Where are they coming from?How to stop the invasion |
In Florida, the American cockroach are typically found in latrines, sewers, sewage treatment plants and dumps. It has been reported that that more than 5,000 individual American cockroaches were once found in a single sewer manhole!
Reasons how they get into the house:
That U joint in the PVC plumbing you see under your kitchen and bathroom sink is also under your tubs and showers. You just don’t see them because they are under your house. The function of this is to hold water in it as a doorway between us and the sewer monsters. If you do not run water down the drain for at least 20 seconds each week, the water evaporates and allows the insects entry into your house. This may be your master bathroom tub, a guest bathroom tub/shower or sink, the sink in your laundry room or garage, etc.. If you can’t remember to run water down each drain at least once a week, you can do the following:
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An ounce of prevention
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Bag up your leaf litter in the yard and on your roof!
Part of the composting process are bugs feeding on your leaf litter - it can harbor and breed ants, cockroaches, small flies, and biting midges (no-see-ums). Relying on insecticides to fix it is a moot point, if the reason the problem exists to begin with is not addressed. American cockroaches have a fondness for fermenting material. Outdoors, they tend to eat decaying leaves, fungi, algae and small insects. In Florida the heat, humidity, and rain will cook your excess leaf litter into a compost pile teaming with bugs. Having a few leaves here and there isn’t a big deal. I’m talking about leaf litter pile ups, if you can’t see the ground under some leaves, it’s too much. Your landscaper blowing them into your mulch/landscape beds is NOT natural fertilizer. Not only does it breed bugs, it kills the plants. |
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