The two-war truth about Savannah roaches
The palmetto bug — the big American roach — is a landscape insect. It lives in pine straw, palm crowns, and sewer lines, and it wanders in through door sweeps and plumbing penetrations, especially after heavy rain. The fix is exterior: barrier, harborage reduction, entry sealing. The German roach is a different animal entirely: it lives and breeds indoors, behind appliances and inside cabinet hinges, and one female’s egg case can seed dozens more.
Knowing which one you have changes everything — which is why the first ten minutes of the visit is identification, not spraying.
What a German roach cleanout actually takes
Bait placements in the harborage zones, an insect growth regulator to break reproduction, and follow-up visits at two-to-three week intervals to catch newly hatched nymphs. Prep matters: grease cleaned, food sealed, clutter reduced. We’ll give you the short prep list before visit one — it genuinely decides how fast this goes.
Keeping the outdoor kinds outdoors
For palmetto bugs, the program is quarterly perimeter treatment plus the boring-but-decisive stuff: door sweeps that actually touch the threshold, screened weep holes, pine straw pulled back from the foundation. We do the treatment and tell you the two or three fixes that would cut sightings in half — because they will.