Now it's time to use some products to kill the roaches and some repellents to drive them out of your home and keep them out.
In the mind of this old bug-man, these are about the most disgusting insects on the planet (my apologies to those who like them). Cockroaches feed on, and live in, all manner of decaying and putrid materials; they have been shown to carry and transmit dozens of diseases and other maladies; and their amazing ability to survive and reproduce under very difficult circumstances makes them a challenge to control.
Cockroaches occur throughout the temperate regions of the earth. There have been about 3,500 species identified. Roaches are part of the “clean-up crew†in nature. They scavenge for decaying organic material and help recycle it back to materials that can be used by plants. Some actually eat and digest wood much like termites.