Pest Management Professional, September 2017

Photo Discreet Pest control 2017 CoCkroaCh ManageMent SuppleMent Wars of the roaches PMP asked readers to share some of their best battles with cockroach accounts If youve got a story youd like to share email pmpeditor@ northcoastmedia net and well continue the conversation When youre hungry you eat Many years ago I treated a restaurant that couldnt open for business because roaches were running everywhere It was a family style restaurant that had already cooked all its food for the day I sat down in the dining room alone but with roaches running everywhere and ate lunch I was young trying to survive in business and probably close to starving so I had no problem eating Dayton Hylton President Daytons Pest Control Services Knoxville Tenn Moving Walls add to allergens An abandoned Baltimore row house was being used as a crackhouse It was infested with American German Oriental and brown banded cockroaches all at the same time The walls were moving as there were no hiding places left for harborage It was one of the few places that when I left I wanted an immediate shower and to wash my hair and throw my clothes in the trash The allergen load was so heavy I always came out of this place wheezing and sneezing Dr Kathy Heinsohn BCE Entomologist American Pest Fulton Md roaches resort to all fiber diet In an apartment that was not treated for years there were literally hundreds of roaches everywhere There was not enough food so they started eating the labels off bottles and cans and even the ink on a stack of takeout food menus Michael Morris Owner KnockEmDead Pest Control Ozone Park N Y overrun apartMent requires aggressive effort At a vacant apartment German roaches could be seen from the outside through both the front and back doors Like a horror movie tens of thousands ran like a cloud of swarming bees to appliances cabinets walls and ceilings Every inch was covered in cockroaches Floors and walls were covered in brown sputum like someone painted it brown to outline each appliance The estimated breathing time on a full face respirator was 10 minutes This four bedroom unit was unfit for human occupancy I am certain the former tenants had respiratory and other health issues including the occasional bout of food poisoning I took all precautions to prevent transporting them home but it was impossible My equipment was swarmed as soon as it hit the floor My truck had cockroaches coming out of it for two to three weeks And a month later three showed up in my kitchen I eradicated the infestation at the apartment in two treatments and a 30 day bleed out period Appliances were scrapped An employee who managed the property vacuumed nearly 50 gallons of dead cockroach bodies out of there My technique is aggressive in a case like this It did require all electrical outlets to be removed We had to drill 1 4 in holes under kitchen cabinets to treat those voids This service required two residuals an insect growth regulator dust and a vacuum I used a stainless steel air duster vacuum a compressed air sprayer an electric sprayer a portable aerosol system delivery unit a rechargeable drill a flathead screwdriver flashlights and extra lighting A week after the first service we had the unit cleaned then retreated We vacuumed daily then weekly Total elimination was achieved in 30 to 45 days We cleaned again and put monitors under the sinks and to my surprise there was not one cockroach even five months later Jerry Vance is owner of Discreet Pest Control Mesa Ariz CM6 September 2017 Pest Management Professional mypmp net