Cockroaches

Professional Pest Control delivers professional and effective cockroach treatments to control a wide variety of cockroaches across the Derby and Nottingham areas.

About Cockroaches

There are two main species of cockroach in Britain, Oriental and German Cockroaches.

Cockroaches are distinguished by their very long whip-like antennae, flat oval bodies and rapid, jerky walk. The adult German Cockroach is a light yellowy/brown and is 10mm – 15mm long. The Oriental Cockroach is dark brown/black and is 20 to 24mm long.

Cockroaches aren’t able to survive outdoors and thrive around the heating ducts, electrical equipment and boiler rooms of  centrally heated buildings e.g. restaurants, hospitals, bakeries, hotels and kitchens. This will  feed on anything but do need an access to water close by.

Why control Cockroaches?

• Cockroaches can contaminate food, utensils, and surfaces as they go. They can be vectors of disease, capable of carrying the organisms which cause food poisoning in humans as well as many other bacteria.
• Cockroaches can ruin your business – with social media nowadays the last thing you want is a picture of a rat running around your premises doing the rounds on Facebook. Cockroaches can also result in closure by the Environmental Health.

How to get rid of Cockroaches

Controlling Cockroaches isn’t easy because of the difficulty of getting the insecticide to the insect. Therefore for all our Cockroach treatments we always use professional use pesticides such a gel products. Due to the public health risks we wouldn’t recommend tackling cockroaches yourself. Professional Pest Control has the knowledge, products and expertise to identify and control your cockroaches problem.

Having problems with Cockroaches?

Contact your local professional female pest control expert on 07379 633722 to solve your Cockroach problem.