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FAQs about Cockroaches
Q: How Do Roaches Enter a Home?
A: Cockroaches might ride into a home in a grocery bag or even in clothing. In an attached home or apartment, pipes
and holes in adjoining walls, floors and ceilings provide speedy walkways and portals for these stealthy, nocturnal
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Q: Can Roaches Harm People?
A: Cockroaches can carry pathogens that cause asthma, allergies, abscesses, boils, bubonic plague, diarrhea, dysentery,
gastroenteritis, intestinal infections, leprosy, lesions, typhoid fever, urinary tract infections and more. More»
Q: What's that Smell?
A: Cockroach odor, known as "attar of roaches," may not be life-threatening but is the unpleasant combination of
cockroach excrement, scent gland fluid and regurgitated food. This musty odor varies with each
cockroach species.
Q: Are these Pellets Cockroach Droppings?
A: Roaches plaster their fecal matter to wood or cardboard. When the fecal matter does not stick, people often
find their droppings.
Q: Do Cockroaches Only Come Out at Night?
A: Roaches have evolved to have negative phototropism, meaning they seek darkness and avoid light. By being active
in the dark, cockroaches have a greater chance of surviving human efforts and those of other predators.
Q: What Type of Cockroach is Found in the Home?
A: The German cockroach infiltrates the most homes and is responsible for 70% of all U.S. roach problems. One female
German cockroach can produce 200,000 roaches in one year. They are highly adaptable to all environments and
quickly become immune to pesticides.
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