Pest Solutions for Mosquito, Rodent, Green Pest & Ant Control in Charlotte, North Carolina

You may find a lot of different kinds of ants in your home. Most times the problem is an outdoor ant coming inside. Once inside your home/business, ants can set up a colony in wall voids, behind baseboards, and even in hollow doors. It is for this reason that immediate ant control measures are essential.

Habits: Ants usually come into buildings to find food and they do like human food. Some prefer fatty foods while others like sweets. When a foraging worker ant finds a source of food they go back to the colony, leaving a chemical trail for the other ants to follow. They act fast, too, so you will soon find a large number of ants swarming a food source.

There are two aspects of controlling ants; things you need to do and things SPM will do.

Things you can do to control ants from invading your home: Keep food in sealed containers that are kept clean on the outside. Keep fruit in the refrigerator. Rinse out empty soft drink containers or any containers that may have been used for a drink containing sugar. Reduce outdoor ant populations where possible. This will definitely lead to effective ant control.

Things Superior Pest Management will do: SPM will apply bait to cracks and crevices; the bait is slow acting so that there is time for the bait to be carried back to the colony where it will be shared with the other ants, thus destroying the colony. A perimeter treatment with residual insecticide will be used to keep foraging ants from entering your home or business. With our ant control techniques, you will never have to face the problem of ant infestation.

Mosquitoes lay their eggs in or near water, depending upon the genus. Eggs laid above the water line will hatch when the water level rises; sometimes several years later. In summer the mosquito can reach maturity in less than a week. Mosquitoes can fly up to 10 miles, but they generally stay near a breeding area in grass or plants. It is true that male mosquitoes do not bite. The female, however, does bite and feeds off blood before she lays her eggs. Mosquito bites are capable of transmitting diseases such as encephalitis and malaria; fortunately, cases are fairly rare. Dogs and cats can get heartworm from mosquito bites. There is also a chance of secondary infections from scratching mosquito bites, especially with children. So, mosquito control should never be delayed

Prevention: What you can do. Without water, mosquito eggs cannot hatch; remove old tires, buckets, tin cans and other water-catching devices. Change water in bird baths and wading pools once or twice a week. Clean out roof gutters holding stagnant water. Keep grass mowed around bodies of water. Superior Pest Management LLC undertakes mosquito control by applying granules and liquid insecticide to areas prone to mosquitoes; bushes, vines tall grassy areas that are around your home. SPM will also make recommendations to help ease the populations around your property. Our mosquito control procedures are designed to control and reduce the breeding grounds of mosquitoes.

Fleas are brown to black in color and about 1/16 of an inch long. A female flea will generally lay four to eight eggs after each meal—possibly more than 400 over a lifetime. These eggs will readily fall from the pet to the ground, which can give rise to a flea infestation after the pet has gone. Fleas can hide in carpets, rugs, floor tile joints, furniture, cracks between wood flooring, pest bedding/resting areas and even under furniture cushions.

When fleas become a problem the following needs to be done: : Treat the pet. Vacuum the house thoroughly. Take special care around areas where pets sleep and enter the house and around baseboards. Be sure to discard the vacuum bag when finished. In some cases carpet cleaning is necessary to remove a great deal of the flea larvae and eggs. Treat the house as well as the outdoors. Superior Pest Management LLC will apply insecticide labeled for flea control mixed with an IGR (insect growth regulator). The interior as well as the exterior of your home will be treated paying close attention to the areas your pets bedding and resting areas.

The two most commonly seen rodents are rats and mice, and commensal rodents are the ones which live with or near man. Rodent control is always a tough and challenging job, but the expert technicians at SPM are well-equipped to eliminate these pests within no time. Our rodent control measures will keep your home free from rodents for a long period of time.

SPM practices not only Integrated Pest Management, but also makes use of organic products for green pest control. Our green pest control services ensure safety to your pets, family, and property.