Cockroaches

Different cockroaches require different approaches or their population can quickly snowball. Here’s the most common species of Cockroaches we see in Southern Utah:

1. American Cockroach

  • Appearance: Large (up to 2 inches), reddish-brown with a yellow band behind the head
  • Behavior: Prefers warm, moist areas like basements, drains, and sewers, also called “Palmetto bugs”
  • Risks: Can carry bacteria and contaminate surfaces and food

2. Oriental Cockroach

  • Appearance: Dark brown to black, shiny, about 1 inch long
  • Behavior: Often found in damp, cool places like crawlspaces, floor drains, and under sinks, also called “water bugs”
  • Risks: Known for their strong odor and ability to spread filth

3. Turkestan Cockroach

  • Appearance: Males are light brown with wings; females are darker and wingless
  • Behavior: Outdoor dwellers often found in leaf litter, mulch, or around foundations
  • Risk: Increasingly common in the southwestern U.S., often invades garages and basements, can carry bacteria and contaminate surfaces and food

4. German Cockroach

  • Appearance: Light brown or tan with two dark stripes behind the head
  • Behavior: Prefers indoor environments, especially kitchens and bathrooms. One female can produce 200-300 offspring in a year, with her offspring breeding as well that one female could produce up to 300,000 roaches in a year.
  • Risks: Reproduce rapidly, contaminate food, trigger asthma/allergies
  • Note: Practically impossible to eliminate without professional service/expertise

5. Asian Cockroach

  • Appearance: Nearly identical to German cockroaches, light brown with two dark stripes behind the head; key difference is their strong flying ability
  • Behavior: Attracted to light and often found outdoors in mulch, leaf litter, and lawns, but may fly indoors at night; unlike German roaches, they prefer the outdoors
  • Risks: Often mistaken for German roaches, leading to misidentification; while less likely to infest indoors, they can still contaminate food and surfaces if they enter homes
  • Note: Proper identification is essential. Treatment differs significantly from German cockroach infestations

Why Cockroaches Are Dangerous

  • Health Hazards: Roaches spread bacteria like salmonella and E. coli
  • Trigger Allergies: Their droppings and shed skin can trigger asthma, especially in children
  • Contaminate Food & Surfaces: Roaches crawl through trash and sewers before entering your home
  • Rapid Breeders: Some species (like German roaches) multiply extremely fast, in common cases by the hundreds or thousands each week.
  • Hard to Eradicate Alone: DIY methods rarely reach nesting sites or breeding grounds

Our Roach Control Method: Targeted, Safe, and Effective

Our Process:

  1. Inspection: Identify species, nesting areas, and entry points
  2. Gel Bait & Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs): Roaches carry bait back to the nest, spreading it through the colony. IGR’s act as a “bug birth control” and limit reproduction of roaches and prevent colony growth
  3. Crack & Crevice Treatments: Apply safe, targeted insecticides where roaches travel and hide
  4. Proper Flush Out: Inject product directly into wall voids to clean out hidden nests
  5. Monitoring: Track cockroach activity and adjust accordingly
  6. Sanitation & Prevention Guidance: Help you keep roaches out for good

Why Our Approach Works:

  • No Bombing or Over-Spraying: Our methods are clean, measured, and non-disruptive
  • Safe for Pets & Families: Treatments are low-odor and environmentally conscious. You and your family don’t have to leave the home during treatments.
  • Effective on All Species: We use different products and tactics based on the species we’re targeting