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It’s Spring Inspection Time: Is Your Home Pest Proof?

Even though the world’s been shut down, spring has arrived. And with spring’s arrival comes the return of annoying pests like mice, ants, and termites. Want to stop the creepy crawlies in their track? It’s time for your interior pest inspection.

What’s involved in an interior pest inspection?

The last thing you want is to have pests in your home. During your interior pest inspection – a critical component of our Home Pest Guard Program, including Home Pest Guard Plus and Home Pest Guard Premium – a highly trained member of our team will thoroughly check your home for ants, spiders, mice, bees and other common household insects.

In a perfect world, there will be no signs of pests, and our technician will take steps to ensure it stays that way. Our Home Barrier treatment is designed with the Abington homeowner in mind, to protect your family, property and pets from the harm pests can do.

What about ticks and fleas?

If you have pets, enjoy getting out in the great outdoors, and want to avoid having you or anyone in your family exposed to potentially deadly diseases, you need a strategy for tick and flea control. Choose Home Pest Guard Pest this spring to get and stay ahead of these dangerous insects.

What about termites?

Contrary to popular belief, termites don’t actually hibernate. What they do is slow their activity way down during the coldest winter months. Once spring arrives, they start eating your house once again – and by the time summer gets here, they may have done quite a bit of expensive damage. Choose Home Pest Guard Premium for effective ongoing termite control.

What about mice and rodents?

While insects are the most common pest problem, mice and rodents can do their fair share of damage. Call your Abington exterminators for fast, prompt, effective rodent removal.

The Fastest Way to Get Rid of Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are one of the most stubborn types of pest to eliminate – in part because people don’t often realize they have bed bugs for a while. It’s not until family members start waking up feeling itchy, with the tell tale little red welts that bed bugs are suspected.

Identifying Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are small, flat bugs about the size of an apple seeds. They’re a distinctive reddish-brown in color. Their color becomes more red after they feed, because they feed primarily on blood. Bed bugs are versatile – they can feed on almost any type of mammal blood – but some species of bed bugs have a strong preference for human blood.

Bed bugs do not fly. There are many biting, flying insects, but they’re not bed bugs. If a flying insect bites you, it can still be a problem, but it’s not a bed bug. Not sure what type of bugs are causing your family problems? Your Bridgewater pest control company can help!

There’s a species of bed bugs that primarily feeds on bats, but also snacks on human beings. In fact, the discovery of these bat bugs is often the homeowner’s first indication that they also have bats nesting in their attic, garage, or nearby outbuilding.

Getting Rid of Bed Bugs

Trying to get rid of bed bugs on your own is a frustrating, overwhelming process. Your best bet for getting rid of bed bugs quickly and completely is to work with a Bridgewater pest control service. 70% of bed bug infestation is generally to be found in the bed and surrounding area, so particular attention will be paid to those areas. However, whole house treatment is required to completely eliminate the bed bugs.

If it turns out you have bat bugs as well as bed bugs, your Bridgewater pest control team will also work to identify and address the bat population. We use kid and pet safe methods to keep your family healthy and secure while taking care of the problem.

How to Keep Ants Out Of Your Home

With everyone being home more, Abington area homeowners are developing new levels of awareness of the local insect population – particularly the ants.

Spring is when ants start becoming active again. With winter’s harsh winds and cold temperatures safely behind them, ants can concentrate on doing what do best: roaming the area in search of food they can bring back home to feed everyone – especially their Queen, who has been busily laying thousands of eggs that will soon hatch into even more ants.

Ask an Abington Exterminator About Ants

Some people say “What’s the big deal? Ants can’t eat very much!” And while it’s true that red and black ants won’t walk off with your picnic basket, they can do a lot of damage. Carpenter ants – they’re the big black ants – actually eat wood, and they can do as much damage to your property as termites.

Another big issue: ants carry disease. They’ve been found to contribute to the spread of smallpox and dysentery, neither of which you really want your family to be exposed to. They also spread bacteria, including Salmonella. Getting the ants out of the house is important for your family’s health and safety.

Stopping Ants Completely

It’s easy to get rid of one ant – you squish them. But what happens when you have dozens, or even hundreds, of ants making their way into your home? That’s when you need your Abington exterminator.

Professional ant control involves identifying and remedying the points where ants are getting into your home. Any areas of infestation will be identified and eliminated. The best Abington pest control uses a suite of family and pet friendly products to safely and completely eliminate ants from your property.

Please know that Combat Pest is absolutely prepared to provide no-contact pest control services. Our team complies with all social distancing recommendations in the field and always prioritizes our clients’ health and safety.