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Cockroaches Pest Blog
Cockroaches can be unpleasant to see around, they carry substances such as faeces on their body. Releasing substances into the air, causing allergic reactions or asthma attacks.
Eliminate Every Potential Entryway leading into the Property.
How to Get Rid of Cockroaches?
The three types of cockroaches in Singapore, they are the German cockroach, brown-banded cockroach and American cockroach. Cockroaches are one of the mostย common house pest to humankind.ย They visit your property premises in search of food, crumbs and spills, water source and shelter. Once they have infested an area, they multiply rather quickly, posing threat to you and your families health.ย
Harbouring harmful bacteria that can lead to diarrhoea, allergy, asthma, and skin irritations. A severe cockroach infestation can be easily detect by a strong musty odour, makes living conditions rather unpleasant. Should you wish to prevent your premises from turning into a haven for cockroaches. Here is our expert guide on how to kill cockroaches, steps to rid of cockroaches and prevent them from returning.
Steps to Eliminate Cockroaches
Understanding the Characteristic of the Species
German Cockroach
They are the most common domestic cockroaches in Singapore. The adult cockroach size ranges from approximately about ยฝโ to โ โ long in length.ย It has a light brown with two dark shade of colour, with a parallel stripes down its body. These species of cockroach breed rapidly with a single female they can easily produce a cockroach infestation.
Populating more than 30,000 eggs within a year. German cockroaches are generally feeders of anything food source, but prefers ferment foods.ย Use roach bait station formula containing the formulation that only register and license specialists have permit to handle. Use a vacuum cleaner and broom to remove dead roaches from their harbourage location.
Dispose the roaches in a trash bag seal tight and implement sanitation and exclusion tactics.ย Use residual insecticides that contains formulated insecticide. If required, add a non-residual insecticides to provide a quick extermination. Applying insecticide powder dust to dry the areas such as ceiling, wall and cabinets.ย
American Cockroach
The largest type of cockroach species that lives around mankind. With an average lifespan of approximately two years.ย These pests have alternative names such as "sewer roaches" or "palmetto bugs."ย They can easily reach 1 to 3โ long in length and tend to be dark brown or reddish-brown with a slightly yellow at the edge of their wings.
Remove outdoor furniture, stored items and objects, including leaf, potted plants and clear drainage of mulch. Apply it surround the perimeter and create a barrier treatments containing residual insecticide formula. Use residual insecticides tactfully in harbourage areas.ย Using gel bait kill roaches at the outdoor harbourage area and implementing sanitation after is necessary.
A tactical approach that includes screening or caulking gaps and walls, cracks and crevices.
Brown-banded Cockroach
The smallest cockroach species measures about 0.5 inches in length and is dark brown in colour. The males and females cockroaches have light yellow bands on their wings and abdomens. They prefer dry areas and commonly seen inside walls or electronics like television or fridge and inside vents. Use a vacuum cleaner and broom to remove the dead roaches from their harbourage location.
Dispose the dead cockroaches using control methods implementing sanitation and integrated pest management tactics.ย Apply sprays and powders dusts specifically for brown-banded cockroaches. Spread it around harbourage areas like closets, ceiling, light fixtures, wall and dresser.ย Consider hiring Innovative Pest Control specialists to apply contact, residual, non-residual insecticides with a fogging machine.ย
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
Ultimate Cockroach Prevention Tips
The best way to rid and prevent cockroaches permanently is through exclusion from its natural habits and essential needs. Eliminate all the reasons for them to invade your property, as well as the entry ways. Here are some of the important cockroach control experts tips to rid of roaches:
Maintain A Proper Food Storage
They need a continuous supply of food and water to survive daily. Clear the dirty dishes in the sink regularly to avoid attracting the cockroach access for food in your property. Store open pantry foods packages in seal airtight containers, out of reach to pests. Wipe and vacuum any leftover food crumbs off the floors, tables, and wipe kitchen countertops often.
Fixing Leaky Pipes and Taps
The water source plays a major role to enable cockroaches to thrive and reproduce quickly. Inspect for pipe leaks in places like under sinks or at the bottom of the refrigerator for pooled stagnant water. These are conditions favourable by cockroaches and replace leaky faucets and repair all the taps and pipes. Keep a lookout for areas around your property that collects standing water, such as a roof gutters.
Find Potential Hiding Spot
Utilise a flashlight to look for possible cockroach hideouts or harbouring areas. During the daytime, cockroachesย prefers to hideย in dark spaces such as like storage boxes, stacks of old newspapers. Their faeces and smear marks are a giveaway sign and usually look like coffee grounds. These are some examples of their preferred hiding spots.
The kitchen sink is another place to regularly lookout for, dirty dishes should be clear as often as possible. Popular spots include behind the refrigerator, under the sink, and in crevices of cabinets, doors and shelves. Check corners of the closet doors, bathroom and wardrobes for any signs of their presence. Instead of providing them a potential hiding space, you can tear down the boxes and send them to recycle bin to declutter.
Seal Off All the Entry Point
Patch and seal to close up any entry points possible from the interior to exterior of the property. Try fixing a door brush that will help to sweep and cover gaps from in between the bottom of door to the ground. You need to seal the sink drainage, crack, and crevices with silicon to close the gaps and prevent further infestation.
Some may resort to do-it-yourself remedy to tackle minor infestation. With the help of baking soda, boric acid or equal part of essential oil and water. These remedy will help to mask the problem which due time escalate to a major infestation. Trust that Innovative Pest Management have the tools and knowledge to eradicate the problem permanently.
