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First guy from the pest control place said they were from the outside. I let them nuke the yard for several months with no results except for killing off the local ecosystem. (I’ve brought it back five fold!)

It’s nothing obvious like food on the counter. As I said, my wife wipes down every night and I’ve never seen one in or near the trash can.

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RBWells@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
As my mom used to say “they eat glue. They eat paper. You can’t clean your way out.”

Someone else mentioned the little black plastic traps, those work for us but there aren’t ever many here, it’s preventing not solving.

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Mothra@mander.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
I used to live in a house hopelessly infested. My family is clean. We nuked, to no avail. Even if you don’t leave food behind, the fuckers will find things to eat. Examples of things the roaches ate in that house:

my favorite boot soles (leather)

cold porcelain souvenirs

wax used to lubricate drawers

rotting wood from the actual wall panels

debris stuck in brushes (hair and tooth brushes)

paper

You can’t win. They probably have plenty of food in the form of decomposing organic matter inside the walls. For example dead animals, mold, rotting wood or else. I’ve had some success sealing with OCD levels of precision every single possible gap in the floor, wardrobes, walls, you name it. But there is always this or that thing you can’t seal such as power point sockets or else.
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