We will evaluate your
residential or
commercial property, advise about effective, safe treatments and programs, and perform the required solution for your pest problem.
We'll also set up a regular maintenance schedule if your situation calls for one. Our general services include:
Ants Damage: Ants cause various types of damage, depending upon the variety. Carpenter ants get
their name from their habit of hollowing out galleries in wood for nesting purposes, thereby, resulting in structural damage.
Pharaoh ants have been strongly implicated in the spread of serious diseases. All ants contaminate the food they infest.
Detection and Treatment: Ants build massive colonies, so their presence is generally detected when you
see trailing ants that have located a food source, or the debris carried out of an exit hole from a nest building process.
Treatments involve baiting, insecticide, and sealing off entry to buildings.
Cockroaches Damage: Cockroaches spread human disease by depositing disease organisms on food and utensils.
The American cockroach, which comes into contact with human excrement in sewers or with pet droppings, may transmit bacteria
that cause Salmonella (food poisoning) and Shigella dysenteriae (dysentery). German cockroaches are believed to be capable
of transmitting disease-causing organisms such as Staphylococcus, hepatitis, and coliform bacteria. They also have been implicated
in the spread of typhoid and dysentery.
Recent studies have found a strong association between the presence of
cockroaches and increases in the severity of asthma symptoms in individuals who are sensitive to cockroach allergens.
Detection and Treatment: Cockroaches may become pests in homes, restaurants, hospitals, warehouses, offices,
and virtually any structure that has food preparation or storage areas. These pests are common even in the cleanest of crowded
urban areas and older dwellings. Infestations are usually not difficult to discover, because they’re often visible.
Treatment generally involves sealing cracks and crevices to block entrance, keeping food and trash areas clean to avoid providing
food, and the professional application of insecticide and bait on a regular basis.
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Rodents Damage: Rodents consume and contaminate food. They also gnaw on electrical wires and wooden
structures and tear insulation in walls and ceilings for nesting. Rodents can also transmit disease to humans, pets, and livestock.
They have been found to transmit typhus, leptospirosis, trichinosis, and salmonellosis.
Detection and Treatment:
The presence of mice and rats is usually detected by the damage they cause to food and structures, by their droppings,
and by their nests. Prevention and control involves eliminating all entry points and population reduction by the application
of rodenticides and traps.
FleasDamage:Fleas are one of the more important groups of insect pests not only because of the
discomfort by biting, but they can transmit several diseases such as plague and murine typhus.
Detection and
Treatment:It is not necessary to have pets inside the building in order to have fleas present. They can easily be
transported inside on pant legs and shoes. Fleas are normally found where animals sleep or frequent but can also be
found in buildings that have been empty for several months. Control is a multi-faceted process. Vacuuming plays an integral
role in eliminating adult fleas and to trigger the hatching of the pupae. Pets must be protected at the same time of the indoor
treatment program. Insect growth regulators and insecticides are used to treat flooring, fabric furniture, and pet bedding
areas.
Spiders Except for poisonous spiders, such as the black widow and the brown recluse, spiders are not harmful
to humans. When it’s important to control spiders, chemical control is used, along with destruction of webs and eggs.
Since they feed on insects, measures that control unwanted insects will also reduce spider populations. Outdoor lighting during
the summer months is a common culprit to increased spider populations. Buildings with light color siding, due the nighttime
reflective quality, can increase the spider population on the sides facing the light source. A combination of light manipulation
and perimeter treatments may be needed to control the population. Properties with mature trees and large shrubbery will also
harbor increased spider numbers. Spider reduction programs may include the treatment of the surrounding vegetation.
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Seasonal InvadersThis is a catch-all group of nuisance pests which may invade homes from time to time. Seasonal changes
bring a new weather pattern with changes in temperature, rainfall, and humidity which may benefit one pest species and hurt
another. Some insects that are problematic during one or more of these seasons include: bees, hornets, crickets, springtails,
attic flies, fruit flies, moth flies, asian beetles, boxelder bugs, earwigs, millipedes, scavenger beetles, etc., etc.
Detection and Treatment: Control and/or prevention may consist of insecticide treatments along with landscaping
modifications. Some of these pests, such as the asian beetle, require perimeter treatments in the fall to reduce numbers that
accumulate on the siding looking for an entry inside to hibernate for the winter. Scavenger beetles may require outdoor
lighting modifications to lower the attraction to the building. Moth flies inside the building usually indicate a sewer problem
in the crawlspace or dry drain trap. Each pest presents a unique challenge with different control and prevention method.
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