How to Keep Florida Roaches Out of Your Home or Business

What You Need to Know About Florida Roaches

Florida is home to a variety of cockroach species found living throughout the state inside and outside of homes and businesses. Some of the species that tend to be indoors include the Asian cockroach, brown-banded cockroach, and the German cockroach. Those that prefer the outdoor environment include the American cockroach, Australian cockroach, brown cockroach, Florida woods cockroach, and the smokybrown cockroach.

These fast-moving pests thrive in Florida due to its abundance of warm weather, humidity, and ample sources of water. The six-legged pests vary in size ranging from an average of one and a half inches to three inches long. Their outer appearance consists of a variety of colors including black, mahogany, dark brown, and reddish brown. Most also have wings for flying, when necessary, and some have distinctive yellow markings.

Whether cockroaches reside inside or outside your home or business, they require access to food and water and a dark and secure place to live. Inside, this can be in storage boxes, under the refrigerator, and inside kitchen and bathroom cabinets. Outside, they’ll reside under mulched areas and around landscaping and flowerbeds where it is dark, warm, and damp, which makes these areas ideal habitats.

Having cockroaches in business or home settings can lead to serious problems if left untreated. It doesn’t take long for an infestation to occur. For example, a female American cockroach deposits her egg capsule in a suitable location. The capsule may contain as many as 16 eggs. Over her lifetime, she may produce up to 14 capsules. Once the capsule is formed, it can be laid within one day followed by the hatching of cockroach nymphs occurring anywhere from four to eight weeks.

Another problem associated with cockroaches is they can sometimes be the cause of illness. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cockroaches may be “carriers of intestinal diseases, such as diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid fever, and cholera.”

How to Keep Florida Roaches Out of Your Home or Business

Cockroaches are attracted to a variety of things such as cardboard, paper, book pages, garbage, pet food dishes, dirty dishes, kitchen drains, and any area that contains moisture. Properties with attics and/or basements that are used as storage creates an inviting place for cockroaches to hide and feed on the cardboard/paper. Garages and sheds also provide dark places to hide. Cockroaches are resilient and inventive when it comes to finding places to live and breed.

Cockroaches are opportunists and will use whatever options present themselves to enter your home or business in search of food, water, and shelter. Whether it is by slipping in under a door, hiding in a purse or backpack brought into the property, or accessing an opening around pipes under the kitchen or bathroom sink, cockroaches will find a way in.

When cockroaches are present, some ways of how to get roaches out of home and business environments vary from over-the-counter bug sprays and bug bombs to placing bait stations in affected areas. While these types of products may offer immediate relief, for long term prevention and to avoid a recurring cockroach infestation, eliminating the problem is best dealt with by securing the professional services of Capelouto Termite & Pest Control to help rid your home or business of the unsightly pests.

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When you see a cockroach, don’t hesitate to contact our office to schedule an appointment. You can count on our knowledge and experience to help eliminate the current problem and provide assistance in keeping cockroaches from returning.