Excerpt Article:  Mystery Rebounding Roaches

For some reason, calls regarding cockroach problems are on the rise these past months. Are cockroaches becoming more difficult to control?  Is the cockroach getting ahead of man’s current technologies and methodologies? Is this happening in both residential and commercial accounts? Has a new super roach developed? Perhaps roaches are looking to reassert their position as the number one pest. Whatever the reason, it appears that roaches are on the rebound.

German cockroaches had suddenly become a problem at a restaurant account where successful control had been maintained for many prior years reported a confounded pest professional recently. “It’s not like there are lots of roaches but they keep showing up in unusual areas a few at a time”, he said. A thorough inspection revealed that none of the typical areas held any harboring roaches yet sightings continued to occur in the kitchen and dining room. Dining tables, booths and service areas were also thoroughly inspected in order to determine areas of concern here. Sanitation at this account location was maintained at an acceptable level yet cockroach sightings persisted.

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At Pest World 2013 in Phoenix Dr. Frishman and I had the opportunity to meet and sign copies for readers of the CCM II. While this was an enjoyable and rewarding experience, what was interesting were the questions, comments and discussion that ensued during our Frishman-Bello book signing tour. In this issue and months ahead CCM Excerpts are presented in PMP based upon current cockroach topicality.

“Is vacuuming in there? I think our guys should be vacuuming”, one reader commented to which Dr. Frishman responded “It’s in there and you’re right !” Over the years we have both been professionally associated with vacuum manufacturer industry suppliers that each offer professional duty vacuums to the pest management industry.