It originally was the spanish word for the wood louse or the sow bug, but eventually became used to mean palmetto bug aka the flying cockroach (cucaracha) from there it became to mean these little bugs that infest the supposedly clean parts of homes and bring with them diseases and other problems.
LIVING CONDITIONS
The cockroach loves it warm and cozy, just like you. Unlike you, they can’t easily get inside of things to have a snack, so they rely on you to leave it laying around in opened containers, bags, uncovered bowls, uncleaned spills in the cabinets, on the floor, when was the last time you pulled out your refrigerator or stove! If you feed them, they will come, just like an imaginary baseball field for ghosts.
Unless you have an Asian cockroach infestation, turning on the light will cause them to run for cover because the cockroach is nocturnal. The Asian cockroach is not however and runs towards the light apparently trying to get to heaven or something!
THE PROBLEM
Cockroaches like ants leave a pheromone trail wherever they go. This trail of chemicals tells other cockroaches what is going on, where the food is and whether or not there is a party happening (maybe). However, this chemical trail attracts bacteria. These bacteria are what make you sick and is the number one reason, you should clean thoroughly and call Atak Pest Control, Inc. to help set up a barrier that will stop cockroaches in their tracks for several months at a time!
DON’T IGNORE THE PROBLEM!
Female cockroaches are sometimes seen carrying egg cases on the end of their abdomens; the egg case of the German cockroach holds about 30 to 40 long, thin eggs in a case called an ootheca. The egg capsule may take more than five hours to lay and is initially bright white in color. The eggs are hatched from the combined pressure of the hatchlings gulping air. The hatchlings are initially bright white nymphs and continue inflating themselves with air, becoming harder and darker within about four hours. Their transient white stage while hatching and later while molting has led many to claim the existence of albino cockroaches.
A female German cockroach carries an egg capsule containing around 40 eggs. She drops the capsule prior to hatching, though live births do occur in rare instances. Development from eggs to adults takes three to four months. Cockroaches live up to a year. The female may produce up to eight egg cases in a lifetime; in favorable conditions, she can produce 300 to 400 offspring. Other species of cockroaches, however, can produce an extremely high number of eggs in a lifetime; in some cases a female needs to be impregnated only once to be able to lay eggs for the rest of her life.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockroach “Eggs and Capsules”
PREVENTION
In addition to a good pest control program such as the Home Pest Control Package provided by Atak Pest Control, Inc., cleaning and vacuuming your home and furniture regularly is the number one best way to control them. Furthermore make sure that all liquids and solids are stored in sealed containers, because cockroaches can eat and drink quite a lot of things that are harmful to humans in general. Make sure to repair any dripping pipes, faucets and water leaks that you have as they will provide a supply of life giving water to these and other pests. Also make sure that holes, cracks, crevices, etc. in your walls, ceilings and floors are properly sealed off. You want to make it as hard as possible for these infectious invaders to get into your home.
A homeopathic remedy that works fairly well if you have good exterminator and cleaning policy is the application of Diatomaceous earth. Applied as a fine powder, Diatomaceous Earth works very well to eliminate cockroaches as long as it remains in place and dry. Diatomaceous earth is harmless to humans and feels like talcum powder. Most insects, including bed bugs, are vulnerable to it. Diatomaceous Earth can be found at most livestock feed stores.