Cockroach Control  – Exterminators – Removal

There are many possible vulnerabilities in your house that could be allowing cockroaches to make their way inside. These could include:

1. Cracks and crevices. Roaches feeding on organic material in your yard will often find cracks in your home to crawl through for shelter.
2. Plumbing fixtures. Oriental cockroaches in particular are known to make their way through cracked pipes to find shelter. This is especially common in multi-family housing complexes.
3. Groceries. German and brown-banded roaches are often brought into peoples’ homes unknowingly after trips to the grocery store.
4. Sewers or drains. American cockroaches are known to live in sewer systems in residential areas.

Roaches usually want nothing to do with us, but they will bite in very rare cases. A roach bite usually means that the population is overgrown and in a dire resource drought. Fortunately, their bites aren’t venomous or very painful.

Although many species of cockroaches can fly, this doesn’t extend to all of them. On top of that, the ones that can fly are weak fliers that don’t often capitalize on their skill. One of the most common species in the area, the American cockroach, will glide from a higher elevation to a lower one using its wings, but most often roaches will be found crawling around.

Cockroaches are omnivorous insects that feed on any organic material they can find. They generally prefer sweets, starches, and animal proteins. Roaches are especially attracted to anything that is greasy or fermented. If they are unable to find desirable food inside your home, they will go as far as to eat book bindings, paper, glue, and other dead insects. In short, roaches aren’t picky!

Roach poop might look like specks of pepper, coffee grounds, or dark grains of rice, depending on the size of the cockroaches themselves. There are multiple species of cockroaches active here in Eastern TN, so be sure you’re watching out for anything around this size range. Additionally, if you do find roach poop, make sure to clean it up promptly, as it may be capable of inducing asthma symptoms in people.