Brown Banded Cockroach in Seattle, WA
Brown-banded cockroaches usually measure roughly ½” in size, and in color range from dark brown to a dark red. Both male and female brown-banded roaches possess wings, but only the males are capable of flying. Both genders have a light brown band that runs across the base of the wings. Brown-banded cockroach nymphs will take three to six months to develop. Unlike American or German cockroaches (who prefer to infest kitchen and bathroom areas), brown-banded roaches will infest any room inside of a house. This makes them more difficult to control.
Brown Banded Cockroach Habits
Brown Banded Cockroaches will be found in large number in restaurants, multifamily housing structures, residential homes, and hospitals. American cockroaches are also found often in restaurants or other commercial structures where food is prepared or stored, but they will also attempt to gain access to multifamily or residential structures (often through sewer systems and piping). Brown-banded roaches are more likely to infest private residential homes or multifamily housing structures than in commercial settings, but once inside will not discriminate between types of rooms. Oriental cockroaches will nest either indoors or outdoors, but have a strong preference for moist, humid areas. Their numbers don’t get nearly as high as with other species, but if the conditions are ideal then their populations may thrive.
Brown Banded Cockroach Control
In some situations, cockroaches will become a problem due to factors outside of your control. In multifamily housing situations where there are shared walls with plumbing, you may have a neighbor next door (or elsewhere in the building) whose behavior is contributing to an existing cockroach problem. In those cases where treatment becomes necessary, here are the recommended steps for treatment:
- Inspection. A thorough inspection for conducive conditions, recommendations for prevention, and an assessment of infested areas is important to developing a treatment plan that works.
- Treatment. There is a large assortment of products currently available for roach control. Treatment may include a combination of different types of gel baits, dusts, or liquid products to be applied. Your service technician will use the products that he/she deems most appropriate and most likely to produce the desired outcome.
- Ongoing Prevention. In some cases, follow-up treatment may be necessary to get the roach infestation under control. Additionally, vigilance in keeping all areas as clean, sanitized and free of clutter as possible will contribute to effective cockroach control.
