Mystery: How did it get in here?

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Roach. In past few weeks, I see several in my upstair bathroom. Adults, 3 inch ones. I would go to the bathroom and it will be all neat and everything. Very little clutter in there. I don't even have shampoo or conditioner bottles laying around because I put them in one of those dispenser that mounted at the shower. Then 10 minutes later, I would spot one of these suckers.



Anyway, how the hell can it get in there? I see them flying outside on some warm nights, and if you use a flash light, you can see them under the man hole cover for the sewage and the water meter. They seem to go to the upstair bathroom as the place of entry... it has a toilet, a shower. I checked the window, and the screen look fine. Will a security camera be useful to see the method of entry, or the roach is too small to spot?
 
[quote author="Astute Observer" date=1249438951]Roach. In past few weeks, I see several in my upstair bathroom. Adults, 3 inch ones. I would go to the bathroom and it will be all neat and everything. Very little clutter in there. I don't even have shampoo or conditioner bottles laying around because I put them in one of those dispenser that mounted at the shower. Then 10 minutes later, I would spot one of these suckers.



Anyway, how the hell can it get in there? I see them flying outside on some warm nights, and if you use a flash light, you can see them under the man hole cover for the sewage and the water meter. They seem to go to the upstair bathroom as the place of entry... it has a toilet, a shower. I checked the window, and the screen look fine. Will a security camera be useful to see the method of entry, or the roach is too small to spot?</blockquote>


Roach can compress its body and fit into the tightest crack. When the weather is hot and humid that is when its population thrives. They love the tropical climate of Florida and the key to its survival is moisture. A roach has survived with just air without food and water trapped in an experiment for 9 months. The pus inside its body is basically stored nutrient allowing it to survive for a year. It lost most of its brown color gradually and became pale flesh color. So far research has not determined whether the color change was due to starvation or color camouflage to blend in with the plexi-glass box.
 
[quote author="Astute Observer" date=1249438951]

Anyway, how the hell can it get in there? I see them flying outside on some warm nights, and if you use a flash light, you can see them under the man hole cover for the sewage and the water meter. They seem to go to the upstair bathroom as the place of entry... it has a toilet, a shower. I checked the window, and the screen look fine. Will a security camera be useful to see the method of entry, or the roach is too small to spot?</blockquote>


Probably following the plumbing in the walls. The exterminator I hired a while back opened up the bathroom vanity and drilled holes in the back base board. He squirted some powder in there. Told me that was a common entry point for ants.
 
Along the plumbing when you run cold water on a hot day the metal pipes due to the temperature difference inside and outside resulted in condensation. Ants and roaches love to lick the pipes.
 
We've found two big winged roaches on their backs in our garage. We leave the garage door that leads to the side yard open so that it airs out the hot garage. They were found a few weeks apart. They were just about dead and barely wiggling. We have not seen a single roach in the house yet. We were wondering where they were coming from. So it may be that the hot/humid weather is causing them to flourish.
 
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