Corbett Pest Identification
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COCKROACHES

• Secrete an oily liquid that has an offensive odor.
   
• Cockroach has three life cycles
  – Egg, Nymph and Adult
  – Eggs are deposited in groups in a capsule called ootheca, it is usually dropped or glued on a surface by the female.
   
• The German cockroach carries the capsule until the eggs are ready to hatch.
  – The newly hatched nymphs have no wings and molt several times before becoming winged adults.
   
• American
   
• Oriental
   
• German
   
• Brown Banded
   
• Prevention and Sanitation
  – Exclusion
  • Keep screens in good repair
  • Weather stripping or Caulk cracks and gaps around doors and windows, attic vents, and plumbing encased in common walls
  • Screen floor drains
  • Screen exhaust vents to your dryers • Seal all cracks and crevices
  
  – Elimination of Food, Water and Harborage
  • Cockroaches can survive only 12 days with food but no water. 42 days if only water is present and no food.
  • Regularly vacuum and sweep. This will not only eliminate skins and feces that attract other roaches, but will decrease food sources.
  • Keep clutter from accumulating.
  • Discard Cardboard boxes, cockroaches breed prolifically in corrugated cardboard boxes