One of our primal fears is that when we fall asleep and leave our mouth open, some kind of insect will be found taking a drink of our saliva from our mouths. This is especially true when we visit some foreign shores for the first time… Lizards, huge spiders, ants and the dreaded cockroach can all be found scurrying along the road side and even in our apartments. However, most people that are on holiday manage to dismiss their fears saying, “We’re in a foreign country, deal with it!”
It’s when we are in our own habitat and see a cockroach scurrying beneath the fridge or cooker of our favourite takeaway shop or even worse our own home that our primal fears re-emerge. Although cockroaches are associated with dirty homes and businesses this is untrue, they will live in the walls and under the floorboards of clean house, however they will prefer to to be found in less clean houses due to the larger food supply which is available.
Although people think that cockroaches will only come out at night again this is not strictly true. Cockroaches are primarily active for a 4 hour period when your normal house or business lights are out. However, where there is a supply of water they can be seen at any time of the day or night. Most cockroaches can live without food for about one month, however they will only live for one week without water. If you were to cut the head of a cockroach it will still survive for about one week (it dies after a week due to lack of water).
Getting rid of these fantastic survivors is a job for the pest control experts, one call to PestControl247 will ensure that your cockroach problem will be dealt with swiftly and professional.