Honey bee working purple wildflowers with pollen packed on its hind leg, showing the furry banded body that separates a bee from a wasp

Home/Pest Articles/Wasps & Hornets/Honey Bee Infestation Signs of a Honey Bee Infestation in Your Walls or Attic Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated August 2026 Stinging Pest Control A honey bee infestation in a house is not the same problem as wasps, and treating it the same way is … Read more

Carpenter bee resting on brick wall during summer inspection in Melissa

Home/Pest Articles/Carpenter Bee/Signs and Damage Signs of Carpenter Bees and the Damage They Do to Your Home Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated August 2026 Carpenter Bee Control The signs of carpenter bees are easier to read than almost any other pest, because they leave a hole you could … Read more

Home/Pest Articles/Pantry Pests/Fruit Flies How and Why Fruit Flies Enter Your Home Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  April 2024 Pest Control A fruit fly infestation that seems to appear overnight almost never starts with flies coming in through a window or door. It starts inside the kitchen, on produce … Read more

Stagnant, debris-filled water in a backyard birdbath, identified as a mosquito breeding source during a pest control inspection in McKinney, Texas.

Home/ Pest Articles/ Mosquitoes/ House Mosquito The House Mosquito and How Culex Gets Indoors Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Mosquito Control The house mosquito is the brown Culex mosquito that whines around your bedroom after dark, and it grew up in still water close to home, … Read more

Wolf spider located along base of concrete wall during summer inspection in Princeton.

Home/Pest Articles/Spiders/Wolf Spiders Wolf Spider Infestation, What It Actually Looks Like Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated August 2026 Spider Control A wolf spider infestation is a rarer thing than the phrase suggests, and knowing why takes the worry out of it. These are solitary hunters. They build no … Read more

Chewed-open roofline gap with pulled insulation and rat droppings before exclusion on a Pest Me Off roof rat job in Frisco TX

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 October 2026 Rodent Control Roof rats get into an attic from above, by climbing to the roofline and slipping through a gap a little wider than a quarter of … 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

House centipede on tile beside a baseboard gap, showing the flat striped body and 15 pairs of long banded legs

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

Brown Recluse identification photo seen from above, tan body, dark violin mark behind the eyes and long slim legs

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

Lone star tick walking across light fabric, the single cream spot on her back clearly visible

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 October 2026 Tick Control Ticks in the house were carried in. Ticks cannot fly or jump, so nearly every tick you find indoors rode through the door on a … Read more