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Pest guide

How to Get Rid of Cockroaches

Cockroaches are flat, oval, fast-moving insects with long antennae, usually brown to near-black.

How to identify them

Close-up of cockroaches on the lid of a kitchen trash can

Cockroaches are flat, oval, fast-moving insects with long antennae, usually brown to near-black. Common home species include the small German cockroach and the larger American cockroach. You are more likely to see droppings, shed skins, or egg cases in cabinets and behind appliances than the roaches themselves, since they hide by day and move at night.

Where they hide

Roaches want warmth, moisture, and food, so they cluster around kitchens, bathrooms, drains, and appliances. Indoors they stay active year round and breed quickly, which is why a small problem becomes a big one fast. They squeeze into cracks and voids during the day and come out to feed after dark.

Why it matters

Cockroaches are a health concern, not just a gross one. They travel through drains and garbage and can spread bacteria to food and surfaces, and their droppings and shed skin can trigger allergies and asthma, especially in kids. Because they breed fast and hide well, they rarely leave on their own.

The fix

How to get rid of them

Cockroaches call for treating the places they hide and enter, not just the floor you see them cross. You apply your kit around entry points, cracks, and the moist areas near kitchens and bathrooms where they gather, and keep to the schedule so new hatches do not rebuild the population. Clean up food and standing water alongside it and you take away what drew them in.

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