A cockroach infestation – what to look for
Due to their threat to your families health (and customers of your business too!), dealing with the issue of a possible infestation needs to be done quickly – and effectively.
The first step is to ascertain the extent of the infestation and this is usually done by placing monitoring baits at intervals in the infected area. This type of bait emits a pheromone, an attractive smell to the cockroach; they arrive in great numbers, becoming trapped on the sticky bait.
As well as using effective treatments, pest controllers advocate that the area is given a thorough and deep clean, including the use of cleaning materials and steam, if at all possible. Cockroaches breed quickly and they are resilient insects too, making their eradication difficult. Poison is also required to deal effectively with the infestation!
Observing the following signs is also a way of determining if you have a problem;
- Seeing them – nocturnal insects, you may see them scurrying towards the walls or outer edges of a room when you flick a light on
- Shed skin – cockroaches shed their skin every 5 to 8 days as they mature, and finding this skin is one way of knowing you have cockroaches
- Droppings – their droppings are black or brown in colour; hard and pellet like in the absence of a water source, but dark ‘splodges’ if there is water
- Smell – cockroaches give off an unpleasant, musty smell
- Damage to your property – they eat almost anything, from wallpaper to food, to materials, books, papers and clothing, including any plastic packaging to hand…
Time to call the professionals!
If you have notices signs of a possible cockroach infestation, then you simply need to call us. Don’t wait, assuming they will go away as they won’t!