Royal Pest & Termite Blog

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

Killing the chinch bugs is the half that gets attention. The brown patch they left behind is the half that costs money. That patch won't come back on its own timeline, and St. Augustine grass... Continue Reading

Florida Is Home To Four Widow Species UF/IFAS lists four widow spiders in the state: the southern black widow, the northern black widow, the red widow, and the brown widow. The red widow lives... Continue Reading

Gallinippers are one of the largest mosquito species in North America; they bite day and night aggressively and show up in waves after heavy rain rather than steadily throughout the season. It is... Continue Reading

Termites in Florida don't behave the same way, don't live in the same places, and don't respond to the same treatment. A method that wipes out one species can leave another untouched inside your... Continue Reading

If you have lived in Miami-Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach County through even one summer, you have probably wondered when mosquito season in Florida actually starts, and more to the point, when it... Continue Reading