Royal Pest & Termite Blog

A cloud of winged insects circling the porch light on a warm, damp evening is how many South Florida homeowners first meet termites. Those insects are termite swarmers. They do not eat wood, yet... Continue Reading

The fleas you can see are the part everyone focuses on. The part that keeps an infestation going is the eggs, larvae, and cocoons you mostly cannot see, and almost all of them are in your house... Continue Reading

You mow on Saturday, and by Tuesday there are bright, yellow-green tufts standing an inch or two above the rest of the lawn. They look like grass that grew faster than everything around it. Pull... Continue Reading

In South Florida, ants in the bathroom are usually telling you something about water, about the walls, or about a colony that is already closer than you think. Water Is the Main Draw Ants... Continue Reading

A lawn rarely goes yellow all at once. It starts as a pale strip along the driveway, a few faded patches in the side yard, or a general loss of color that you notice one afternoon and cannot... Continue Reading

Telling a Juvenile From an Adult Young cockroaches, properly called nymphs, look like smaller versions of the adults of their species with two reliable differences. They have no working wings,... Continue Reading

What Rat Droppings Look Like South Florida homes mainly deal with the roof rat, and its droppings can be up to half an inch long, spindle-shaped, and tapering to a point at both ends. They are... Continue Reading

A homeowner gets a treatment, the palmetto bugs go quiet for a few weeks, and then one walks across the kitchen floor again. The natural conclusion is that the treatment failed. Usually it did... Continue Reading

Why Size On Its Own Misleads A full-grown house mouse weighs around half an ounce. A roof rat, which dominates South Florida, weighs anywhere from half a pound to a pound. That gap is... Continue Reading