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Turkestan Cockroach

Turkestan Cockroach Control

The Turkestan cockroach is an outdoor cockroach now common across the Southwest.

A Turkestan cockroach on a paver under a porch light at night

Recognizing the Turkestan cockroach

Females are about an inch long, dark brown to black with cream edging on short wing pads. Males are smaller, slender, tan to orange with full wings, and they fly to lights at night.

Because of their color and wings, males are often mistaken for American cockroaches.

Where outdoor cockroaches gather

Utility boxes
They live in water meter, irrigation and utility boxes around your yard.
Concrete and walls
You will find them hiding inside cracks in concrete and hollow block walls.
Outdoor lighting
Male Turkestan cockroaches fly toward outdoor porch and patio lights at night.

How Whiptail handles Turkestan cockroaches

We apply exterior perimeter treatments around foundation walls, doors, windows and weep screens, alongside cockroach baits and granular treatments in gravel and landscape beds.

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Turkestan cockroach questions

Why am I seeing flying cockroaches near lights?

Male Turkestan cockroaches have full wings and fly toward lights at night. They live outdoors in-ground boxes and block wall crevices across the Las Vegas valley.

Do Turkestan cockroaches live inside kitchens?

Turkestan cockroaches live outdoors in water meter boxes, irrigation boxes, hollow block walls and concrete gaps. Female Turkestan cockroaches are dark brown with cream edging, while tan, slender males fly to lights at night.

How do you treat these cockroaches outdoors?

Our technicians inspect outdoor hiding spots, apply perimeter treatments around your foundation and treat gravel beds using cockroach baits and granular products according to label directions.

Schedule a cockroach inspection

Contact our Las Vegas office to book a technician who will inspect your yard and explain our clear treatment pricing.

Call: (702) 000-0000 Request Service

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Dana did a blacklight inspection at night and found bark scorpions in our block wall. She treated the yard and installed weep screen guards. Now our Scorpion Plan includes visits every two months.

We needed a formal Wood Destroying Insect report to sell our house. Marco came out and inspected the slab and garage thoroughly. He sent the written report to our agent the next business day.

We heard scratching in the attic. Luis found where roof rats were getting in, sealed the entry points with steel mesh, and set traps. He came back to check the traps just like he promised.

We use the quarterly plan for ants and spiders. When we saw a few ants return near the kitchen in summer, they came back out and treated the area again at no charge.

Kim gave us a written checklist to prepare our bedrooms for bed bug treatment. She treated the furniture and baseboards, then returned about two weeks later to check for activity.

Whiptail handles the pest control for our restaurant. They schedule our service twice a month before we open. We get a written report after every visit and keep a logbook on site for audits.