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Home/Pest Articles/Rodents/Roof Rats How Roof Rats Get Into Your Attic and Why They Stay Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Rodent Control Roof rats get into an attic from above, which is why people looking for a hole at ground level find nothing and conclude they must … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/American Cockroaches/How American Cockroaches Enter McKinney Homes How and Why American Cockroaches Enter Your Home Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated July 2026 American Cockroaches Cockroaches in your house usually come from outside. American cockroaches live in sewers, storm drains, water meter boxes and mulch beds, and they … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Centipedes/House Centipedes How and Why House Centipedes Get Into Your Home Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Pest Control House centipedes get into a home at ground level, through gaps that were already there, and almost always because something they eat got in first. That second … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Spiders/Brown Recluse Nests What a Brown Recluse Nest Looks Like and How They Get Inside Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Spider Control People go looking for a brown recluse nest and expect to find a web, so they check the ceiling corners, find nothing, and … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Ticks/Ticks in the House Ticks in the House and How They Got There Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Tick Control Finding ticks in the house is unsettling in a way that finding an ant or a roach is not, because the obvious question has an … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/German Cockroaches/How German Cockroaches Enter McKinney Homes How and Why German Roaches Get Into Your Home Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 German Cockroaches German roaches do not come through floor drains or crawl in from outside the way American cockroaches do. They hitchhike in, on … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Spiders/Black Widow Spiders How and Why Black Widow Spiders Enter Your Home Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Spider Control Black widows are outdoor spiders that end up inside occasionally, using the same routes as everything else that gets in: prey insects, ground level gaps, and … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Springtails/Springtails & Jumping Bugs Springtails in Texas Homes and Why They Jump Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · March 2024 Pest Control Springtails in Texas homes are tiny gray, tan or brown insects that jump when disturbed, and they turn up by the hundreds in bathrooms and kitchens with … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Earwigs/Earwig Myths in McKinney Pincher Bugs and Earwig Myths McKinney Homeowners Get Wrong Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Earwigs Pincher bugs, which are properly called earwigs, have no interest in your ear, cannot sting you, and are not a sign that your house is dirty. … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Crickets/Black Crickets & Hoppers Three Myths About Black Crickets (Hoppers) in Collin County Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Cricket Control A black cricket is a field cricket, a shiny dark brown to black insect from about half an inch to over an inch long that … Read more