At Coby’s Pest Control, we spend a lot of time ridding homes and offices of rats and mice. Almost nothing is more frightening to a homeowner than to discover an infestation of rats in the attic or walls of their home. Rats not only cause damage and contamination, but they can spread serious, sometimes fatal […]

Rats There are 56 known species of rats in the world. Fortunately, here in the Clearwater/Tampa Bay area, our main problem is with only one…the roof rat…commonly referred to as the “fruit rat”. Did you know? A rat can fall as far as 50 feet and land uninjured. Rats are known to transmit several potentially […]

FACT:  There are over 4600 species of cockroaches. And that number gets larger every year as new species are discovered. So what is a palmetto bug? In fact, it is a very large cockroach. Up to 2 inches long (you can put a saddle on one of those buggers!) They can fly. They can trigger […]

There are over 8000 species of ants. Fortunately, we only have about 10 species of ants in the Tampa Bay area that we have to deal with. The number one reason people hire a pest control company is roaches. But, the number one reason they keep that company…is ants. If you look down your street, […]

Bedbugs have returned to Clearwater, Florida and they have returned with a vengeance! It’s true, bedbugs do bite at night…and they suck your blood! Like most pest control companies, we here at Coby’s Termite and Pest Control are continuing to see alarming increases in the number of bedbug infestations, both in hotels and private residences. Bedbugs […]

At Coby’s Tentless Termite and Pest Control, we get lots of calls for termites, both dry wood termites and subterranean termites. When most people think of termites in Florida, they have visions of their home being covered in one of those large brightly colored tents. They also envision having to spend thousands of dollars to […]

Bedbug control in Clearwater and surrounding areas is becoming more and more in demand here at Coby’s Pest Control. Bedbugs have made a dramatic comeback in major cities all across America in recent years.  Much of this is due to in increase in international travel.  Hence, your best chance of picking up bedbugs and introducing […]

Termite season is here folks.  Coby’s Tentless Termite and Pest Control in Clearwater, Fla. is being inundated with more termite swarm calls than ever before. If you have termites in your home or office, it’s not a time to consider home do-it-yourself pest control.  You don’t have the equipment or the knowledge to effectively eradicate […]

Here in the Tampa Bay area, termite control is serious business.  It’s a FACT that termites damage more homes in the U.S. each year than fires, floods, tornados and hurricanes combined! There are essentially two different types of termites we deal with. Subterranean Termites – These are the ones that live below the soil surface […]

Clearwater pest control companies stay busy year round eliminating termites, roaches, ants, spiders, scorpions, rats, mice and other pests from people’s homes and offices. Homeowner’s spend countless millions of dollars each year in an attempt to control unwanted pests. And these same pests do millions of dollars in damages to structures and food sources.  It is […]