Reddit reviews 30 Catchmaster Mouse / Spider / Insect / Scorpion Glue Board Sticky Traps ~ Peanut Butter Scent

Buy some glue traps from Amazon (These were the brand my pest control technician used, they are not baited glue traps, but it sticks it works: https://www.amazon.com/d/Pest-Control-Traps/Catchmaster-Spider-Insect-Scorpion-Sticky/B002Y6GAN4 ) place them on the floors along the walls and i guess on your toilet too if you think you were seeing poop there. If there is a problem, sooner or later one of your traps will have something and you can show it to your building manager and their pest control. Let your building manager know asap you suspect a roach issue, at least then he can start making appointments to get them out to your apartment and see if they spot anything.

In the mean time, I recommend

1. reading the sticky as well as other posts particular by a user dragonfly(?), since he did DYI with baiting with Advion Gel and IGR sprays. But hopefully your building manager will take responsibility for this and pay for it.
   
2. I would NOT mention you think it is brown branded, since it can imply you had brought it in rather than the building being at fault (idk weird/cheap minds) and plus it may steer your tech in the wrong direction (some material is better on germans vs. brown banded apparently).
   
3. Look at microwave,stove, coffee maker, to see if they are hiding under or even in them (coffee maker seems to be a common place from other posts).
   
   If your building manager does pay for the pest control, some tips:
   
   
4. have good conversation with the technician and ask what kind of material they are using, some keywords for the spray my guy used was Alpine WSG, Tekko Pro, Phantom and IGR (MUST HAVE THIS it inhibits their growth, aka no baby roaches).
   
5. If he might have glue traps (so you dont have to keep buying your own) to set out to really monitor the situation after the spray.
   
6. Mention you've read about baiting and see if that may be an option for treatment down the line (you can approach this after your first spray, since i'd imagine its hard to address this is the roach issue is not yet confirmed).
   
   I was fortunate to have a good tech who conversed with me via text with all the questions I had to understand the material.
   
   My studio was suspected of german vs. brown branded since I only had nymphs and look pretty similar at that stage. If they are adult its easier to identify, so the glue traps will help either way. If it is brown branded, then it is not limited to only wet areas like kitchen and restrooms unfortunately, they like EVERYTHING. Did extensive search online when my pest control guy suspected brown branded. They do not need as much water as the typical german, so are okay to venture into bedroom spaces and hide in electronics and other spaces.

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Here you go.