Out of your home
Out of Your Home
Out of Your Home
Diatomaceous earth (DE)
Concern Diatomaceous Earth Crawling Insect Killer, Safer Brand Diatomaceous Earth Ant and Crawling Insect Killer, St. Gabriel Organics Insect Dust—Diatomaceous Earth
Boric acid powder
Bonide Boric Acid Roach Powder, Hot Shot MaxAttrax Roach Killing Powder with Boric Acid
Hand duster
Pest Pistol
Sticky traps
Biocare Cockroach Traps, Biocare Professional Strength Cockroach Traps, Black Flag Roach Motel, Springstar Biocare Cockroach Trap S1303
Sticky traps with pheromone attractant
Victor Poison-free Insect Magnet, Victor Roach Pheromone Traps
Baits containing boric acid
Harris Famous Roach Tablets, Seabright Roach Free System (traps and bait)
Baits containing hydramethylnon
Combat Source Kill products, Ortho Roach Bait Station
Cockroaches are unwelcome visitors to our homes. They can carry germs from sewers, garbage cans, or bathrooms to kitchen counters and human food. Cockroaches and their droppings also trigger asthma and allergies.
Cockroaches are dark in color, oval-shaped, and have long antennae. Cockroach egg cases are small, dark, and shaped like beans. Cockroach droppings look like black pepper. Cockroaches are mainly active at night and generally stay hidden during the day in cracks and crevices near their source of food. They like warm, damp, dark, and tight spaces.
Finding cockroaches and their nests is the first step to getting rid of them.
Keep cockroaches away by blocking access to your home and to their food, water, and shelter. Follow these simple good housekeeping tips to keep them from coming back:
Put out sticky traps so that you’ll know as soon as cockroaches return. This is especially important in apartment buildings, condominiums, or other homes that share walls, where cockroaches can easily move from one home to another.
Keep cockroaches away by blocking access to your home and to their food, water, and shelter. Follow these simple good housekeeping tips to keep them from coming back:
Put out sticky traps so that you’ll know as soon as cockroaches return. This is especially important in apartment buildings, condominiums, or other homes that share walls, where cockroaches can easily move from one home to another.
Weatherstrip around doors and windows, and repair holes in screens.
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