Why Do You Find Cockroaches in Car

Cockroaches need a source of food to occupy an area. If your car provides that food source, they will find a way inside.

People eat in their cars and when they do, food crumbs fall on the seats, in between the seats or on the floor. It doesn’t matter if you clean up after. Cockroaches will find those tiny morsels of food and find a place to get comfortable in your car.

Why Do Cockroaches Live in Cars?

Cockroaches will try to gain access inside vehicles for the same reason they come inside buildings – to look for food, water and a place to breed.

Though it’s not unheard of to hear about someone – a friend, a relative or a colleague – finding cockroaches in their vehicles, finding one or several in your car yourself can still be a disgusting experience.

If you do find them in your vehicle, what do you do? Is it still possible to get rid of the roaches that have made a home in your car? Will you have to give up your car and buy a new one?

This article will provide the answers and solutions to your cockroach problem.

How Do Cockroaches Get in Your Car?

A cockroach can gain access to your car in many ways. Here are some of them:

Open windows. There are species of cockroaches that can fly, so an open car window or a crack, even just a tiny crack, can be used as an entry point.

Items brought from outside. An item that you’re bringing home, held in a luggage, box or even shopping bag, can contain cockroaches. Usually, these items will be placed in the car first before their final destination – your home.

Through crevices. Cockroaches will use the tiniest holes or gaps as accept points. This makes it easy for these pests to gain entrance into cars.