No roaches in traps=no roaches?
I moved into an apartment at the end of October with clear signs of a previous infestation. I’ve seen several dead, 3-5 oothecas and one (confirmed) live (squashed another thing rlly fast that could have been a nymph but couldn’t id)
I’ve sprayed with alpine 3 times, put down a ton of advion, gentrol disks and also put down duct tape to cover cracks behind the appliances and under the sinks and sticky traps everywhere. I have never caught anything in any of my numerous sticky traps
This week I’m out of town so I even cleared my kitchen counters, covered them with alpine, advion bait tacos and sticky traps near the sink, drove back today to check them and nothing.
If I have nothing in my traps does that mean no roaches?
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