German cockroaches are the small fast ones that live inside, breeding behind the fridge, inside the dishwasher door, in the microwave hinge and along the kickboards. They arrive with cardboard boxes and second-hand appliances and move between units and townhouses through shared walls. The big Australian and American cockroaches come in from drains, the subfloor and the garden when it is hot or wet, and the older homes around the Sunbury village see more of them.
Inside we place gel bait where the roaches actually hide, which they eat and carry back to the harbourage, and we treat the voids and hinges where the egg cases sit so the job is not repeating in six weeks. No spraying the benchtops and no clearing the cupboards. For the outdoor species we treat drains, subfloor vents and the base of the house.
