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What to expect before and after a pest control visit when you have kids, dogs or cats at home, and the simple steps that make it go smoothly.

Seeing more roaches when it gets cold? Why American roaches move indoors during Central Texas cold snaps, and how to keep them out.

How to tell black widows and brown recluse spiders apart, where they hide in Central Texas homes, and how to keep them out of garages and closets.

The best times of year to treat fire ants in Central Texas lawns, why treating single mounds does not work, and how a whole-yard program keeps them gone.

Striped bark scorpions are common in Round Rock, Cedar Park, Georgetown and Leander. Where they hide, how they get in, and what actually keeps them out.

Hearing scratching in the attic now that it is cooling off? Here is why roof rats and mice move in during the fall in Central Texas, and what to do about it.