East Texas pest ID.
Two minutes narrows most East Texas pests to a species — and gets the right treatment on the truck the first time we come out.
Roach-like?
Small caramel-brown roaches indoors, hiding in warm cracks near appliances? Likely German. Big reddish-brown roaches outside or in the garage after rain? American cockroaches — the East Texas 'tree roach'.
German vs American roach IDAnts?
Tiny black lines in the kitchen (odorous house or ghost ants), reddish mound stings in the yard (fire ants), or bigger black ones on siding (carpenter)? Our home pest control covers them all — get pointed at the right treatment.
Ant treatmentWings, wood damage, or mud tubes?
Discarded wings on windowsills or mud tubes on the foundation? That's almost always the eastern subterranean termite — the wood-destroying insect that shows up in East Texas homes. Get the ID confirmed before you treat.
Termite warning signsBites at night, spots on the sheets?
Apple-seed-sized bugs in mattress seams, rust-colored spotting on sheets, itchy bite lines? That's bed bugs — they spread fast, so the sooner we treat, the easier it ends.
Bed bug treatmentSpiders?
Almost every East Texas spider is harmless. We flag the two that aren't (brown recluse, black widow) in the pest library — with where they hide, so you can rule them out.
East Texas spider IDRodents (droppings, scratching in the attic)?
Rice-grain droppings and light scratching = mice. Larger droppings and heavy running noises overhead at dusk = roof rats — very common in Lufkin, Nacogdoches and Piney Woods attics.
Attic & garage exclusionSend us a photo, we'll ID it
Not sure? Attach a clear, close-up photo to your free-quote request — one of our technicians will identify it and tell you whether it's a real problem or just the normal East Texas cast of characters that shows up after a rain.
Still stumped?
Not sure what you saw?
If nothing above matches, you've got two clean next steps. Browse the full East Texas pest library — every pest we treat, grouped by category with a one-sentence field ID — or just describe what you're seeing on our contact form. A tech will ID it and quote the right treatment the first time out.
Not sure what you're looking at?
Attach a photo to your free-quote request — we'll ID it and quote the right treatment the first time out.
