Public Facility Invaders!
The male Oriental roach is approximately 1 inch long and females are approximately 1 ¼ “long. They are a dark red brown to black when mature. The nymphs (young) are light brown but darken with age. The male wings cover only about 75% of the body and the females only have small wing pods.
Oriental cockroaches are not common pest in homes. They can be abundant in sewers and commercial facilities, e.g. prisons, restaurants, hospitals, office and apartment buildings. Indoors, in homes, they can become abundant in damp secluded places such as crawl-spaces, basements and drains. They can over winter outside even in cold climates, where they live in, leaf litter, ground covers, under stones and other debris.
Cockroach Management
As with other cockroaches management programs should include seal up, caulking, sanitation such as removing their habitat as example, stored boxes etc… Baits and pesticide applications can be useful in their control. To find out more about our cockroach management programs, request a free consultation.
