Monday, October 4, 2010

Cockroaches

Cockroaches are among the most acclimatized insects on the planet. Preferring the solace of warm climates and considered intolerant to cold, cockroaches are resilient enough to survive occasional freezing temperatures. This makes it increasingly difficult, for an exterminator to eradicate them; once they have infested an area.

Some species can remain active for an entire month, without food or water. In fact, roaches have been known to survive on very limited resources; such as the glue from a postage stamp, or the oil from a fingerprint.

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2 comments:

  1. If you consider that a cockroach can survive for an entire year on the oil from a single fingerprint and emerged unscathed after a nuclear attack, you can imagine how focused your exterminating strategy must be; to defeat these pest invaders.

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  2. There are many cockroach species, that are targeted by pest control services; across the United States. The most common of these is likely the German cockroach.

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