Discovering there are cockroaches in your home or business is distressing and, due to their lifecycle, can be an uphill battle to control. Two of the most common types of cockroach pest in the UK are the Oriental cockroach and the German cockroach.
Cockroaches pose a direct health risk to humans. They are vectors of disease, known to carry the organisms which cause food poisoning in humans and many other bacteria, such as salmonella, staphylococcus and streptococcus.
Cockroaches move from sewers, drains into buildings and human habitats. This means that when they’re in your building, foraging for food and water, they will contaminate anything they come into contact with; food, utensils, and preparation surfaces. They disgorge portions of their partially digested food at intervals and drop faeces along the way.
The adult German cockroach is a light yellowy/brown and is 10 to 15mm long, with two distinguishable dark stripes on its thorax.
The German cockroach favours higher temperatures and humidities, with a common nickname for it being the “steam fly”. You’re likely to find them behind appliances where you have warm motors, such as your oven or fridge.
The Oriental cockroach is shiny black, brown or mahogany and measures around 20 to 24mm long. Oriental cockroaches will thrive in cool, damp areas such as basements and drains.
Both these species of cockroach can often be found around the heating ducts and boiler rooms of large, centrally heated buildings. You can also find cockroaches around pipes, stoves, and sinks, especially in humid areas like bathrooms and around laundry appliances. Areas with food, water and dark spaces to hide are ideal environments for cockroaches to live.
An infestation of cockroaches should not be left to chance. Especially for businesses. Amateur products also seldom work so we highly recommend hiring a professional outfit to look into the problem. EnviroShield will start a cockroach treatment with a thorough survey of the area to determine the main hub of the activity. We will make recommendations on any cleaning work which will need to be undertaken prior to treatment and also any structural or gap repairs which need to take place. We will then commence a treatment using a combination of insecticidal gels and sprays to contain the problem followed by non toxic monitoring.
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