Tips Need advice - found tiny cockroaches in kitchen, what phase of infestation am I dealing with and

[JohnetteHo]

Finally resolved a terrible cockroach problem and thought I'd share what finally did the trick - turns out understanding the egg to adult progression was essential because you need to attack them at each level, so I contacted a professional pest guy who explained that permanent roach elimination requires recognizing cockroach infestation signs early like feces, brown capsules, and that weird odor, plus he recommended expert extermination combined with cockroach life cycle stages explained bait gel in crevices rather than just aerosol products which only kill what you see, and gave me prevention advice like sealing gaps, fixing leaks, and staying tidy, though the extermination fee was higher than expected at $300 but worth it since we had german cockroach identification which are really hard to eliminate according to the tech.