How to Get Rid of Cockroach Eggs on Your Shoes

Cockroaches are one of the most difficult pests to kill. Although it’s difficult to get rid of cockroaches completely, you can try stomping on the eggs to kill them. You can try this if the eggs are on your shoes, but you should be careful because it’s messy.

If you find cockroach eggs stuck to your shoes, you’ve likely been wearing them in places where they won’t be protected from human stomping. But if you don’t wear shoes when you’re outside, those eggs will fall to the ground and get crushed. Cockroach eggs are tough enough to protect unborn roaches from bacteria and weather, but they’re not built for human stomping. If they remained on your shoes, the surviving eggs would have a difficult time molting and would likely die.

Getting rid of cockroach eggs on your shoes isn’t difficult, especially if you know where they’re coming from. Generally, cockroaches lay their eggs in warm and dark places. The German cockroach, which is one of the most dangerous pests, lays its eggs in moist, warm places, and its eggs are sticky.

The female cockroach lays her eggs in an egg casing called an ootheca, which is an elongated mass that contains up to 40 cockroach eggs. They tend to leave their egg casing in a moist crevice near food sources. Some species leave their eggs on the surface of the ootheca, which makes them easy to spot.