Cockroach Control and Extermination
How do I get rid of cockroaches?
We are often asked “How do I get rid of cockroaches?”, if only it was as simple as that. We need to identify how the cockroaches have entered your home or business premises. Although often associated with food retail outlets such as restaurants, breweries and catering facilities they are also found in residential properties.
The cockroach has a very quick breeding cycle coupled with the fact that both adults and their eggs are tenacious, just a few eggs are needed to survive for their population to rapidly grow again. It is essential that meticulous and thorough treatment must be performed, almost equally important is the method chosen to control the cockroach invasion. Call iQ Pest Control 01280 811198 for advice in how to get rid of cockroaches and stop them from coming back for good.
It would be all too easy if pesticides were the key, but only using insecticides will not be a long term solution. It is vital that the environment and conditions that originally attracted the cockroaches to your premises are changed so they do not regroup and infest. Part of our I.P.M (integrated pest management) treatment includes a list of recommendations regarding food preparation, sanitation and waste management to ensure that any future infestation is curtailed.
Cockroaches may be one of the few creatures that could survive nuclear exposure, they are also unsurprisingly becoming resistant to some pesticides. Which makes our job as a pest controller ever harder. DIY strength over the counter products will not work and there is a high risk that they will not be targeted for cockroaches and may not be safe.
Cockroach infestations are commonly found in areas where cleanliness is lacking, but equally cockroaches can still be found in hygienic environments. Hoteliers and restaurant owners who have excellent hygiene principals understandably want to maintain their reputation, a few cockroaches could ruin this. But the facts are, uncovered food and food waste is what will draw cockroaches into your premises.
For cockroach extermination it is a must to make their environment as hostile as possible, all cracks in walls and floors must be filled in, cockroaches use these as passageways and also for nesting. Oriental cockroaches favour damp spaces so it is crucial that all water pipes and their joints are completely sealed as these damp conditions are ideal for nesting cockroaches.
Preventing German cockroaches from travelling via their secluded passageways is vital to effective control as cockroaches despise being exposed. They also do not favour a clean dry aeriated locations. So together with keeping food in sealed containers and improving the environment it will make cockroaches move on to a different place.
Careful, systematic and comprehensive cockroach control is not achievable using DIY methods. Using a professional cockroach exterminator like iQ Pest Control will give you long term control in cockroach extermination.
I have just seen a cockroach, do I have a problem?
There are a few species of cockroach that can be found in the UK, they share one thing in common they all detest light.
All species of cockroach are most active at night, during daylight or an artificially lit room they will stay in their murky nooks and crannies. The first time you see a cockroach in your home it will be a quick encounter, a light is switched on and they sprint for their hiding place. Cockroaches are squat looking insects are deceptively fast, especially the most common of species found in the UK the German cockroach, this species also have terrific climbing abilities.
An insect with photo-phobia, speed and agility assists them greatly at remaining hidden. If you have caught a glimpse of a cockroach you are likely to have interrupted their usually stealthily journey or it has been driven from its typical retreat. Whatever the situation in the vast majority of cases there will be more, A LOT more cockroaches skulking in the shadows.
What type of cockroach are there in the UK?
In the UK the most common species of cockroach is the German cockroach they are typically found indoors. They are dull and pale brown in colour, 12-15mm in length. German cockroach have small wings that protrude just below their abdomen, these wings are rarely used. Our qualified pest technicians treat more German cockroaches than the other species combined in and around Brackley, Banbury, Buckingham, Bicester and their surrounding areas.
Oriental cockroaches prefer outdoor dark, damp locations. They are significantly bulkier then their German counterparts, adults measuring between 18-30mm in length and are a much glossier darker brown or very nearly black in colour. Their appearance are what most people consider the archetypal cockroach.
Although less common the American cockroach has also invaded the UK, they normally would have stowed away and remained hidden in food imports.
Basically the most important factor in helping iQ deal with your cockroach issue is to tell us what colour cockroach you have seen, a photo is even better! Please email any pics to info@iQpestcontrol.co.uk and then call iQ Pest Control immediately 01280 811198.
iQ Pest Control will give you long lasting cockroach control and extermination
Despite all of the info iQ Pest Control have provided cockroaches are fortunately not very common in the UK. One thing you can be certain of, if one of your customer’s spots a cockroach it may make a very long lasting impression. Once the infestation has taken hold cockroaches are an infuriating pest to get rid of.
Your local professional pest control company iQ has the ability, apparatus and capability to be able to first ID and then exterminate a cockroach infestation.
How to get rid of cockroaches
Cleanliness is the most important factor, if there is no food source cockroaches will not stay for long
Using pesticides alone is a largely unsuccessful method of dealing with cockroaches. Their eggs are often laid in nearly inaccessible nooks and crannies.
Fill all cracks and crevices that can afford cockroaches a place to hide and nest.
The glossy characteristic looking oriental cockroach favour damp areas, investigate whether you may have any leaking pipes.
Killing cockroaches is not a permanent solution, changing the environment to make it as unwelcoming as possible for cockroaches is a far better solution.
Call iQ Pest Control now 01280 811198 and arrange to get a member of our BPCA certified team to your premises without delay.
iQ Pest Control Provide Cockroach Control and Extermination in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Warwickshire and the following towns and cities - Aylesbury, Banbury, Bedford, Bicester, Brackley, Buckingham, Coventry, Daventry, Kettering, Leamington Spa, Leighton Buzzard, Lutterworth, Milton Keynes, Northampton, Oxford, Rugby, Southam, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Wellingborough, Woodford Halse and their respective surrounding areas. Even if you are outside of this area please still pick up the phone and call us as we are rapidly expanding our service area - wherever you are and whatever pest issue you are having iQ Pest Control will keep your premises pest free!