How to spot them
Small, fast, tan-striped roaches in the kitchen or bathroom — behind the fridge, in cabinet hinges, around the dishwasher. Unlike their outdoor cousins, German roaches live their whole lives indoors, and seeing them in daylight means the population is already big.
Why they show up in the Central Valley
German roaches arrive in grocery bags, cardboard boxes, secondhand appliances, and apartment walls — not from the yard. Once in, a single female's offspring can number in the thousands within months. Multi-family housing and busy kitchens are their favorite launch pads.
What you can do right now
Declutter cardboard (they love the glue), clean grease from behind appliances, and don't bomb them — foggers scatter survivors into new rooms. If you rent, tell your landlord early: treating one unit in an infested building never solves it.
How Cornerstone handles it
This is a pest where professional, repeating treatment genuinely matters. We use targeted baiting and growth regulators on a follow-up schedule that breaks the breeding cycle — the exact thing a one-time spray can't do. German roaches are covered in our recurring plans.
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