German cockroaches are the #1 indoor pest complaint in Dallas apartments, restaurants, and homes. Retail sprays scatter them and build resistance. Romex uses professional gel bait rotation with IGR protocols that collapse the entire colony — including roaches hiding inside wall voids where sprays can't reach.
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Note: We do not service trailer homes or vehicles.
Small (½–⅝″) • Light brown • Two dark stripes
The indoor specialist. Found in kitchens, bathrooms, and anywhere with warmth, moisture, and food. Reproduces at alarming rates — a single female produces 300+ offspring. Develops bait aversion within 1–2 generations. The most common and most difficult roach in Dallas apartments, restaurants, and multi-family housing.
Large (1–1.5″) • Dark mahogany • Strong flier
DFW's outdoor cockroach. Lives in gutters, attics, mulch beds, and tree holes. Flies into homes through open doors and gaps around exterior lights at night. Doesn't infest indoor spaces like Germans, but creates startling encounters. Thrives in Dallas's warm, humid summers.
Very large (1.5–2″) • Reddish-brown • Sewer dweller
Dallas's “sewer roach.” Lives in municipal sewer systems, grease traps, and commercial kitchens. Enters homes through floor drains and plumbing gaps during heavy rain that floods sewer lines. Common in restaurants and older commercial buildings throughout Deep Ellum, downtown, and Oak Cliff.
Sprays scatter. Bait eliminates. Our protocol targets the entire population through the colony's own feeding behavior.
We identify species, severity, and harborage points. Monitoring traps are placed in kitchens, bathrooms, utility areas, and wall void access points. The trap data tells us exactly where the population is concentrated and which products to deploy.
Professional-grade gel bait is placed in cracks, crevices, hinges, and harborage areas. Cockroaches feed on the bait and spread the active ingredient through the colony via coprophagy (feces consumption) and necrophagy (feeding on dead roaches). One bait placement reaches dozens of individuals.
An insect growth regulator (IGR) prevents nymphs from reaching reproductive maturity, breaking the breeding cycle. We rotate bait active ingredients between visits to prevent the bait aversion that makes DIY treatment progressively less effective.
Follow-up visits check trap counts to verify population collapse. Most infestations show 90%+ reduction within 2–3 weeks. Heavy infestations in multi-family buildings may require 2–3 service cycles. We continue monitoring until traps show zero activity.
German cockroaches (small, indoor, hardest to eliminate), smoky brown cockroaches (large, outdoor, fly into homes), and American cockroaches (sewer dwelling, enter through drains). German roaches are the #1 complaint in Dallas apartments and restaurants.
They reproduce 300+ offspring per female, develop resistance to overused sprays, and hide in wall voids where aerosols can't reach. Professional gel bait and IGR protocols bypass these defenses.
No. Retail sprays kill on contact but scatter the population to new areas and build pyrethroid resistance. Professional gel bait attracts roaches to feed and share the toxicant through the colony.
Most populations show 90%+ reduction within 2–3 weeks of professional gel bait treatment. Heavy infestations in multi-family buildings may require 2–3 service visits over 4–6 weeks.
Yes. German cockroach allergens are a leading trigger for childhood asthma, especially in multi-family housing. Cockroaches also spread Salmonella, E. coli, and other pathogens through food contamination. The EPA identifies cockroach allergens as a significant indoor air quality concern.
Sprays scatter. Bait eliminates. Professional gel bait + IGR protocols collapse cockroach populations from the inside out. Romex has protected DFW homes since 2016.
