Control measure
•Effective control is easier in temperate climates (where cockroach populations cannot survive outdoors in winter) than in humid and warm areas
•The key to control is cleanliness
•In isolated homes, control is easier to achieve than in apartments where cockroaches may have easy access from adjacent quarters.
•Cockroaches may even sometimes be found in very clean houses, but are unlikely to establish colonies.
•At night, cockroaches are easily detected using light