Roach Control
You would think that after a hundred years professional pest control companies would know how to beat back the lowly cockroach. Alas, I must report that in spite of advances in pest control technology, roach control remains less than perfect.
So, why do cockroach control treatments sometimes turn out to be treatments minus the “control”? The answer is less mysterious than it appears. Often, pest control professionals simply miss the spots where roaches are hiding. If you fail to find that one female cockroach that happens to be carrying an egg case, up to forty-four little cockroaches will hatch out and begin reinstating the population in a hurry.
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I can go on and on writing about treatment failures. The bottom line is good control comes with thorough and repeated treatments. "Thorough" means using a flashlight and mirror to examine under, behind and on top of equipment and furnishings. "Thorough" means spending the appropriate amount of time necessary to search for tiny nesting areas. And, you need to repeat treatments based upon where cockroaches are still being seen. That means you need to record locations and dates so the pest control technician can focus on those areas during each return visit.
A cockroach treatment failure will only be a temporary setback if your pest control company is doing a good job of communicating with you. If not, you need to find a company that understands what it takes to win the battle against cockroaches.