Can You Exterminate German Cockroaches?

A strain of German cockroaches has actually emerged that responds to glucose as distastefully bitter. They refuse to eat sweetened baits, which presents a barrier to their control, given that those baits are an economical and effective means of regulation.

Exclusion

• German cockroaches can at first infest a structure when infested grocery bags are brought inside. Examine groceries for cockroaches prior to putting away. Keep grocery bags in outside storage places.
• Cockroaches breed prolifically in corrugated cardboard boxes. Dispose of unneeded boxes right away.
• Keep doors and windows shut.
• Keep window and soffit screens in good repair to stop cockroaches from entering your home.
• Inspect attic vents and make sure that large openings around outside drainage lines and sewer vents are screened or sealed. Use tightly packed steel wool as a temporary filler till openings can be sealed appropriately.
• Caulk or otherwise seal crevices and gaps around frames of windows and doors and around plumbing and electrical to help stop cockroaches from entering your house.
• Seal gaps in between door frames and doors with weather stripping.
• Children can transfer cockroaches from school to home in book bags and lunch containers. Examine these items routinely.
• Dwellings such as apartment or condos that are separated by a common wall are especially difficult situations. An infestation can migrate between apartments through the plumbing within a common wall. For that reason, cockroaches from one apartment can quickly move to another apartment, infesting a “well-kept” dwelling. To help prevent this, caulk holes in common walls and around pipes.

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