And of course, how does our pest control work? We use several different pest control strategies to contain these critters and keep them from entering your home. The most obvious is that we spray an insecticide around your home to keep them from entering your home. But how does this work?

The insecticides we use to spray your home are specifically designed to penetrate the exoskeleton of insects. They are relatively safe for humans especially in the diluted amounts that we spray your home with, but don't go pouring pesticides into a cup and drinking them. When our pesticides are used appropriately, they are harmless. Especially in the areas that we use our pesticides. Yes they all have warning labels and we need to be cautious when using pesticides, but most of the warnings are aimed at the technician using the chemical and handling the bottle in its undiluted form.

We apply the insecticides to the outside of your home which basically makes an invisible insect barrier that insects cannot cross without getting the insecticide on their exoskeleton. This defensive barrier keeps insects out of your home. We also apply pest control in the natural areas around the home with contact insecticides to neutralize any existing pests around the home.

So after spraying pest control around the exterior of the home and the ground around the home. We also spray any entry points to the home. We apply pest control around windows and doors. We apply pest control around any utility entry points. These are areas like mentioned before.... air conditioning entry points, plumbing entry points, cable entry points. Any of these areas we pay special attention to, and make sure the pest control coverage is there to keep any unwanted pests outs.

The next way we keep pests out of your home is by dusting. The obvious ways this is helpful is that we knock down any existing spider webs and remove any hornets or wasps nest. We use special telescoping poles with bristles duster heads and knock down any of these stinging flying insects or spiders that are hanging out on your eves. The areas we really focus on are the front of your home. These are where the spider webs are most unsightly and most are formed around the entry way to you home. We also sweep any eves that might have hornets nests and the back porch/rear entry ways to make sure these areas are free from pests.

But the secret defense to sweeping these areas is what we put on the sweeping head. We put a insecticidal dust on the duster head that leaves an invisible amount of dust behind after we sweep all of these areas to keep the insects from coming back. The dust contains a minor amount of pesticides, but is mainly made up of micro crushed shells that are not harmful to humans, but they are a deadly form of pest control to insects. The micro crushed shells damage the exoskeleton of spiders and other flying insects that come in contact with dust. This is an excellent form of pest control and is very long lasting in the places that it is applied because it normally stays dry in these areas and this form of pest control can stay viable for months and even years. Of course it is ideal to refresh it every month or two and keep an active barrier against spiders and hornets... especially since these insects can be dangerous.

Another form of pest control that is applied around your home on each visit is a bait. We spread an insect bait in the natural areas around your home as a preventative pest control measure. This is just another line of defense to keep pests away from your home. The insects such as roaches or ants take the bait back to their colony and it eradicates the colony... which keeps the pest pressure off of your home and preventatively eliminates any pest control threats. If any trails of ants are found, we will also apply a gel bait that will help eradicate these colonies. The ants being foragers will take the gel bait back to the colony and it will be spread around the colony as a food source brought back in by the foraging ants and neutralize the colony.

And lastly, if there are any active ants or mounds, we apply a contact insecticide down to eliminate the pests immediately. If there are ants or any other type of insect on the property, we apply and contact insecticide that will neutralize the problem immediately.