Nothing is more upsetting than spotting a cockroach dash across your kitchen floor.
These pests are revolting, hiding in cracks and corners, emerging in darkness, and scattering when the lights are turned on. They are relentless in their search for food. Cockroaches invade your home, making it their personal space. They are dirty, fast-moving, and reproduce rapidly.
Just the thought of cockroaches near your food or personal belongings can send chills down your spine.
Concerned about keeping roaches out of your North Mississippi home? It’s time to reclaim your space and show these unwelcome pests who’s in charge.
Let’s look at some facts about cockroaches, signs of roach infestation, home roach prevention, and how hiring a pest control in North MS can help.
Many illnesses and health problems are associated with cockroaches. They can carry viral and bacterial pathogens as they move around your countertops and surfaces and poke around in your pantries, sinks, and bathroom drawers.
It may seem gross, but before creating a cockroach elimination plan, it's important to identify the specific type of cockroaches, recognize signs of infestation, and determine when to call in a pest control professional.
To prevent roaches, first identify the specific pests present. In North Mississippi, three main cockroach species are commonly found: the American, Oriental, and German cockroaches.
The American cockroach is reddish-brown with adults around 1.5 inches long, favoring warm, humid places and often gathering near trash bins.
Oriental cockroaches are black and approximately 1 inch long, typically looking for moist environments such as basements.
The German Cockroach is light brown with two stripes and is only half an inch long as an adult. You can find this cockroach anywhere water, warmth, and food are found, which usually means in your kitchens and bathrooms.
Cockroaches require food, water, humidity, warmth, and a safe breeding space.
They are attracted to items such as dirty dishes in the sink, garbage left out, crumbs on the floor, pet food, and leftover food in containers.
Cockroaches can live on very little food so that they can survive on just crumbs and small morsels.
They can multiply rapidly. For example, a female German cockroach can carry up to 40 eggs at once, producing three to four generations during her lifetime. In just three months, a small number of cockroaches could turn into a full-blown infestation.
Cockroaches can enter your home through cracks and crevices, holes in vents and pipes, and even by hitching a ride on items you bring into your home.
If you walk into your kitchen or bathroom in the morning and find cockroaches on the counters or in sinks, you know you have a problem and should start researching how to get rid of cockroaches.
Cockroaches are clearly attracted to dirt and crumbs, so keeping roaches away starts with keeping your home clean.
This means washing dishes and putting them away after eating, cleaning any crumbs and spills immediately, taking out the garbage regularly, removing grease from the stovetop, sealing food in air-tight containers, and sweeping and mopping floors regularly.
Store-bought baits and traps are rarely effective.
While DIY methods may help temporarily with a minor infestation of one to two insects, cockroaches are persistent pests.
If you have tried various products and enhanced your cleaning methods but are still finding roaches, then you likely need to call in a pest control professional to put an end to this roach nightmare for good.
The treatment methods a professional cockroach pest control company will use will vary depending on your home and the type of problem you have.
It starts with an inspection. Your exterminator will inspect your kitchen, bathroom, closets, basement, and attic. This will help determine the level of infestation, allowing them to develop a treatment plan.
A small infestation might be taken care of in a week or two, while a larger infestation could take a month or more.
Once the main interior infestation is taken care of – whether it is minor or major – then your pest control professional will return quarterly to apply exterior perimeter treatments to keep cockroaches out.
If you suspect you have a problem, get an inspection and ease your mind. Hiring a reputable pest control company in Oxford, Tupelo, and New Albany, MS, that employs experienced and conscientious technicians can eliminate your worries—and your cockroaches.
When killing roaches is a priority, you want to make the right choice so that you can win the battle against these pests. That’s what we want, too.
We want you to be able to relax in your home. Get in touch today, and we’ll bring our proven cockroach pest control experience and create a custom plan for your North MS home. Get started today with a free quote.
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