Category: Pest Control

Know Your Bugs And the Treatment

Pest Control

Roaches

– Many varieties in the world, but only a few we have to deal with here in north GA area.
– All have one thing in common, classified as disease vectors, responsible for and can spread many types of human illness.
– Two main varieties are American roaches and German roaches.

American Roaches

Found Outside, but come inside during certain times of the year to look for food and water.
A female will lay an ootheca (egg sac) and once the eggs hatch, there will be an average of 14 baby roaches.
Left untreated, you can and will end up with an American roach infestation.
Best way to keep that from happening is with regular quarterly pest service.

German Roaches

They do not exist on the outside
Found in restaurants, apartments, etc.
They have to be brought in and can find their way in through card board boxes, used appliances, grocery store bags, etc.
Once inside they gravitate to kitchen to get what they need to thrive: food and water.
They are prolific breeders. One female lays egg sac that hatches with 45 baby roaches.
Without service, you can end up with a very bad infestation within a month. -One main illness is allergies, primarily with children.
Create very bad odor due to droppings.

Ants

-There are many species of ants in the world, but only a few that effect us here in north GA area.

Carpenter Ants (big, black ants)

Can cause damage to homes due to the fact that they chew into the wood to lay egg sacs.
They prefer damp wood
Create galleys in wood to lay eggs.

Argentine Ants (better known as trailing ants)

Give our homeowners most of the problems.
You’re average Argentine ant colony consist of 500,000 ants.
There are multiple queens that lay hundreds eggs each and every day.
Worker ants come inside. Their job is to collect food source and bring back to ant colony.
Argentine Ants and other insects communicate through pheromone scent.
Scout ants go inside looking for food and water, send scent to other ants to come inside.
Once inside they have to be treated with bait.
You can spray the ants, but with very little control because of the number in the colony.
Best controlled through application of baits on inside, and finding and spraying ants on outside of structure.
If possible, it is best to find the ant colony, which is difficult. It is usually found laying flat under leaves, mulch, or pine straw.
These ants don’t sting, bite, or spread disease but they are extremely bothersome when inside.
We generally don’t like to see ants in our kitchens, but with out professional pest control they are very hard to control.

Termites

– There are many varieties of termites, in the world. One that effects us and damages our homes and businesses is call the eastern subterranean termite.

Subterranean Termite

There are between 7-10 termite colonies per square acre of land.
Each colony consists of 250000-500,000.
Termite colony’s are in the ground, 2-10ft beneath soil surface.
Worker termites work 24/7, never rest.
Avg. Life span is about a year.
Their life is spent searching for food, cellulose, wood in our homes and businesses.
Termites do $5 billion- $7 billion worth of damage to our homes and businesses each year here in the US.
Your home is 10 times more likely to be damaged by termites than fire, flood, tornado, etc.
Your homeowners insurance does not cover termite damage.
In order to get damage repair, you must get it through a licensed company that offers that service.
Termites are normally found in areas that are unseen, which makes them that much more dangerous.
We find out there are termites 2 ways: The first is that there will be a termite swarm in the spring, or the second is when you find damage in home.
When you find damage, 1000’s dollars worth of damage has already been done.

Spiders

– There are many varieties of spiders around world, in the north GA area there are only 2 species that cause harm: Black Widow and Brown Recluse.

Other spiders found inside are typically non-venomous, household spiders.
Spiders are very hard to control with just pesticide.
From the moment a spider is born it is always on its legs, and their legs do not absorb pesticides.
Spiders don’t have mouth parts like roaches to ingest pesticides.
Spiders cannot be harmed by strictly pesticide.
The best solution is, knocking down their webs.
Quarterly pest control will reduce other insects that spiders use for food supply.
Lack of food source will make spiders gravitate away.
Brown recluse spiders are mainly found in other areas of US such as Louisiana and Texas, but have been found here in north GA on occasion.
Black widow are much more common, primarily found outdoors, they can come inside.

What We Do – Quarterly Pest Control

Use web brush to knock all your spider webs down on exterior and in garage. Includes removal of hornet or wasp nest, if present.
Use backpack to go around home or business to apply long lasting residual pesticide around foundation. Giving a barrier effect.
Go back around home to apply up to 2 lbs. of non-pesticide granule bait product.
This bait is very good for controlling large roaches and other crawling insects.
If wanted, we spot treatment on inside, we use a product that is odorless, non staining, very safe for us, our kids, and our pets.
Benefit we can come back for free between services, if needed.
All technicians are registered with GA department of agriculture.
Fully licensed and fully insured.

Termite Control

Install advanced termite bait system around home or business.
We are out every quarter (90 days) to inspect each and every termite station. If we find activity, we will install bait cartridge in stations.
Termites’ feed of cartridge, which is pure cellulose, mixed with active ingredient. They will return bait to colony located under ground.
Within 90 days on average the whole colony will be destroyed.
Slow acting so that they do not Detect danger.
With bait system there is no drilling holes in slabs, porches, or brick.