The Oriental Cockroach Is Rarely A Household Pest Problem
Oriental cockroaches normally don't create an infestation in the home.
This roach can flourish in cold weather, and often build large populations out-of-doors in planters, and beneath ground cover.
They prefer living in drains, basements, and crawl spaces.
When found inside the home we most often see Oriental roaches in spring or early summer.
Very often you find this roach in a sink or bathtub.
This is because Oriental roaches don't have pads between their claws.
Without pads the roach has nothing to stick to the side of a smooth surface.
The roach can't climb up the side of the tub or sink.
The babies are light brown, hatching at one-fourth of an inch long.
As they grow to adulthood they turn black.
Though rare, you'll sometimes see a red-brown colored adult.
Adult males are one inch long when mature.
Females grow to one and one half inches.
Female Oriental roaches have no wings.
The female is identifiable by the short stubs where wings normally grow on the roach.
During its lifetime the females produce an average of eight egg capsules.
Each capsule, or sac, is three-eighths of an inch long.
The sac is red-brown, and holds sixteen eggs.
Thirty hours after it creates an egg sac the female hides it in an out-of-the-way spot.
Oriental cockroaches live about seventeen months from hatching to natural death.
This roach feeds on, and gets nutrition from, most any organic substance.
This includes nutrition from the food that you eat (in the form of crumbs and droppings you leave behind), as well as the crud inside your kitchen and bathroom drains.
Cleanliness is important to controlling this pest.
Since it has the ability to survive on the food humans eat, thorough housekeeping techniques are the first line of defense in pest control against this roach.
Inspect every area where household members eat meals and snacks.
Clean up all spills, crumbs, and leftover foods quickly.
Also, use a good drain cleaner periodically.
The wastes that stay inside your drain after bathing, showering, and dishwashing provide food for these roaches.
Cleaning the drains removes wastes, and eliminates drainpipes as a source of food.
Since this pest thrives in moist conditions take steps to clean up all loose materials where moisture gathers when cleanup opportunities present themselves.
Also, get rid of all other items where these roaches have a chance to find shelter.
Learn to identify this roach.
Learn its habits.
Learn how to find its hiding places.
Teach yourself how to treat the areas where you find it.
The employment of determined housekeeping goes a long way toward the battle of roach control.
Apply sanitation tactics along with learned pest control techniques, and proper application of pesticides, to get rid of these roaches.
Knowing how to perform cockroach inspection and treatment will insure that you have no infestation threats from the Oriental cockroach.
This roach can flourish in cold weather, and often build large populations out-of-doors in planters, and beneath ground cover.
They prefer living in drains, basements, and crawl spaces.
When found inside the home we most often see Oriental roaches in spring or early summer.
Very often you find this roach in a sink or bathtub.
This is because Oriental roaches don't have pads between their claws.
Without pads the roach has nothing to stick to the side of a smooth surface.
The roach can't climb up the side of the tub or sink.
The babies are light brown, hatching at one-fourth of an inch long.
As they grow to adulthood they turn black.
Though rare, you'll sometimes see a red-brown colored adult.
Adult males are one inch long when mature.
Females grow to one and one half inches.
Female Oriental roaches have no wings.
The female is identifiable by the short stubs where wings normally grow on the roach.
During its lifetime the females produce an average of eight egg capsules.
Each capsule, or sac, is three-eighths of an inch long.
The sac is red-brown, and holds sixteen eggs.
Thirty hours after it creates an egg sac the female hides it in an out-of-the-way spot.
Oriental cockroaches live about seventeen months from hatching to natural death.
This roach feeds on, and gets nutrition from, most any organic substance.
This includes nutrition from the food that you eat (in the form of crumbs and droppings you leave behind), as well as the crud inside your kitchen and bathroom drains.
Cleanliness is important to controlling this pest.
Since it has the ability to survive on the food humans eat, thorough housekeeping techniques are the first line of defense in pest control against this roach.
Inspect every area where household members eat meals and snacks.
Clean up all spills, crumbs, and leftover foods quickly.
Also, use a good drain cleaner periodically.
The wastes that stay inside your drain after bathing, showering, and dishwashing provide food for these roaches.
Cleaning the drains removes wastes, and eliminates drainpipes as a source of food.
Since this pest thrives in moist conditions take steps to clean up all loose materials where moisture gathers when cleanup opportunities present themselves.
Also, get rid of all other items where these roaches have a chance to find shelter.
Learn to identify this roach.
Learn its habits.
Learn how to find its hiding places.
Teach yourself how to treat the areas where you find it.
The employment of determined housekeeping goes a long way toward the battle of roach control.
Apply sanitation tactics along with learned pest control techniques, and proper application of pesticides, to get rid of these roaches.
Knowing how to perform cockroach inspection and treatment will insure that you have no infestation threats from the Oriental cockroach.
