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Spring

Spring is the time of year we think of renewed life, flowers, rain showers, and warmer days, this is also the time of our activity springs to new beginnings. Almost all pest activity significantly increases.

Termites: Although termites are active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year, they are most evident during the spring swarm. This is when the winged reproductive (Alates) emerge in large numbers to reproduce and start new colonies. These silent destroyers, cause more damage and destruction to our homes and property each year than do all of the fires and storms combined annually.

Pests: This is the time of year when all of your "over-wintering" pests emerge from their hiding places to reproduce. Carpenter ants start swarming (another wood destroying insect). Also, the fire ants, wasps, pill bugs, millipedes, earwigs, mites, spiders, silverfish and roaches become more active and populations significantly increase.

Summer

Pests: All of the new beginnings from spring have come to full bloom in the summer for pest activity. The maximum activity puts more pressure on our homes as the insects are seeking more favorable living conditions for food, moisture, lower temperatures, and harborage. All of these can be quickly found in our homes.

Stinging Insects: The predators of the insect world such as spiders or centipedes follow their prey into our homes during this increased activity. They enter through cracks, crevices, damaged areas around our doors, windows, eaves, weep holes, plumbing penetrations, and electrical or utility connections. They are not seeking us, but interaction between people and these "stinging" insects is inevitable when we share the same living space.

Fall

Biting and Stinging Pests: As cooler weather becomes more routine and many insects species have reached their annual population zenith, we significant surges of activity from fleas, ticks, ants, or spiders. This is the time of year where numerous instances yellow jackets and hornets are sited around homes. Any observed entrance and exit locations should not be sealed as will trap them in the wall. They will bore holes through interior walls to escape and enter your home.

Rodent and Nuisance Pests: The cool weather initiates rodent activity around the home and announces the pre-cursor for the over-wintering insects to begin looking for their winter resting location. The falling leaves and decaying vegetation materials accumulate and provide food and harborage for pill bugs, millipedes, earwigs, etc. These nuisance pests then become invasive and show up inside your home in significant numbers.

Winter

Although most customers see a reduction in pest activity during winter, it does not mean the problem is gone. Pests are just more reclusive during the winter months.

Rodents: Rodent activity in our homes significantly increases. The comensel rodents (house mouse, roof rat and Norway rat) are driven to seek warmer shelter with food and water sources. Our homes provide all of these needs.

Pests: Numerous pests we see during the rest of the year "over winter" to hibernate or pupate in our attics, crawl spaces, wall voids, or under exterior siding. Many of these pests (cluster flies, ladybugs, boxelder bugs, and yellow jackets, etc.) are finding a safe and warm place in winter so they can begin again in spring.

Urban Wildlife: This is the time of year raccoons, possums, skunks, squirrels, etc. are wanting a nice dry, warm location to bed down. Unfortunately, they bring with them ticks, fleas, or mites.

Seasonal Activities: Our own cultural activities contribute to pest infestations in our homes during the winter months. The winter clothes we bring out of storage from the attic, boxes, or backs of closets may bring out clothes moths, silverfish or roaches. Holiday materials bought at the store or brought out of storage may have been waiting for a year to be used. Christmas trees may have bark beetles, aphids or mites. Also, other decorations you adorn the home with may have infestations. The plants you bring in from outside to protect from harsh weather often bring insects that are not wanted. The wood for your fireplace may carry beetles, termites, ants, roaches, centipedes or earwigs as unwanted guests.