A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to outsmart the sugar traps used to eradicate them. American scientists found that the mutant cockroaches had a "reorganised" sense of taste, making them ...

If you've spotted a live or dead cockroach inside your home, it's time to take immediate action. While it doesn't necessarily mean there is an infestation, preventing one is essential. Today, pest ...

“We actually recommend boric acid to deal with these and many other pests,” says Dan Bailey, president of WikiLawn. “Boric acid powder can be placed outside or inside, wherever roaches traffic.

Suburbanites may be blissfully unaware, but for city dwellers it’s one of nature’s ultimate truths: cockroaches love sweets. Sure, the repulsive, disease-carrying insects eat anything at all, from ...

A pest control company based in North Carolina is offering homeowners $2,500 to release cockroaches into their houses. The Pest Informer announced that they are seeking one household to allow ...

Roaches that have been hard to trap may be a variety that find sugar doesn't taste quite so sweet as bait anymore, a study suggests. Most cockroach baits cover poison in a layer of glucose, a sugar.

As the saying goes, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," especially when it comes to managing pests and insects in your home. Your options are limited once a cockroach (and 20 of its ...

Trying to get rid of cockroaches in the bedroom can make you feel like you're trapped in a hellish emergency, and who can blame you? Cockroaches are a health hazard, fast-moving, and hard to kill.

Annapolis, MD; August 14, 2024—A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value" in eliminating cockroach infestations, a new study shows. Residual ...