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Pest Structural Inspections: German Cockroach (Blattella germanica ) Mobile App

The German cockroach is not only the cause of the largest number of phone calls requesting pest control, but also represents the largest number of control failures of any household pest. It is most successful at infesting human structures and withstanding pest control activity. Pest control applicators will need to double their efforts in analyzing every German cockroach infestation, and should be pre-pared to use more than one technique to bring the infestation under control. The Pest Structural Inspections: German Cockroach (Blattella germanica) mobile app covers: Cockroach Control and Management, Appearance, Life Cycle, Behaviour and Harbourage, Mating, and Foraging.GoCanvas allows you to add a Multi-Line Text Field to the body of an email.

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The German cockroach is not only the cause of the largest number of phone calls requesting pest c...
Appearance
Adult German cockroaches are 1 cm (1/2 inch) long or slightly longer.
Nymphs are sometimes not recognized as cockroaches; they appear quite different than the adults.
This stripe divides the nymphal markings into two dark, long stripes.
Life Cycle
Eggs.
If the egg case is dropped much more than one day before hatching, the young die.
Four capsules will have a full complement of eggs, but subsequent capsules can contain less.
Nymphs.
The eggs hatch when the nymphs inside create pressure that splits the case and allows the young t...
Adults.
Adult cockroaches emerge from the last nymphal molt fully winged.
Behaviour and Harbourage
Aggregations of cockroaches live in areas of high humidity and nearby food.
Aggregations:
Serve as the natural group where nymphs soon to be adults and adults of both sexes remain togethe...
Are maintained in areas with favourable temperatures, humidity, food supply, and protection.
Mating.
Females do not respond to mating behaviour for more than one week after becoming adults.
Proximity for mating is especially important, as males and females have to touch antennae and exc...
Such seclusion means that females with egg capsules feed less frequently and are exposed to pesti...
Foraging.
The foraging pattern of German cockroaches is much less random than one would expect.
As one can imagine, food crumbs often wind up in the same places, that is in wall moldings, corne...
The most convenient harbourage, in and around refrigerators, stoves, under sinks, and undisturbed...
While there is less food in bath-rooms, food areas are usually nearby or available through holes ...
These pipes provide additional harbourage and areas for population expansion into adjacent rooms ...
...and More!