How to Get Rid of German Roaches

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University of Lincoln-Nebraska Dept. of Entomology

How To Get Rid Of German Roaches:

It is one of the most challenging to manage and eliminate.
To accurately and completely eliminate these roaches you need to attack them from several tools using baits, dusts, insect growth regulators(IGR) and roach pheromone traps.

They have the most eggs produced, shortest development cycle, best survival rate of the young, and the most adaptive feeding habits of most of the roaches. Because of this "high reproductive potential" they have a greater ability to develop resistance against insecticides.

The technology of the pest control market has switched to an integrated pest management like baiting ,dusting, and the use of insect growth regulators and pheromone traps against the German roach, as opposed to just using a residual or contact insecticide either in an aerosol form or liquid form.

Recommended Products: Baits, Aerosols, Insect Growth Regulators(IGR'S) and Roach Traps for Residential Use

1. COCKROACH BAITS: Invict Gold Cockroach Bait Gel, Advion Roach Bait, Avert Dry Flowable Bait, Maxforce Roach Bait Gel, and Maxforce Roach Bait Stations

• Recommended German roach baits are

  Invict Gold Cockroach Bait Gel have both proven to be very effective on German Roaches.
  
  

  Invict Gold has roach bait gel acceptance and is superior to other professional roach baits on the market and have seen some very quick results.

   

  InVict Gold Cockroach Gel is formulated for rapid control of roaches. The bait matrix in Invict contains 11 attractants to combat bait aversion and maximize control. Vendetta roach bait attracts both bait-averse and non-averse cockroaches. Bait rotation with different formulation types is important to combat bait aversion and poor control results.

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  German Roach Kit (Invict)

We also carry the old standby bait Maxforce Roach Bait Gel

• Maxforce Roach Bait Gel has also been proven very effective against the German Roach.

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  Maxforce FC Magnum Roach Bait Gel-Fipronil.

  The active ingredient in Maxforce FC Magnum, Fipronil, provides a unique mode of action that works through both ingestion and contact, knocking down roaches and ants that eat or simply touch the bait. Either way, one contaminated roach or ant kills many others where they live and breed. The Domino Effect® still achieves population control, but with faster visible results.

  The application is very simple and easy, coming in a syring. The gel formulation enables you to place the material into cracks and crevices and harbouring places.

Typical harbor aging areas for German Roaches and places for treatment of Roach Bait Gels(Invict, Advion, and Maxforce):

Before treating any areas it is best to first take a flashlight and check these types of areas for nesting sites. You will be looking for their excrement droppings(looks like black pepper).
You may also want to use a aerosol with pryethrin like   CB-80 , sprayed to "flush-out" roaches out of these harbouring places .
These pyrethin aerosols will kill on contact, and serve you to find out where the German Cockroaches are nesting.
Once you have determined where the roaches are nesting, it may be easier to know where to apply the roach gel baits.

Invict Gold , Maxforce, or Advion Bait Placements:

• Behind kitchen cabinets and counter tops.
• Behind anything hanging on the wall, such as pictures, clocks, posters, etc.
• Behind, next to, and under the stove.
• In the corners up under the sink and other cabinets.
• In stored paper bags and boxes.
• Around pipes, cords, and cables that come out of the wall.
• Behind and under bathroom fixtures.
• Behind the medicine cabinet and vanity.
• In any cracks or crevices around shelves or wood trim.

Roaches are cannibalistic and will eat other dead or dying roaches.
The roaches are not social insects like ants and termites, they do not carry the bait back to feed the young.
When baiting is important to re- bait in the areas where the the roaches are taking the bait. Paying attention to this will speed up the treatment.

• Advion Arena Roach Bait and or Maxforce Roach Bait Stations are both useful as a roach bait. The use of the roach stations are slower acting than the gel forms, but will last for several months without drying out.
  Advion Arena Roach Bait is the newest on the market with great results.

2. Insect Growth Regulators for Cockroaches: Gentrol

Using insect growth regulators like Gentrol IGR'S break the roach growth cycle. Gentrol Point Source is easy to use.
Gentrol IGR'S attacks the male nymph roach(mutating reproductive abilities) and causes the pregnant female to consume the bait when she would normally not want to consume food during part of her pregnancy.

We carry Gentrol in the point source form,
Gentrol liquid form,and aerosol forms.

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