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Roaches

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Oriental Cockroach

The Oriental roach is also known as the waterbug partly because it is most often associated with damp and moist places. This bug is one of the larger peridomestic roaches and is most often found in lower lying areas of the home such as basements or crawl spaces. Homes with high humidity, chronic leaks, sump [...]

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Ask The Bug Doctor About Roaches In Appliances

The majority of pest control customers want very little to do with helping your service. Of course this a bit of a generalization but I don’t think this statement is that far off from the truth. There is however, a very small percentage of my clients that do absolutely anything I recommend and are very [...]

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The Australian Roach

The Australian roach is a relative of the American cockroach, with whom it shares a very close resemblance and is often confused one for another. Just like its cousin, the Australian cockroach prefers to live outside rather than indoors. They are very fond of warm temperatures, but in colder seasons they will look for shelter [...]

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Paper Or Plastic – German Roaches & The Brown Bag Effect

Those of us who’ve been around for awhile can tell you that the phrase “paper or plastic” was one of the most welcome sayings in pest controls history. At least when it comes to german roaches that is. ‘Recyclable’ brown paper bags were the mainstay of carting groceries for years and these semi durable cartons [...]

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The Smokybrown Cockroach

The smokybrown roach gets its name from its uniform brown to mahogany color. This roach is also called a woods roach or water bug and very often confused with its cousin the American roach because of their similar size. Smokybrown roaches are very good fliers and although not considered quite the pest as some other [...]

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Roaches In The Refrigerator

Nothings more disgusting than opening up the ol fridge and have german roaches scurry about. It’s one thing to have roaches in the kitchen cabinets and drawers but the ice cold confines of the refrigerator is the last place you’d expect or want to find them. Now don’t get me wrong, roaches are cold blooded [...]

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The Flying Asian Cockroach

Asian Cockroach is another member of the roach family which is fast becoming a major pest throughout the southern United States. This roach thrives in tropical and subtropical climates and was first discovered in Tampa Florida in 1986. Early control methods and general knowledge of this pest was slow in coming due in large part [...]

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The American Roach

American Cockroaches are sometimes known as Water Bug or Palmetto Roaches. This largest of the common household roach did not originate in America but came in shipped cargo from Africa in the early 1600’s. While it is possible to have large numbers occur inside a home most infestations are not nearly as heavy. Preferring warmer [...]

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Roach baiting at a bar? Maybe you should pour yourself a drink

I love baiting for roaches- it is a valuable tool and when it comes to german roaches we need all the help we can get. What I don’t agree with is technicians, companies or groups who insist on baiting only for german roach control. It DOESN’T work and often times the customer is left out [...]

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Good Bye Mr. Roach (pestcemetery back in 1959)

I wasn’t even born yet in 1959 but roaches were definitely around. It’s interesting how much was known even this long ago about roaches and other pests. Scientists and researchers did an incredible job on laying the foundation for what we call modern extermination today. Of course the roaches haven’t paid any of these smart [...]

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What’s the difference between an Asian and a German…roach?

The german roach has been around for ever it seems like and is spread worldwide. Scientists have studied the thing ad nauseam which a quick check of any search engine will confirm. We know what it eats, how it lives, where it hides etc. etc. etc. So imagine the frustration of pest control professionals of [...]

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The protected roach behind your cabinets

German roaches have plagued mankind since the early days of living in homes. As if spreading filth and disease weren’t enough they can be impossible to eliminate by even the most determined homeowner. They’ve adapted to our many styles of living, the types of treatments we devise and will even resort to cannibalism when times [...]

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The Bug Doctor minute; Follow the fecal matter

German roaches are sneaky and can hide in some of the oddest places. Over the years I’ve searched high and low and found them hiding in spots like coffee makers, knife blocks, microwave ovens, clocks, light switches, curtain rods, boxes, flower baskets, the brown paper bags people famously fold up and store between the refrigerator [...]

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How do german roaches get so out of control?

Almost everyday is an adventure for a pest control technician. With each stop of the day the chances are they’ll see something outrageously funny, strange, amazing, peculiar or positively gross and then it’s off to the next client to see what that will bring. You never know really when and where you’ll be treated to [...]

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The ootheca aka roach egg

Have you ever seen what you thought was a really weird roach that had something sticking out the back of it that looked like a small briefcase? Well what you most likely saw was what an entomologist would call an ootheca but round here we just call it an egg. How strange that the roach [...]

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