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Cockroaches are remarkable bugs. They can cover 50 times their body length in 1 second. That is like a human running 180 miles per hour. German cockroaches will devour just about anything from crumbs to cardboard to droppings of other roaches and if there is a serious food shortage, they will eat each other, so they prefer to stay close to a food and water source. They can go for long periods of time without intake and if separated from its head, the roach body can go on living for even a couple of months until it finally dies of dehydration.

They have followed people wherever they have gone and now the urban jungle is their natural habitat. If they just stayed in the sewers, that would almost be tolerable, but their nature keeps them exploring new territories. In all honesty, not even the cleanest house is safe from roaches.

In the US, the German cockroach is the most common roach found in restaurants and hotels. German cockroaches (eggs included), are brought in, usually on man’s belongings, luggage, boxes or packages. All it takes, is bringing in one egg capsule, and you can go from one to infinity in just a couple of weeks.

There is an urban legend that they will be the only thing to survive a nuclear war, and that they can survive being cooked in a microwave oven. Actually they are no better than other insects, most of which are about 15 times more resistant to radiation than humans. Still, they make great test subjects for insecticides, because if a product can kill a roach, it can take out anything on 6 legs, and nobody cares what happens to the test roaches.

So, how do we kill roaches in the house? We use the same thing that professionals will charge you a fortune to apply. Avert is the cheapest and easiest product on the market.

Many times roaches are not the only problem in the home. To get rid of fleas the only way to go is with Insect Growth Regulators that also work on the juvenile stages of the roach. A combination of IGR’s and Avert will solve the roach problem in your home for months at a time.