German, American, Oriental, and Smoky Brown cockroaches infest North Texas homes year-round. Pest Me Off provides cockroach control across McKinney, Allen, Frisco, and Collin County TX.
Home/ Pest Articles/ Cockroaches/ Brown-Banded Cockroaches Brown-Banded Cockroaches, the Roach Found Away From the Kitchen Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated October 2026 Cockroach Control A small roach behind the TV, on a closet shelf or in a bedroom dresser is usually not a German cockroach. It is the … Read more
Home/ Pest Articles/ Cockroaches/ Water Bug vs Cockroach Water Bug, Palmetto Bug or Cockroach? What Texans Mean by Each Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated October 2026 Cockroach Control A big reddish-brown bug in the bathtub at night gets called a water bug, a palmetto bug or a cockroach, … Read more
Home/ Pest Articles/ Cockroaches/ Can Cockroaches Fly? Can Cockroaches Fly? Which Texas Roaches Do, and Why Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated October 2026 Cockroach Control Some cockroaches can fly, and in Collin County the large dark roach that flies toward porch lights on warm summer nights is the … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Cockroaches/Cockroach Season When Cockroach Season Is in Texas, and Why Winter Does Not End It Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Cockroach Control Cockroach season in Texas is not one season, it is three, and only two of them have anything to do with the weather. … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Cockroaches/Where Cockroaches Breed Where Cockroaches Breed and Why That Changes How You Treat Them Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · Updated August 2026 Cockroach Control Cockroaches breed somewhere you have never looked, and that single fact decides whether a treatment works or wastes your money. The roach you see … Read more
Home/Pest Articles/Cockroaches/Oriental Cockroaches How and Why Oriental Cockroaches Enter Your Home Ryan Beyer, President · Pest Me Off · McKinney, TX · June 2024 Oriental Cockroaches People who find an oriental cockroach usually call it something else first: a water bug, or a shiny black beetle that turned up near a drain. That mix-up is … 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/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