Pest Library

American, German, and oriental cockroaches are types of cockroaches that have adapted to living with people. They regularly get inside our homes and businesses, quickly making themselves at home. Cockroaches are scavenging insects that feed on almost anything in our homes, including trash, toothpaste, shed hair, paper, and the food in our pantries. In addition to food, our structures provide cockroaches warmth, moisture, and shelter.

Keeping cockroaches out of your home is vital to the health and safety of you, your family, and anyone visiting your home. Cockroaches are scavengers that live in areas that put them in direct contact with unsavory bacteria, human pathogens, and parasites. If you ever notice cockroaches or their signs, like unpleasant odors, dark streaks on surfaces, or black pepper-like droppings, immediately contact a professional for help.  

Use these simple prevention tips to keep cockroaches from taking over your home:

• Remove trash from indoor and outdoor trash cans frequently.
• Regularly sanitize trashcans and recycling bins.
• Keep your home’s kitchen and dining areas free of crumbs and other food debris.

For effective cockroach control, call us today. 

Rodents live worldwide. While most live in rainforests, woodlands, desert areas, and other places far away from people, some, like mice and rats, have adapted to urban and suburban living. Though these rodents may be happy to share our homes, we can't say we are pleased to share our homes with them. Mice, rats, and other rodents carry and spread diseases that make people ill, contaminate food sources, and can cause severe structural damage. 

Unfortunately, keeping rodents out of our homes is easier said than done. Rodents are agile opportunistic pests that easily move to and from our homes. Mice can move through spaces only the diameter of a pencil, and rats can take advantage of spaces only the diameter of a quarter. While keeping rodents out of our homes is tricky, it is necessary. Rodents are destructive, dangerous pests we can't let become our roommates. 

Here are some helpful tips to rodent-proof your home:

• Use expandable foam to seal spaces in your home's exterior.
• Use steel wool to seal spaces around pipes and wires moving into your home.
• Place screens over vents and chimneys.
• Repair roof damage, loose trim, and missing weatherstripping. 

The best way to evict rodents from your home is through professional rodent control services. 

Spiders are arachnids that come in a variety of shapes and sizes. Though each species is unique, all spiders share some characteristics.

• Two body segments
• Eight legs
• Six to eight eyes
• Fang-like mouthparts
• Silk-producing organs

The best way to accurately identify the spiders on your property is to partner with a local pest control expert.   Spiders are predators and help control insect populations that can cause harm. Our gardens, grass, trees, and flowerbeds provide the perfect hunting ground for spiders. Though these arachnids prefer to live outside, they enter into our homes by following their insect prey. The more attractive your home is to insects, the more likely it is that spiders will find their way inside. 

The best way to keep spiders from moving into your home is to limit their access to their insect prey. Implementing a year-round home pest control program is the best way to control Oregon spiders.  If there aren’t any insects to feed on, spiders will likely move on, searching for an insect-rich environment that will help them keep their bellies full. In addition to home pest control, maintaining a clean kitchen, keeping lids on trash cans, and maintaining your yard can go a long way in controlling insects and spiders.

Wasps are one of the more dangerous pests to find their way to our Roseburg properties. Wasps are usually territorial and defend themselves and their nests from harm by delivering painful venom-filled stings. When wasps are living in your yard, doing simple, daily activities like gardening, mowing, and eating outside can put you at risk of being on the receiving end of a painful sting. Eliminating these pests as quickly as possible is essential to protect your family's health and safety. We identify wasps by their slender bodies, distinct waist, and elongated wings. These insects live and breed outdoors and can become a problem in any outdoor space where they can nest close to food and water sources. Wasps build their nests in secluded, sheltered areas that protect them from harsh weather and predators. Our yards and homes offer many nesting sites, including tree branches, tree cavities, roof eaves, railings, attics, and wall voids that unfortunately put people in close contact with these dangerous pests.

Use these tips to help make your property less attractive to wasps:

• Keep wasps from foraging in trash cans and recycling bins by keeping lids on them.
• Don’t leave sugary drinks in outdoor sitting or eating areas. 
• Remove standing water that can provide a water source.
• Maintain landscaping and keep trees and shrubs cut back from your home.

If stinging insects ever become a problem on your property, contact a local professional for help. 

Bees are a type of stinging insect well-known for being vital pollinators and producing honey that other animals and people use as an important food source. But did you know that not all bees make honey? While not all bees make honey, most species living worldwide help pollinate diverse plants, trees, flowers, and crops. 

There is no question that bees are beneficial. But that doesn’t mean you must share your properties with them. Like other stinging insects, bees can deliver painful stings, and their venom is potent enough to trigger severe allergic reactions. Bees enter our Roseburg yards because they provide a beneficial environment. Food, water, and shelter are all within easy reach in our yards. 

In conjunction with professional pest control, these tips will help make your property less attractive to bees.

• Avoid planting a lot of flowering vegetation near your home’s entrances, exits, and outdoor eating areas.
• Plant bee-repelling plants like cucumbers, marigolds, and eucalyptus.
• Remove hummingbird feeders; bees like to feed on the sweet liquid found inside these feeders.

Call today to learn about our bee control in Roseburg.