6 pests · Pest Control
Cockroaches
Big roaches the size of your thumb and small ones the size of your thumbnail need completely different treatments. Start here to tell them apart.
American Cockroaches
Large reddish-brown roaches, about the length of your thumb, with a yellowish band behind the head.
German Cockroaches
Small light-brown roaches, about the size of your thumbnail, with two dark stripes behind the head.
Brown-Banded Cockroaches
Small roaches with two light bands across the wings and body.
Smokybrown Cockroaches
Large, glossy, uniformly dark mahogany roaches.
Oriental Cockroaches
Shiny black roaches.
Surinam Cockroaches
Glossy dark-brown to black body with pale wings.
About the size of your thumb
Large roaches
American, smokybrown, and oriental cockroaches live outdoors and in drains, and wander in. A regular inside and outside spray handles them. American cockroaches are covered between quarterly visits.
About the size of your thumbnail
Small roaches
German and brown-banded cockroaches live and breed indoors. Spraying makes them worse. They need a bait program with a follow-up visit two to three weeks later.
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