Roaches in vehicles

[benenglish]

About a month ago, both my car and truck were suddenly inhabited by roaches. They're not the big roaches that come in off the trees nor are they babies. They're just midsize.

We don't have them in the house. I don't leave food in the vehicles. In fact, I don't treat/store/use the vehicles any different than I have over the last 20 years when I didn't have roaches in them.

It's weird that roaches showed up in both places at the same time. That leads me to believe there's some outside factor that I haven't identified.

Any ideas? And has anybody here ever bug-bombed their vehicle?

 

[Lunyfringe]

Any cardboard? roaches can eat more than you're willing to...

I've used bug-bombs in an RV before, but not in a car/truck. If you can get a small enough one should be fine... most leave a powder residue, not liquid.

 

[Vaquero]

You didn't happen to keep some cardboard boxes in them, did you? I've heard that roaches love the glue from those and will travel with the box.

I haven't bombed a vehicle, but I would sure try it.
I've bombed my travel trailer a few times for flying insects.

 

[Vaquero]

Double ninja

 

[TreyG-20]

I have bombed a truck I bought. Found ants in there. Tore it apart looking for a source and never could find where they were coming from. I bombed it during a rainy week and left it sealed up for 4 days. They were still alive and well. They stayed in that truck for months until winter came. I guess they froze. I know they may go for the battery area because of the heat. Roaches may do the same? All this rain may have something do with it.

 

[BRD@66]

My BIL had some success while stationed in Hawaii in 1968. He parked his roach-infested '57 Ford on the beach, doused it with gasoline & lit 'er up. YMMV.

 

[AZ Refugee]

sprinkle boric acid under the seats and trunk area

 

[Bozz10mm]

Roll the windows up, spray about 10 seconds worth of Raid flying insect killer around the interior. Try not to spray directly on the seats or dash. Leave it closed up for 1/2 an hour. That will kill the roaches. You may have to drive around with the windows down a while to get the Raid smell out.

They could also be in the engine compartment or the trunk of the car, if so quipped.

 

[orbitup]

My BIL had some success while stationed in Hawaii in 1968. He parked his roach-infested '57 Ford on the beach, doused it with gasoline & lit 'er up. YMMV.

When we get rental cars back from Hawaii they have roaches in them.

 

[RoadRunner]

Like AZ Refugee said use boric acid.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

When we get rental cars back from Hawaii they have roaches in them.

When are rental cars "back" from Hawaii?
At the time to sell them?

 

[robertc1024]

And nobody yet has said to get them out of there because the dogs will alert on them?

 

[oldag]

Roaches in a car?

Knew a guy many decades ago who got busted for that after Senior Prom.

 

[pronstar]

I had a similar issue, but with moths, recently in my suburban.

I’d be driving, one would appear, I’d kill it, another would appear some time later...lather, rinse repeat.

Then it just stopped.
I still have no idea what the hell was going on.


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[orbitup]

When are rental cars "back" from Hawaii?
At the time to sell them?

Yup. You can only sell so many cars in Hawaii.

 

[grasshopperglock]

All my life. I've never seen roaches in a car. I've been in some funky cars too. Brother found a huge Japanese Beetle. Dead. It was iridescent green. About a inch long.

Roaches? Never.

 

[benenglish]

Roaches? Never.

Same here. The crazy thing is, they showed up in both vehicles at the same time. Like I said in the OP, I suspect there's something external going on that I don't understand.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

On our "Next door" app people in our subdivision have been complaining about roaches the last month or so

 

[ed308]

Bait them with this stuff. Works great.

https://www.amazon.com/Advion-Cockr...TF8&qid=1541813122&sr=1-4&keywords=roach+bait

 

[Charlie]

Never had that problem. Must be a Houston thing.