Pest-Away Corporation Pest Guide

Protect your home by understanding the pests invading your home.

Entry	Cockroaches can access your home through many ways. They can enter your home through cracks, drainage systems, delivery boxes, newspapers, and grocery bags.
Environment	They live in warm, dark, and humid environments, such as crevices, under sinks, dark cabinets, and other hard-to-reach areas
Reproduction	Cockroaches reproduce incredibly fast. Each cockroach can hatch every 20 days with 30-48 nymphs. They have the ability to lay eggs that hatch every 20-30 days, up to 8 times in a lifetime.
Illness	These insects have certain bacteria and germs that trigger asthma and allergies to your family members.
Infestation	Leftover food, dark areas, and dirty environments can attract roaches. But even in a clutter-free home, they’re drawn to areas with too much moisture like laundry areas and bathrooms

Entry	By squeezing under your door or through an unsealed hole, rodents have very flexible bodies that help them reach homes or businesses. They can easily travel through areas by chewing wood to create a crawl space. After a typhoon or flash flood, rodents are more likely to find shelter in your home.
Environment	Rodents seek shelter in buildings for warmth and food. These furry creatures can hide anywhere in places, such as tall grass in your backyard or under clutter in storage spaces.
Reproduction	Known as rapid breeders, female mice can give birth up to 10 times a year.
Illness	Rodents carry highly infectious diseases such as leptospirosis, hantavirus, salmonella, tularemia. They can spread 30 more potential illnesses and diseases. These can spread through rodent urine, feces, and bites.
Infestation	Common signs of an rodent infestation are chewed-on furniture, mouse droppings, urine stains.

Entry	Mosquitoes can fly through any open window, hole, or door ー even tears in a net are enough to invite these blood-sucking insects!
Environment	These insects thrive in any stagnant or non-flowing body of water. You can find them in areas that contain water such as pet bowls, unmaintained water tanks, dirty window sills, and or discarded car tires.
Reproduction	Female mosquitos are famous for depositing over 100 eggs in any form of stagnant water.
Illness	Every year, mosquitoes are responsible for killing millions of people. They can spread diseases such as dengue, malaria, and the Zika virus. As of 2023 in the Philippines, the DOH has reported an alarming increase in dengue cases that caused hospitilization and death.
Infestation	A mosquito infestation looks different for every home. But typically, infestations manifest through many mosquito bites on the body. You can find mosquitos hovering over food or around your family members.