Cockroach Control
Here’s something worth knowing before you sign up with any pest company in Waco: almost every local competitor, and most national franchises, specifically excludes German cockroaches from their mid-tier plans. You’ll see them listed under a “specialty pest” category that costs extra. The reasoning? German roaches are harder to treat, so companies would rather exclude them than be accountable for results.
Cockroaches
Right Pest takes a different position. German cockroaches are the most common cockroach complaint in Central Texas kitchens, and they’re covered in Right Plus, our $69/month plan, with no extra charge and a real treatment protocol: interior gel-bait plus residual application. Because covering the pest people actually have isn’t a premium service. It’s what pest control should be
Large, reddish-brown, and often called ‘water bugs’ in the South. They typically live outside in mulch, sewer systems, and foundation gaps, and occasionally wander inside. American cockroaches are covered on the Right Shield plan and treated during exterior perimeter treatment.
Smaller, tan with two dark stripes behind the head, and almost exclusively an indoor pest. German roaches breed extremely rapidly (a single female can produce hundreds of offspring in months), develop resistance to residual treatments quickly, and are almost impossible to eliminate without targeted interior gel-bait application. They are the cockroach in your kitchen, bathroom, and behind your appliances.
Treatment
We identify harborage areas, behind the stove, under the refrigerator, inside cabinet hinges, around the dishwasher and sink base.
We apply professional-grade gel bait in harborage areas. German roaches feed on the bait and carry it back to the harborage, achieving cascade elimination.
We apply a residual product to key areas to eliminate foragers.
We monitor gel-bait placements at subsequent visits and re-apply as needed.
Termite Protection Pricing
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American cockroaches covered. German cockroaches not included.
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Both American AND German cockroaches covered. Interior gel-bait + residual. Unique in the Waco market.
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Everything in Right Plus, plus mosquitoes, wildlife trapping, and up to $250 a year in exclusion work.
How It Works
No callbacks. No excuses. No wondering if anything actually happened.
Pick your plan onlineChoose Right Shield, Plus, or Premier at rightpest .com in 60 seconds. No phone call. No salesperson at your door.
We show up on schedule, walk your entire half-acre, and send a complete service report the same day. Every visit.
Covered pest comes back? We return free. Still not happy? The 254 Promise kicks in — 2.54 services credited to your account.
FAQ
American cockroaches are large (1.5-2 inches), reddish-brown, and primarily outdoor pests that occasionally wander inside. German cockroaches are small (0.5-0.6 inches), tan with dark stripes, and are almost exclusively indoor pests that infest kitchens and bathrooms. German roaches breed much faster and are significantly harder to eliminate.
German cockroaches reproduce extremely rapidly, develop pesticide resistance quickly, and require interior gel-bait treatment to achieve colony elimination. Exterior sprays don’t reach their harborage areas behind appliances and inside cabinet voids. Most pest companies exclude them from standard plans because treating them properly requires a more involved protocol.
German cockroaches almost always enter via infested items brought inside, grocery bags, cardboard boxes, used appliances, or furniture. American cockroaches enter through gaps in the foundation, drain pipes, utility penetrations, and doors/windows. Keeping cockroaches out requires both perimeter treatment and, for German roaches, interior monitoring.
Yes, and this is unique in the Waco market. Right Plus ($69/mo) includes German cockroach treatment with interior gel-bait plus residual application. Almost every other pest company in Central Texas either excludes German roaches from mid-tier plans or charges extra to treat them. With Right Pest, it’s included.
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