This article is for all those who would rather gather information through video than through the reading of long tomes of words. Following are videos showing a variety of methods of cockroach control - from organic to drowning.

Cockroaches are one of the most despised and dirty insect pests. They are attracted to about any food, live behind walls and in unsanitary conditions, contaminate foods with foodborne-illness causing bacteria, and can grow numerous in population if not controlled.

Cockroach Control Videos

Title:How to get rid of cockroaches
Time: 3:25
Site Description: What the pros to do to get of roaches. One female roach can spawn offspring than can total almost a million in one year. Don't take chances! Missing even one can leave you with a severe infestation.
Summary: This video is a slideshow depicting where cockroaches hide and how to control them. There is no audio, rather the slides have text on them. Uploaded by a pest control company, the video promotes specific product.

Title:Mythbusters - Drowning Cockroaches
Time: 3:13
Site Description: No cockroaches were harmed in the taping of this myth...or were they?
Summary: Can you drown a cockroach? Discovery Channel's Mythbusters submerge cockroaches in water for 30 minutes to test the myth. Because the cockroaches were breed for science, as the narrator says, "they were always destined for doom."
Additional Note: Mythbusters also attempted cockroach "control" through radiation. View that video, Mythbusters Cockroaches outliving a nuclear blast, in which the Mythbusters test a myth about cockroaches outliving a nuclear blast and remaining the only lifeforms on earth.

Product Manufacturer Cockroach Control Videos

Title:Cockroach Control In Your Home - Avert Dry Flowable Cockroach Bait
Time: 9:26
Site Description: Information on killing cockroaches in homes and apartments using Avert Dry Flowable Cockroach Bait. Featuring Dr. Jeff Tucker of Whitmire Microgen.
Summary: Dr. Jeff Tucker provides a great deal of background information on cockroaches and where they may be hiding, in addition to explaining how to use the product to rid your home of them. As one comment stated - "This was a really good one he explained how to find them why these places are used for roaches to hid, so better than other videos!!!!!!!!"

Title:German Cockroach Control - Advion
Time: 6:56
Site Description: As described on the narrators website, the video explains how to use the products in an effective way. Tricks like using small dots of bait instead of large globs - because the roaches will not eat off of large globs but will flock to the small ones.
Summary: Narrator Michael Crose explains about German cockroaches, how they can get into your home, what they do once they are in, and how professionals get rid of them with bait.

Videos About Cockroaches

If you are more interested in watching videos about the history and actions of, new discoveries about, and even a bit of fun with cockroaches, check out the videos at Cockroaches: See How They Run.