General Pest Control

Roaches

Cockroaches are the second most common allergen and are responsible for causing respiratory problems in many children due to allergens they leave inside homes. Cockroaches are nocturnal so they are most active at night and spend 75% or more of their life hiding in cracks & crevices. Roaches are often identified by their pronotum, which is a prominent plate-like structure behind their head where you would imagine a neck would be.

• Smokey Brown
  Large cockroach is dark mahogany brown in color and can fly.  Its pronotum is solid dark brown or black and commonly found in the attic of homes.
• American Cockroach
  Reddish-brown cockroach with a pale brown or yellow border on its pronotum (Neck area) and is the largest of all common house infesting cockroaches. Commonly found around manholes and in sewers, in boiler rooms and in the holes of trees; often glues its egg capsule to the outside of buildings.
• German Cockroaches
  Small cockroach with a pronotum with longitudinal black bars running lengthwise. This roach rapidly reproduces and infests kitchens and hides and lays eggs in the appliances. In almost all cases they are transported by humans from one home to another in appliances.
• Wood Roach
  Small cockroach with no wings as an adult.
• Oriental cockroach
  Medium size cockroach commonly found in sewers, drains, and dark damp basements.  It is often associated with decaying organic matter and found in cooler areas.
• Brown Banded Cockroach
  light-brown cockroach has two light colored bands that run from side-to-side across the base of the wings and abdomen.