Pest Advice Blog

It never seems to fail; the dead cockroaches you find in your home are always lying on their backs. Whether you feel disgusted or relieved that the roach is dead, you scoop it up into the trash, forget it, and go on with your day. Have you ever …

Few insects make people recoil more than the enterprising cockroach. These bugs can be found throughout North America and are often associated with dirty homes or businesses. However, even if you keep a clean home, you may be unwittingly attracting …

There are a lot of reasons not to like cockroaches. They spread disease, bring their waste into our homes and generally just gross us out. Sometimes, they even need cockroach pest control to remove completely.  But did you know that cockroaches are …

We joke that they could survive nuclear disasters, but they certainly do have an uncanny ability to survive. Cockroaches can live off scraps of food or waste and will forage just about everywhere imaginable. They can be extremely resilient in the …

  When fall arrives, our daily routine begins to change. We can’t help but spend less time outdoors as the hot summer air disappears. Instead of enjoying barbeques and gardening, we rake leaves and dig out our warm clothes. Many of us prepare for …

After discovering a cockroach inside of your home, your first emotion is likely to be disgust. They’re not exactly pests you look forward to finding inside your home, and the stigma surrounding them is enough to make anyone feel uneasy. Many people …

Spring is a time of excitement. We anxiously wait for the sunshine and watch our gardens and plants begin to flourish. Animals appear after long months of hibernation and you begin to set up your outdoor areas, determined to spend time outside. …

Spotting that cockroach moving across your kitchen floor is enough to give most of us a fright. If you’re one of the braver ones among us, you’ve probably killed it and disposed of it. Unfortunately, this is just the beginning of potentially very …

To most people cockroaches are really disgusting but they are also transmitters of several diseases. It’s not unusual to see them in your bathroom and kitchen as there are plenty of good  hiding spots. You can be assured that once you catch a …

You wake up in the night and head for your kitchen to get a drink but as you turn on the lights you see a cockroach scattering away. Chances are there are more of them, and if that is so, you’ll be needing some professional pest control. Did you …

There are several thousand different species of cockroaches in this world. Many of them are wild, while others are a common pest. You’re not expected to know the differences between the Oriental German, Dubia or Cuban cockroach however, like every …

Cockroaches are notorious for being extremely resilient and hard to kill. Bugs sprays don’t work on them because most bug sprays are contact killers and therefore only kill the cockroaches you see, not the ones that are hiding in the dark corners of …