Pest identification library
What are you looking at? The pests we deal with across the UAE — what they look like, where they hide, the signs they leave, and how each one is treated.
German cockroach
Blattella germanica
The small tan cockroach found in almost every UAE kitchen infestation. Two dark stripes behind the head.
Bed bug
Cimex lectularius
Flat, reddish-brown, apple-seed sized. Travels in luggage and furniture — nothing to do with how clean a home…
Subterranean termite
Coptotermes / Heterotermes
The species that damages UAE villas. Lives in the soil, reaches timber through mud tubes, and is usually…
Black rat
Rattus rattus
The climbing rat. Gets in high — roof voids, false ceilings, cable runs — rather than through the…
House mouse
Mus musculus
Small, grey-brown, and able to pass through a gap the width of a pencil. Leaves far more droppings…