Cockroaches are known for surviving everything, which is why business owners need professional help exterminating them. Consider the long, strange history of roaches:

• Cockroaches have existed since about 80 million years before the first dinosaurs!

• Some cultures used to consider cockroaches good luck. People even brought roaches into new homes as housewarming gifts.

• In some places, people eat cockroaches with oil and garlic as a digestive aid.

Cockroaches are hardy:

Here’s why cockroach problems turn into infestations overnight:

• Some cockroaches can lay over 2 million babies in a year.

• Many species reproduce less — but still about 10,000 babies per mother.

• Female roaches can get pregnant once, and stay pregnant for the rest of their lives!

Cockroaches are hard to eliminate:

Roach killer products found in stores tend to bring mediocre results at best, followed by a complete return of the infestation. Here’s why professional cockroach exterminators are needed:

• You can’t starve them: cockroaches live weeks without water and a month without food.

• You can’t swat them: cockroaches can grow back legs. Some live for weeks with their head cut off!

• You can’t simply poison them: some roaches won’t take bait, others will survive certain chemicals. Often, pesticide and sterilization chemicals get the best results.

Cockroaches have a reputation for difficult, disgusting infestations. Keep your company’s reputation intact and contact the roach control experts at Stern for fast, safe extermination.