Hidden Horrors: Where Do Cockroaches Hide in Your Home?

Seeing a roach in your home can be an alarming sight. But what may be more alarming is knowing that many roaches can hide away out of sight, so you never know they’re there. Today, we’ll help you expose these sneaky creatures and help identify the areas of your home where cockroaches hide.

Why Roaches Are Hard to Find

Roaches are known for their ability to stay hidden and quickly run out of sight. This can cause some difficulty when you’re trying to determine if you have an infestation. There are two key reasons why cockroaches are so difficult to find: they’re nocturnal and they’re incredibly skilled at evading predators.

Essentially, when roaches are out wandering your home, you’re likely asleep or not looking in the more hidden areas of your home. Depending on the type of roach, you may have an infestation even if you only see one or two.

5 Places Where Cockroaches Hide

While roaches are hard to find, there are some areas in a home where they tend to hide the most. We’ll go over the five key areas we always search when we’re looking for signs of a cockroach infestation in a client’s home.

1. Kitchen

The kitchen is full of food, water, and hidden corners, which makes it an ideal location for a cockroach to hide in. Because of their small size, cockroaches tend to hide under or behind big appliances, such as your fridge or oven, and sneak out when they can.

This is the reason one of the best ways to prevent a pest infestation is by properly sealing and disposing of your food—without a consistent food source, pests like cockroaches are less likely to settle in your kitchen.

2. Bathroom

Did you know that cockroaches can go about a month without food but they can only last a week without water? Like many other creatures, water is essential for survival, and cockroaches may prioritize the presence of water over the presence of food. For this reason, bathrooms are an appealing hiding spot for cockroaches.

The drains in your bathroom act as a good entryway for them and even as a place to live until they’re ready to search for food in your home. Keeping your bathroom ventilated and dehumidified as much as possible will help prevent roaches from building a nest in your bathroom.

3. Cabinets

Some roach species, such as the German roach, are notoriously known for infesting people’s cabinets. Cabinets are often dark and have undisturbed corners that allow them to hide from you during the day and scurry for food during the night. Also, some people may think to put less secure food in their cabinets, not realizing small pests like roaches can find their way inside and contaminate their food.

4. Closets

Like cabinets, closets are dark spaces with undisturbed corners, making them the ideal nesting location for cockroaches. One of the most obvious signs of a cockroach infestation is if you find roach droppings on the floor of your closets. By cleaning your closet regularly, you can deter pests from settling in the dark corners and building an infestation.

5. Crawlspaces

Crawlspaces are dark, moist, and often rarely used. This combination makes crawlspaces one of the most likely areas of your home to have a pest infestation. Often, people fall into the trap of “out of sight, out of mind,” but a roach infestation that begins in your crawlspace can quickly become an infestation inside the rest of your home. The same can be said for attics and the boxing of your home. Professional crawlspace protection services help to seal and dehumidify your crawlspace, preventing the likelihood of a roach infestation taking place.

Expose Hidden Roaches & Get Them Out with Clint Miller Exterminating

Roaches are a threat to your family’s health and peace of mind, even if they are hidden away. With Clint Miller, you can get rid of these pests for good with our cockroach control services. Our team will thoroughly inspect your home—including your crawlspace—and treat your home if we see any signs of cockroach or other pest activity. Get a free quote today for our roach control and experience the peace of mind of a pest-free home.