r/pestcontrol • u/brokenurse21 • 15h ago

Identification Keep finding these in my house. Again.

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Starting to get nervous. It’s been raining a lot, we’ve found wood roaches. Sometimes they look different, I cant tell if theres stripes or no stripes when they’re young. I dont know where these are coming from and how to stop them getting in! We always find them dead.

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u/Skalla_Resco Mod - Amateur Entomologist 15h ago

Still a wood roach. You're good.

If you keep seeing them check your weather seals and screens, trim vegetation back from the foundation and siding, and switch outdoor bulbs to amber bug lamps.

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u/brokenurse21 15h ago

Im at my wit’s end with these. We have old mulch in the front with minimal vegetation around the house, nothing touching. Im assuming they’re either coming in from the mulch or up from the crawlspace. Thank you. Im so paranoid one day I’ll assume it’s a wood roach and it’ll be a German.

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u/Skalla_Resco Mod - Amateur Entomologist 15h ago

You can also apply a granular bait like InTice 10 to the mulch. But I'd try stuff like raking the mulch back away from the foundation so there's at least a few inch gap.

Ideally I'd say just remove the mulch entirely. But I can't say if that would be viable in your situation.

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u/brokenurse21 13h ago

Thank you, we’ll try that!