7 Common Cockroach Hideouts in Your Home

If you see cockroaches in your home, then you may have a whole army of cockroaches in various hidden places. You may have them because of one or more reasons pests infest homes. Cockroaches love warm, dark, and moist places.



The first step you should take to control cockroach invasion is to know where the cockroaches hide. Discover some of the potential cockroach hideouts below.

1. Electronics and Kitchen Appliances

Cockroaches love the warmth of electronic devices such as TVs, radios, game consoles, electric boxes, and internet consoles.

Cockroaches love to hide in appliances like toasters, coffee makers, ovens, fridges, and microwaves. The warmth, moisture, and frequent food debris that fall on them provide a comfortable hideout. Your appliances are more likely to attract cockroaches if you do not wipe off food remains.

2. Furniture and Food Cabinets

Cockroaches hide in coaches, shelves, wardrobes, tables, and dressers. For instance, if you take your meals on the couch, food particles will likely fall inside sections you can't reach. The particles attract cockroaches to feast. The cockroaches hide in corners where you can't notice them. Cockroaches also find a comfortable environment to lay eggs at the back of your furniture.

If you store food in cabinets, there are is a high chance that some food particles will spill over and serve as cockroach attractants. In addition, food stored in open containers makes it easier for cockroaches to infest your cabinets.

3. Pipes and Floor Drains

Most pipes run through dark places such as under the sinks and basements. Pipes with drips also provide a moist environment in which cockroaches thrive.

Floor drains serve as both a hideout and an entry point. Cockroaches are omnivorous and opportunistic eaters and can eat any edibles in the drain. Unfortunately, the species that thrives most in drains is the American cockroach, and it spreads harmful pathogens, so you need to be careful with them.

4. Cracks and Crevices

Debris found in unsealed cracks serves as a cockroach attractant. If the gap is hollow, it makes a good hideout for many cockroaches, especially in the daytime, before they come out at night to look for food. Hence, if you notice small cracks on your walls, seal them in good time.

The warmth from rooms below makes the ceiling a cockroaches' attractant. Ceilings are also moist, dark, and rarely accessed; thus, the cockroaches get few disturbances. If the vault has cracks, the cockroaches use them as a pathway to come out when it's dark and go back to hide when the house is well lit.

5. Wall Decor

Decorative items such as wall pictures, artwork, clocks, and wreaths provide a good hideout. Cockroaches hide behind these items until they find a suitable time to come out. Besides, the back of these areas receive little or no light, hence they serve as a comfy place for cockroaches to rest.

6. Basements

Most basements are cool, dark, and moist. The environment becomes a better ground for cockroaches if you use it as a storage room for items you rarely use. There may not be much food down there, but cockroaches can also eat insects and other dead cockroaches.

7. Trash

Cockroaches love trash as it provides both food and a hideout. So look out for places with garbage, such as under trash cans. Also, you offer more hideaways for cockroaches if you let trash like old magazines and papers pile in the house.

Conclusion

Cockroaches hide in comfortable places. Once they are in your home it is vital to get rid of not only the cockroaches but also their eggs. You can check the areas mentioned above and still not solve the root cause of the problem. Contact a trained pest control professional like Pass Pest Control to help you get rid of them permanently.