My mom did that some years back with roaches. I mean, she just plain out got ratchet with the duck tape, and stickified every hidden crack and crevice. Nary a roach returned since.
And when we moved, fortunately, we had none to start with, so there's no pest problem.
I mean, the occasional one or two, but they are dealt with rather swiftly.
“…Judge not what a man has done, but judge what he could have done if he was a different bloke altogether. For art thou a leper? And a leper can changeth his spots…” --Rudy Wade, Misfits (Series 4, Episode 8)