The German roach is one of the most common roaches found in apartment houses, restaurants, and hotels. German roaches ( eggs included), are "brought in", usually on man's belongings, luggage, boxes or packages. All it takes, is bringing in one egg capsule, six months later you do have an infestation.

It is one of the most challenging to manage and eliminate-but can be done.. To accurately and completely eliminate these roaches you need to attack them from several fronts...using baits, dusts, growth regulators and 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.

However in restaurants...you may have to still spray with a residual insecticide...we encourage you to call us for recommendations, in that we have had a long history of helping restaurants solve their problem, but needs to be handled on a individual basis.

The products we recommend have not had a resistant problem.

APPEARANCE:

Adults are 1/2 inch- 5/8 inch long, light to medium brown with 2 dark distinctive stripes behind the head. The young (nymphs) are wingless, smaller and much darker in color, with a light stripe on their backs.

DIET:

Will eat anything, will stay close to food and water source.

HABITS AND BIOLOGY:

Females produce one egg capsule every 3-4 weeks. Each capsule contains 25-45 eggs. The female will carry the egg capsule with her until it is ready to hatch. The young(nymphs) will be able to breed in as little as 36 days. Adult German roaches can live up to one year These roaches are mostly active at night .If they are seen during the day, it is usually because their hiding places are overcrowded due to a large population or there is a shortage of food and water supply.

Infestations are generally found in kitchens and bathrooms, but can inhabit other areas if there is a heavy population or you have run them into each other with the repellent effect of insecticides.

PRODUCTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:

MAXFORCE ROACH BAIT GEL- has been proven very effective against the German Roach. This is one of the very best professional roach baits on the market.

This bait comes in two forms:

A.Fipronil-FC
B.Hydramethlynon

Click Here: For major differences between Fipronil and Hydramethylnon

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

Typical harboraging ares and places for treatment:
Behind kitchen cabinets and counter tops.
Under and around the base of the refrigerator.
Behind anything hanging on the wall... 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.
Each roach feeding on Maxforce Roach Bait Gel will kill up to 40 other roaches via droppings and dead bodies. 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 process.

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 ,with it's crack and crevice tip to "flush-out" roaches out of these harboraging places. Once you have determined where the roaches are nesting, it may be easier to know where to apply the Maxforce roach bait gel or aerosol if you wish. Aerosol "bombs" such as PRO CONTROL so commonly referred to are actually total release aerosol cans. They are very popular because they are perhaps the easiest way to kill exposed roaches without much effort,just push the button and leave the premises for a couple of hours. Unfortunately, "bombs" do not contact many roaches that are well hidden and they have no residual killing power.

Using insect growth regulators like, GENTROL AEROSOL breaks the cycle. It 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 both in the aerosol form, liquid form,and point source form.

Another important tool, would be the use of roach traps with a pheremone to lure them inside..the VICTOR PHEROMONE ROACH TRAP is and excellent roach trap. These traps are excellent for monitoring tools as well.

Using an aerosol called: INVADER-to spray into cracks and crevices, and hard to reach places., labeled for food handling establishments and food areas could be used initially to get a quick knock down of the population. When using this residual insecticide, don't place the bait out yet, because it would contaminate it.....wait about 10 days. Invader contains baygon.

First we recommend using INVADER aerosol in all the cracks and crevices as well as behind cabinets, under refrigerators, behind stoves, ovens and dishwashers, if needed for a quick knock down. At this point you can use your growth inhibitors such as the Gentrol Aerosol, spraying into cracks and crevices Do not use the baits at this point because you don't want to contaminate the baits such as the Maxforce Gel Bait.

Wait 10-14 days ,then apply MAXFORCE ROACH BAIT GEL in numerous small bait placements in cracks and crevices in cabinets and drawers, also place behind the cabinets, under refrigerators, behind stoves, ovens, and dishwashers. The INVADER crack and crevice aerosol is intended for a quick knockdown when there is a need to cut out a percentage of the population immediately, the MAXFORCE ROACH BAIT GEL is intended to really cut into the population over the following two weeks, with the GENTROL growth regulators helping the baiting and breaking into the cycle. We also carry other insecticides, baits, and dust not listed here- Feel free to call if you have any questions.

We have combined many of these products inside kits, saving you money.

You can find this at:

German Roach Kits