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Home owners guide to cockroach control in our fair city of Sydney, Australia. Micropest is a leading Sydney cockroach control company.

Micropest utilises effective and envirofriendly cockroach control products. The following information is designed to inform you the consumer about cockroaches and cockroach control methods. Please don't hesitate to ring the office for further information. Ph 1300 243377 or likewise email us. For Micropest cockroach control methods please refer to Sydney Pest Control Treatments or likewise if you would like a price visit the Cockroach Pest Control Price List.

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Smokey Brown Cockroach

Identification

These cockroaches are small, dark brown mahogany, black in colour. Adults have well-developed wings, that stretch to the tip of the abdomen.

Diet

They prefer plant material, but will eat anything when inside the house. They may inhabit greenhouses.

Habits and Biology

They enter the house during summer or hitchhike on firewood. These roaches fly at night towards lights.

Stop water leaks, screen equipment over flow drains, take over flow water away from buildings, keep drain traps full or capped. Remove rotting leaves from window wells. Remove garbage cans out of preferred moist habitats. Ventilate moist spaces. Generally speaking, cockroach control measures should concentrate on the outside of the building and points of entry. This is called a “perimeter or barrier” treatment.