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Cockroaches Basic Information
GD Pest Control Pvt.Ltd. services all over Maharashtra.
Preventive measures you can take are :
- Do not leave piles of clothing, papers or other miscellaneous
things laying around
- Regular cleaning and maintenance of your home or business
- When cleaning, check under carpet edges and baseboards
- Do not have dirty dishes piled up and sitting for long periods
of time, especially not in old water
- Especially in hot weather, put your food scraps in plastic before
disposing of them
- Schedule regular pest control maintenance
- If you see one pest or insect, chances are you are not seeing
rest. A call to GD Pest Control Pvt.Ltd. should be made to schedule an appointment
as soon as possible.
Cockroaches Pest Control and Information
General Information
- Cockroaches are one of the worst household pests. They
enter through cracks, crevices, vents, sewer and drain pipes, or even grocery bags
or items brought in to your building.
- Inside is an ideal breeding ground for cockroaches, plenty of
heat, water and food to keep them active all year around. Cockroaches produce
quickly, for every one you see there may be at least 200 more you don't see, hiding
and multiplying behind your walls.
- Cockroaches are nocturnal, if you see some during the day there
is a good chance they were pushed out because of overcrowding, indicating a serious
infestation problem.
- The dust created by cast-off cockroach skins, dead bodies and
droppings can aggravate allergies, and they also carry diseases that can be transmitted
to humans.
**Cockroaches are better at hiding then you will be at finding them,
and their eggs are naturally protected from pesticides. The best solution
is to hire a pest control service that knows how to eradicate the problem.**
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Cockroach Pest Control and Information
 Cockroach or Water Bug (Peripleneta)
Characteristics
- The cockroach is the largest infesting-species - 1/2 inch long
- Reddish brown wings with light markings on the thorax
- Habitat
- Aggressive
- Prefers warm, damp areas
- The cockroach s more likely to be seen in daytime than the other
species
- Common in food preparation areas
Diet
- Scavenger - eats almost anything
- Likes alcohol, especially beer
Reproduction
- Female only mates one time to produce many egg capsules, which
contains about 13 eggs
- Nymphs molt 13 times in 600 days before reaching maturity
- Adults live up to 15 months
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Brown-Banded Cockroach Pest Control and Information
Brown-Banded Cockroach (Supella Iongipalpis)
Characteristics
- 5/8 inch long
- wings have 2 brownish-yellow bands
- Brown-Banded cockroach is often confused with the cockroach
Habitat
- This cockroach can fly
- Nocturnal
- They prefer dry, warm areas, high locations and inside furniture
- Not as dependant on moisture as other species of cockroaches
Diet
- Scavengers - they will eat almost anything
Reproduction
- Female egg capsule for 24 - 36 hours, then will attach it underneath
or on the side of a protected surface
- She will also hide egg capsules in furniture
- Capsules contain 18 eggs
- Nymphs reach maturity within 161 days, adults live for
10 months
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Cockroaches Pest Control and Information
 Cockroach (Blatella Germanica)
Characteristics
- cockroaches are 5/8 inch long
- light to medium brown, with 2 streaks on the thorax
Habitat
- cockroaches are the most common species found around in and
around apartments, homes, supermarkets and restaurants, and on ships
- Nocturnal
- Primarily infests areas close to food, moisture and warmth
- Extremely heavy infestations are common
- cockroaches are the most widely dispersed cockroach of all the
species
Diet
- Scavengers - they will eat almost anything
- Reproduction
- Females can produce
one egg capsule every 20-25 days, each capsule contains 18 - 48 eggs
- Newborns reach adulthood in 36 days
- Adults live up to one year
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Oriental Cockroaches Pest Control and Information
Oriental Cockroach "Water Bug or Black Beetles"
(Blatella Orientalis)
Characteristics
- Dark Brown and 1 inch long
- Gives off a distinctly unpleasant odor
- More sluggish than other cockroach species
- Habitat
- Common outdoors
- Enters buildings through sewer pipes
- Lives near ground and in warm, damp areas
Diet
- Eats anything
- Often found feeding on garbage, sewage and decaying organic
matter
- Prefers starches
Reproduction
- Females produce 8 capsules, each egg capsule contains 16 eggs
- Nymphs go through 7 molts before reaching adulthood
- Adults live up to 6 months
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Smokeybrown Cockroach Pest Control and Information
 Smokeybrown
Pest Control "Woods Roach" (Periplaneta Fuliginosa)
Characteristics
- Dark Brown
- 1/2 inch long
- Fly towards light at night
Habitat
- Prefers outdoors
- Populations are relatively immobile compared with other species
Diet
- Scavenger - eats almost anything, prefers plant material
Reproduction
- Female Smokeybrown cockroaches lay seven egg capsules, which
contain 20 eggs each
- Egg capsules hatch in 24-70 days
- Adults live up to 200 days
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Cockroach Pest Control management Conclusion:
- A new group of baiting material for cockroach control in the form of Gel that powefully controls cockroaches. Its power lies in its speed of action and its exceptionally high activity against cockroaches.Very high mortalitity are achive within 12 hour of cockroaches consuming it.It attracts cockroaches to feed on the Gel rather than flusing them out.Once they have eaten the gel they do not die immediately but come to their harborage other cockroaches groom on them and also feed on dying cockroaches.
Killing a large number producing a cascade of destruction throughout the cockroach population of treated areas.Each cockraoch feeding on this/ gel becomes a mobile bait station itself.
Under normal circumstance gel remains effective up to period of three months. Application in the form of spots of 3-6 mm in diameter,(0.03 gms, 0.06 gms & 0.1 gms) in infected area with recommadation of 10 to 40 spots per 100sq.ft.
Through costlier in comparison to other methos it appear to be very convenient and offer long term cockroach control.
Cockroach control job is normally available on contract basis for duration of a determimed period. It requires continuos evaluation of the programme and to communicate with the client about its efectiveness.
continuous monitoring by counting of faeces or by use of glue traps is essential to know about the sucess of the programme. It is this monitoring that makes cockroach management a challengine job.
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