Today’s guest post comes from Dan Hinckley. Dan works with a company that offers pest control services in Alexandria Virginia and has had his fair share of experience chasing cockroaches from their homes! It’s no secret that I love spring. The fresh blooming flowers and the grass turning a dark green and ready for spring sports [...]
I happen to know a thing or two about German Roaches. Not only did I grow up in the deep south, but I have also done my share of apartment living. Put these two locations together (apartment + the south) and you are pretty much asking for at least one good run around the block [...]
Now here’s a roach you can really sink your teeth into. No roach bait required, just sweet, sugary goodness. Someone really needs to make these for the next Do My Own Pest Control staff party. Any volunteers?
CyKick Aerosol (buy now) is a Crack & Crevice Residual insecticide that offers easy application, 6 week residual, and fast knockdown of insect pests. This product is ideal for both indoor and outdoor use. Target pests include: Ants, Booklice, Boxelder Bugs, Carpenter Ants, Carpenter Bees, Centipedes, Chocolate Moths, Clover Mites, Cluster Flies, Cockroaches, Crickets, silverfish, [...]
As I mentioned in my previous post, I recently applied Phantom Aerosol for roaches in my own apartment. This was my first time using Phantom and I was pleased with how easy it was to use and safe to apply. Phantom Aerosol Product Features -Phantom is a pressurized aerosol that comes with an application straw [...]
Over the past 5 years my husband and I have moved nearly a dozen times, 8 of those being apartment situations. We recently moved to yet another apartment within the past two weeks. As usual I have been an emotional paranoid wreck, imagining all of the worst kinds of infestations lurking behind baseboards, behind walls, [...]
Just wanted to share this diagram suggesting some of the most effective places for roach bait gel and roach bait station placements in the kitchen. In addition to these areas, the following are also effective placement suggestions for bait gels and stations in the kitchen and bathroom areas where roaches tend to cause the greatest [...]
When it comes to roach control, baiting is key. Next to a clean and sanitary space the most important component of roach control is baiting. By using gel bait placements in areas of highest travel, most cockroach infestations can be reduced by up to 90% or eliminated completely within weeks. Maxforce pest control remains the most [...]
Got roaches? I feel your pain. I really do. I have lived with the little Germans before …the ones that multiply so rapidly that soon they are filling every crack and crevice in your kitchen. Nasty suckers. So here is what you need to do and you are going to save a lot of money [...]
Of all the pests that can invade a home, roaches have to be among the most disgusting and unbearable. Or is it just me? Maybe I am still traumatized from that one time my husband and I, as poor college-student newlyweds, spent a year in an absolutely roach infested apartment complex in northeast Atlanta. There [...]
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