Pest Control for Cockroaches
We offer a wide range of pest control services for the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
Cockroaches are part of life on the Gold Coast. They can be dirty and hard to remove permanently from your home. The good news is, Zapem Pest Management are experts at eradicating cockroaches.
Why You Should Control Cockroaches
People have a visceral reaction of distaste to cockroaches. None of us want our friends recoiling in disgust when a cockroach roams across the floor. That might be reason enough to remove cockroaches. But there are also health and hygiene reasons for get rid of cockroaches.
Spreading diseases
They’re known to spread over 35 diseases including:
- salmonellosis
- leptospirosis
- tularemia
Cockroaches have been linked as vectors for diseases cholera and typhoid fever. Not a lot of research exists for the role cockroaches play in spreading disease but it’s generally accepted that removing cockroaches from your home is the best practice.
Increasing Allergies
According to this article in the National Library of Medicine, “cockroach represents one of the most common sources of indoor allergens worldwide, and 40%-60% of patients with asthma in urban and inner-city areas possess IgE antibodies to cockroach allergens.”
How To Control Cockroaches In Your Home
Cockroaches aren’t known as the ultimate survivers for nothing. They have an uncanny knack for surviving and recurring in our homes. The photo to the above gives some clue as to why this happens, as we’ll explain below. We’ll also discuss some methods for keeping your home cockroach free.
Prevent them coming in
Seal up doors, windows and cracks where cockroaches can enter your home. This can be harder than is sounds because cockroaches can get through almost any size crack.
Remove dog and cat food
You might want to clean away the dog and cat food bowls when they’ve finished dining. Even the smallest smudge of food is enough for a cockroach to dine out.
Clean bench tops
Cockroaches come into your home looking for something to eat. Remove traces of crumbs and other foods that might give them something to nosh on.
Remove water spills
Like every living creature, cockroaches depend on water to live. They’re little creatures and they only need tiny amounts of water to survive. Don’t give them a water source. Clean up all spills big and small.
Pesticide
if you have a cockroach problem, just removing temptation from them will not be enough. You’ll need to spray with appropriate chemicals and lay cockroach traps.
Pesticide (German cockroaches)
When a pregnant cockroach is dying it lays this sack. That’s why cockroaches so frequently come back after spraying. The German cockroach’s sack protects the babies, who grow up to be more cockroaches.
Call the cockroach control experts
Zapem Pest Management is always here to help. If you have a problem with cockroachs, call in the cockroach control experts.
Effective Cockroach Control
Commercial Cockroach Control
In commercial kitchens, German cockroaches are a common pest. They come in with produce and thrive on the conditions they find there. German cockroaches are also the hardest to control, due to their ability to protect the nymph (as shown in the image above). Cockroaches extrete the nymph sack when dying and this sack is impervious to chemical control. As part of our pest control for cockroaches in commercial situations, we always schedule a return visit to make sure we control those nymph cockroaches and thus prevent a recurrence.
Residential Cockroach Control
Residential cockroach control is more likely to be targeted at Australian and American cockroaches. As with all our pest control services, knowing the pest is the first step in our pest control treatment. We’ll dust the weep holes, where cockroaches enter and exist the home. Sprays can also be used inside and around the home. Gels are effective for controlling cockroaches in sensitive and wet areas like kitchens and bathrooms.
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