Cockroaches
American cockroaches, sewer roaches, and exclusion tactics.
- The “American Cockroach” (often called the Sewer Roach in Phoenix) loves the city’s manholes and emerges into homes through drains or under doors during hot summer nights.
- Fun Fact: A cockroach can live for a week without its head. It only dies because it can’t drink water!
- Professional Treatment FAQs:
- Do I have to empty my cabinets for roach treatment? Usually no. Modern professional gels and baits are applied precisely in cracks and crevices, keeping your kitchen safe.
- How do they get inside my house? They can squeeze through a gap the thickness of a quarter. Pros identify “exclusion” points to seal these gaps permanently.
- Is seeing one roach a sign of an infestation? In Phoenix, one “sewer roach” might be a stray, but seeing a small German cockroach usually indicates a nesting population.