Commercial Pest Control Services

Cockroaches exist all around the world. They are particularly attracted to human homes, buildings, and eating establishments where they can find food. Cockroaches also have a long history of being very effective hitchhikers.

They can find their way into a building in a variety of ways. The two most common are by following water pipes or carried inside of boxes. They tend to prefer wood surfaces, which makes them more likely to be found inside cabinets and boxes.

Several types of cockroach, including the relatively common German cockroach, have pheromones in their fecal matter. This signals other cockroaches in the area telling them that it is good to inhabit. While this might sound disgusting, it also means that effective sanitation measures can be a very effective deterrent.

Baiting stations help to kill and deter a cockroach problem. When combined with consistent sanitation measures, it can help decrease an active cockroach population.

Vacuuming might be necessary to reduce a more significant cockroach problem. This strategy is often used in conjunction with other measures such as crack and crevice treatments, baiting stations, and void treatments.

Chances are you’ve heard the old saying “Goodnight, Sleep Tight, Don’t Let The Bed Bugs Bite.” While it sounds cute and there’s even this suggestion that bed bugs are from a bye-gone era, they are alive and well in the 21st century. They get their name from the fact that they are typically found in old bedding and mattresses. Yet this is not the only place where they can be found!

Bed bugs or Cimex Lectularius require the blood of warm-blooded animals, specifically mammals, to survive. They’re attracted to body heat as well as the carbon dioxide from exhaled breath.

It generally takes them about 35 days to mature in an affected medium. They can live for around 7 to 12 months. This makes them very difficult to remove without professional help.

A bed bug bite is typically painless. A single feeding session takes about 10-minutes. This makes it more likely to occur when a person is sleeping. Afterward, they go back to their harborage, where they can lay in wait for weeks!

Typical symptoms of bed bug bite include:

• Red, raised welts
• Burning and itching sensation in the area of a bite
• A small rash
• Straight red lines caused by multiple bites

Bed bugs are surprisingly mobile. It’s not that they crawl from one building to another. Instead they “Hitchhike” in a person’s suitcase or luggage. This puts resorts and hotel properties at high risk of developing multiple bed bug problems in the course of a year. However, movie theater seats, and even fabric seating that is commonly used vehicles like a shuttle bus, can play host to a bed bug infestation.

Some potential signs of a bed bug problem include looking evidence under a mattress such as:

• Exoskeletal skins or shells
• Bed bug fecal stains on a mattress or bedding
• Tiny bloodstains sheets or pajamas

Remediating bed bugs isn’t easy. They can affect anywhere that humans or animals rest, sleep, or even sit. Once an area has been affected, professional remediation by a licensed contractor is required.

Mice, rats, and many other common rodents are attracted to human spaces in search of food. This includes wastebaskets and trash cans, as well as cupboards where food is stored. They are very flexible animals, capable of exploiting even small cracks and unsealed spaces where pipes pass through walls.

Other potential rodent entry points include:

• Vents on attics, turbines or gables
• Roof returns
• Roof plumbing vents
• Fascia gaps between exterior walls and roofing
• Dryer vents
• Oven vents
• Foundation grates
• Garage door opening
• Service door seals

Rodents are highly successful breeders. Statistically, a female mouse or rat can reproduce every three to four weeks. They typically give birth to 6 to 10 young at a single time. This essentially means that rodent populations can grow very rapidly and spread to multiple colonies throughout a property.

It’s also worth noting that in ideal conditions rodents can live for one to three years. The mathematics on the potential population growth in that time can be staggering!

Once rodents establish a presence in your property, they have the potential to cause extensive damage. This includes:

• Chewing through wires
• Damaging drywall
• Damaging and nesting insulation
• Increasing fire risk
• Leaving disease spreading droppings and urine behind
• Making disturbing noises
• Causing foul odors
• Dying in walls
• Damaging personal property
• Contaminating stored food
• Compromising refuse containers

Our rodent control services start with a comprehensive examination of the exterior and interior of your property. This serves to assess the severity of your rodent problem, as well as identify areas where they are gaining access, to be addressed.

There are several methods for reducing the rodent population in an infested building. Manufacturers have indeed spent many years “Inventing A Better Mouse Trap.” This includes things like:

• Electric mouse traps
• Physical “Snap” traps
• Plastic, enclosed snap traps
• Catch and release mouse traps
• Ultrasonic pest control deterrents
• Poison traps
• Glue traps

Once the rodent population on your property has been reduced, and all potential entry points have been addressed, our sanitation services can help make your property less attractive to rodents. This includes frequently emptying refuse containers in cafeterias, offices, and other eating places.

Our sanitation technicians will also closely monitor your property for any signs of a new rodent problem. If we do notice evidence that mice of rats have established a presence, we can act quickly to address them and prevent the population from growing.