Pest Library

Ants in your yard move to and from their nest daily, searching for food. Open trash cans, outdoor eating areas, and gardens provide them with reliable food sources. Their excellent sense of smell also allows them to discover food sources in your home. They will move in and out of your home each day and sometimes decide to make themselves permanent members by creating an indoor satellite nest.

Sharing your home with ants is not only unpleasant but can be dangerous. Ants carry on their bodies bacteria and other pathogens they can spread to your home’s surfaces and food. In addition, ants can create unpleasant orders, cause structural damage, and some can bite and sting people. When you notice ants in or around your home, the fastest way to eliminate them and prevent their return is to reach out to a professional.

Help prevent problems with ants on your Texas property with the help of the following ant prevention tips.

• Eliminate their access to food by keeping lids on trash cans, picking up uneaten pet food, and harvesting gardens.
• Regularly vacuum to remove food debris that will keep ants from returning to your home.
• Repair common entry points- use caulk to seal cracks and crevices in your home’s foundation, places weather-stipping around windows and doors, and install door sweeps.

Call today for more information about solving your property’s ant problems.

Rodents, like mice and rats, have learned that living with people benefits them, and they take full advantage of the things that satisfy their basic needs our properties provide. Our gardens, outdoor eating areas, trash cans, and kitchens offer them an almost endless food supply. In addition to food, our homes give rodents safe shelter. Once these pests get into our homes, they quickly make themselves at home and are difficult to find and evict.

Rodents are curious critters and, when living in our yards, often eventually find their way into our homes. They move into our homes through small spaces they discover in the foundation, around windows, and along rooflines. Vents and spaces around utilities entering your home are also common entry points. Once inside, they cause many problems like contaminating food, chewing through wires, causing structural damage, and producing foul odors and allergens.

Please use the following prevention tips to keep rodents in Texas out of your home.

• Maintain your home’s exterior and seal any openings or defects that could allow rodents inside.
• Take away their easy access to food by ensuring all trash cans have tight-fitting lids, removing bird feeders, and picking up uneaten pet food.
• Remove yard debris and cut back vegetation to eliminate harborage spots in your yard.

For exceptional rodent prevention for your Texas home, reach out today.

Spiders live in large numbers throughout Texas and are a type of arachnid; they are exceptional hunters feeding on insects like flies, ants, and other spiders. We identify spiders by their two body segments, eight legs, and lack of wings and antennae. All spiders produce venom, but only a couple of spiders in Texas have venom potent enough to harm people. For the most part, we consider spiders nuisance pests.

For most people, spiders are one of the most unpleasant pests to find their way indoors. Their quick movements, less-than-cuddly appearance, and spider webs startle us and cause us to be uncomfortable in our own homes. If you find large numbers of spiders in your home, you likely have a general pest problem that you need to address. Spiders most often move into our homes following their insect prey. Year-round pest protection is the best solution to issues with spiders and other common household pests.

We want to help you avoid problems with spiders by providing you with some of our most helpful home pest control tips.

• Reduce the clutter in and around your home where spiders can hide and build webs.
• Seal openings in your home’s exterior that spiders can use as entry points, like torn screens, gaps around windows, cracks in the foundation, and exterior walls.
• Sweep away spider webs from in and around your home.

To avoid problems with spiders year-round, please call today.