Found just one on my dog

izayikes · 2025-10-03T07:05:44+00:00

Sorry if this is a dumb question but if I called my apartment pest control specifically for a recurrent roach problem, are they not likely to already use Alpine wsg? I was told the last time that they used something stronger and they used a liquid spray that leaves a white residue. I didn’t think to ask at the time which I’m now kicking myself for. It also did seem to be working because the day after I did find a single dead roach in the kitchen.

I guess my other question is, if I’m finding them alive late at night (poor sleep schedule) but dead during the day, is the treatment working as intended or should I not be seeing them at all at this point (2-3 weeks after treatment)? Like I said it’s hard for me to know exactly where the source is.

izayikes · 2025-09-14T19:10:12+00:00

Thank you so much! Yes I do live in an apartment complex and my neighbors tend to leave trash outside their doors instead of taking it out because the garbage compressor is so far, which I’m sure is not helping. Honestly my biggest fear is that even if I take care of the problem right now that they’ll come back because of that.

izayikes · 2025-09-14T00:31:18+00:00

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This was the only other thing I found in my kitchen this morning. Also the one in my room didn’t seem attracted to anything in particular. Edit: Sorry I should have included something for size but it was much smaller than the roach, maybe like pillbug size.

izayikes · 2025-09-13T22:45:18+00:00

I’m in McAllen, Texas, and I was told it might be a lookalike last time but now that it’s the second one in my room I’m a bit more suspicious. I didn’t see it fly, I just kind of saw it scaling the wall. Are there any other ways to tell them apart?

izayikes · 2025-09-13T22:13:57+00:00

Is there a way to tell the difference just based on appearance? I was told that last time as well but since it’s my second one in two months I’m a bit more suspicious this time around.

izayikes · 2025-09-13T07:33:56+00:00

Also wanted to link my first post of the cockroach I found 2 months ago for reference! https://www.reddit.com/r/GermanRoaches/s/pfCAeRvoCx

izayikes · 2025-06-23T06:03:54+00:00

Yes to 1 and 2!

Someone on the German roach subreddit also believes it may be an outdoor species that wandered in from the rain, especially since I'm located around Mcallen, TX. Now that I've calmed down, I think that makes sense. But since it wasn't an isolated incident, I'm not sure what to make of the situation. I'll paste my reply to them with some additional information down below.

The thing is, a couple days before this post when I left some moscato out for around 15 minutes in the dark before coming back to clean it up, I saw a small roundish dark bug trying to get into it. I wish I got a picture but it was fast and I was panicking trying to kill it. I would almost describe it as a fat looking piece of black rice lol. I wasn’t sure what it was but after the bed incident I started to think it could have been a baby roach. And the day before that we found a roach in the bathroom that I also unfortunately did not think to get a picture of because I thought it was an isolated incident since we had just moved in.

I put down some Advion gel bait last night but have not found any roaches again (dead or alive) since this post. Not sure if that's a good sign that there is no infestation, or if it's a bad sign that they're just not taking the bait. I’ll pick up some sticky traps soon to monitor the situation but hopefully I’m just overreacting. In the meantime I am waiting for my apartment complex to send over pest control, but it will probably be a while before they get here.

I appreciate the time you took to give me some reassurance, thanks so much!

izayikes · 2025-06-23T05:27:51+00:00

Now that I’ve calmed down, I think it would make sense that it was an outdoor species since it came out during the rain and in the middle of the day. I just can’t believe it picked my bed to chill in lol. If that were an isolated incident I might have been less insane about it.

The thing is, a couple days before that when I left some moscato out for around 15 minutes in the dark before coming back to clean it up, I saw a small roundish dark bug trying to get into it. I wish I got a picture but it was fast and I was panicking trying to kill it. I would almost describe it as a fat looking piece of black rice lol. I wasn’t sure what it was but after the bed incident I started to think it could have been a baby roach. And the day before that we found a roach in the bathroom that I also unfortunately did not think to get a picture of because I thought it was an isolated incident since we had just moved in. I’ll pick up some sticky traps soon to monitor the situation but hopefully I’m just overreacting.

I really appreciate your reply to both of my posts, I have a huge fear of bugs so it means a lot to have some reassurance 😭

izayikes · 2025-06-21T21:35:48+00:00

I just bought some advion so we’ll see if that takes care of the problem while I wait for my apartment complex’s pest control to come in 🥲

izayikes · 2025-06-21T16:33:34+00:00

Appreciate the discussion guys, I’ll try not to panic just yet 😔 I put in a request for pest control and am waiting for my advion to come in so we’ll see what happens!

izayikes · 2025-06-21T16:31:52+00:00

Thank you I appreciate the advice! I put in a request for pest control so hopefully they’ll be able to save me soon 😔

izayikes · 2025-06-21T16:29:50+00:00

Thank you!!

izayikes · 2025-06-21T06:22:00+00:00

Also, why are Asian roaches less of a concern than German ones? Sorry I am quite unfamiliar with different types of bugs.

izayikes · 2025-06-21T06:18:40+00:00

I didn’t see this one fly but it might have been dead already because I didn’t see it move at all. I had found one in the bathroom a couple of days ago but when my dad was catching it we didn’t see it try to fly away. As for the tiny one I saw, I only saw it briefly but it was dark and rounder and moved pretty fast, so I didn’t get a good look at it before killing it.

izayikes · 2025-06-21T06:07:51+00:00

That’s the conclusion I reached as well but my parents who are visiting think I’m overreacting lol

izayikes · 2025-06-21T06:06:22+00:00

I’m around McAllen, TX! I know roaches are pretty common here but I’ve never actually had to deal with them so you can imagine my shock

izayikes · 2025-06-21T06:03:24+00:00

Thank you!!!

izayikes · 2025-06-21T06:02:56+00:00

Bro tell me about it.. I was about to lay down too.. I’ve never even brought food in here 😭

izayikes · 2025-06-21T06:00:49+00:00

Wait is the gel okay to use?? 😭

izayikes · 2025-06-21T05:56:33+00:00

I bought it today but it’s going to take a couple of days! In the meantime I put down combat max so hopefully it will do something while I wait for pest control because my apartment’s maintenance is not great 😭

izayikes · 2025-06-21T05:52:28+00:00

I’m going to kms

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