Where do they hide?
Cockroaches are nocturnal and need to have a place to hide during the day. They can easily hide under pine straw, fallen magnolia leaves, leaf litter, bricks, and in wood piles. Of course it is almost impossible to find them far from human habitation. Out in the woods, there are probably too many enemies (opossum, lizards, snakes), and too few places to hide from their potential enemies. Great numbers of cockroaches cannot fit in small cavities under pine straw or leaves. Large protected cavities are the kind of high-rises that can support massive densities of cockroaches, for example tree holes. Man-made cavities include cinder block walls (which often hide unobstrusively behind apparently tight brick facing), voids under concrete stoops and porches, blocked rainspouts and culverts, small aluminum and wooden sheds, and of course wall voids in your house. Some cavities can easily accommodate thousands of cockroaches. You may occasionally see them inside your house, but only rarely. Mos
