Now Available: PCT Cockroach Management Field Guide

Fifteen years in the making, this is the first field guide devoted solely to common and not-so-common cockroach species that invade buildings.

Written by Stoy A. Hedges, the handy, pocket-sized publication is ideal for field use. Highlights include case studies and a 24-page color ID section featuring key identifying characteristics of these pests, making species identification quick and easy.

This compact guide is divided into three sections:

• Economically Important Cockroaches

• Peridomestic Cockroaches

• Miscellaneous Cockroaches

Included are cockroach control strategies for a variety of accounts, including residential, apartment complexes, restaurants, hospitals, health care facilities, schools, day care centers, food processing facilities and more.

In addition to a thorough examination of commonly encountered cockroach species, Hedges reviews unique and emerging species that pest management professionals may be encountering in the future. Special emphasis is placed on integrated cockroach management and customer communication.

“Few individuals worldwide have the necessary academic background and practical field experience to qualify them to attempt such a field guide,” observes Dr. Austin Frishman in the preface to the book. “While reading the contents of this field guide you can almost feel the author standing in an account and explaining to you what to look for and how to treat it. I anticipated and expected another valuable field guide from Stoy Hedges and he did not disappoint.”

This is the fifth in the PCT Field Guide series (others cover ants, flies, spiders and beetles) from Hedges, who also serves as the editorial director of the Mallis Handbook of Pest Control. A Purdue University graduate and board certified entomologist (B.C.E.), Hedges spent 24 years in the Terminix’s technical/training department, retiring in 2014 as the company’s senior technical professional/entomologist. He currently is a pest control industry consultant (Stoy Pest Consulting).

The PCT Field Guide for the Management of Structure-Infesting Cockroaches costs $15.95 and can be ordered from the PCT Online bookstore at https://bit.ly/3ye5JqU or 800/456-0707.