AMERICAN COCKROACH BIOLOGY

American Cockroaches prefer decaying organic matter, but being scavengers, they will eat anything. Sweets are attractive to the American roach. They also will feed on starchy items like book bindings, and the back of wall paper.

Females produce many egg capsules, having 14-16 eggs hatching in 50-55 days into grayish-brown nymphs. As the American cockroaches mature they become more reddish-brown in appearance. Adults and nymphs can be found in a variety of places. In the North, they are commonly found in steam heat tunnels or in large institutional buildings. It is common to see American cockroaches congregate in open spaces instead of small cracks and crevices. When indoors, they can be located in dark, moist areas like basements and crawl spaces.

Other likely areas indoors would be around bathtubs, floor drains, and sewers. Outside the American roach can be found in moist, shady areas like: yards, hollow trees, woodpiles, and mulch. At times they can be found under roof shingles or attics. Usually they will live outside, but will wander inside in search for food and water or during extremes in weather conditions.

APPEARANCE OF AMERICAN COCKROACH
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The American roach is reddish-brown, about 1.5 inches long or longer, winged, but seldom fly.

AMERICAN COCKROACH CONTROL
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First try using residual sprays such asCyonara 9.7 (Broader label and longer lasting-may be used on ornamentals as well and will dry invisible. Cyper WP and Demon WP are both loose white powder that is mixed with water. Spray outside around doors, windows, pipe openings, and dryer vents. Apply also on the inside on the baseboards near the entry points.

On the inside-apply around the plumbing under the sinks and washer and dryer connections. You don't have to spray all the interior baseboards, just the corners and baseboards inside the garage and basement areas.

For additional treatment you may apply granulars around the base of the house, particularly in areas of pine straw and mulched areas.

Two recommended granulars are :
Talstar One or Bifen IT

If you have these larger cockroaches entering inside your home from the attic area (due to trees that overhang the attic or gutters that are not clean) using baits like Macforce baits, would give you very good results.

Some recommended baits are:
Maxforce FC Roach Bait Gel, Avert Dry Flowable Cockroach Bait Gel, Advion Roach Bait Gel

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