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Cockroaches

Key Benefits of Treatment

  1. Gets rid of the current infestation
  2. Prevents future infestations
  3. Guaranteed service

 

Here are some facts about cockroaches:

  1. One of the oldest insects – fossil remains date back 200 million years.
  2. Like dark, damp places with a plentiful food supply; hide during the day in warm, dark places, such as under sinks, behind dishwashers, stoves and refrigerators, and inside cupboards.
  3. Can survive a month or more without food, but less than two weeks without water.
  4. Can transmit bacteria and organisms responsible for diseases in humans including food poisoning, cholera, dysentery, salmonellosis and strep. 
  5. Under optimum conditions, cockroaches can produce two million offspring in one year, with an average breeding season resulting in 350,000 offspring
  6. Found around the world. Two species are prevalent in the United States, the American cockroach and the German cockroach.
  7. The American cockroach has reddish-brown wings and light markings on its thorax and reaches lengths of up to 1.5 inches.
  8. The German cockroach is between one-half and five-eighths inches long and is light brown with two dark stripes down its back.

    (Source: National Pest Management Assoc.  http://www.pestworld.org)