Green. All licensed commercial pest control operators are required to learn about chemical pest control. But both quickly realized the dangers and limitations of so many of the chemicals used in their industry.
Sealing openings in your home against bugs is called “Exclusion.” If desired, we will schedule an additional service call and this service is billed separately. Outdoor caulk is used for small openings; foam is used for larger openings. Inside your home, we will examine the pipes under the sink, water heater, toilets and washing and drying. If there is an opening we will seal it. It there are rings around the pipes, we will ensure they are tight. Windows are a favorite opening for ants. Recaulking your windows will improve your energy bill but will not deter bugs. In your kitchen and bathrooms, eroded grout is an easy way for bugs to travel in those areas from the walls.
Spiders
Certain female species of spiders such as the Australian crab spider, sacrifice their bodies as a food source for their offspring.
Termites
While they can be pests to homeowners, termites are actually beneficial insects, ecologically speaking. Termites are actually important decomposers. Termites break down tough plant fibers, recycling dead and decaying trees into new soil. These hungry insects are vital to the health of our forests. As they tunnel, termites also aerate and improve the soil. It just so happens that we build our homes from termite food, wood.
Bed Bugs
Bed bugs prefer to hide in cracks and crevices during the daytime and come out to feed on the host’s blood at night, usually while the host is sleeping.
Fleas
• Broad-spectrum toxicity: these treatments exterminate not only the nuisance insects you are targeting (i.e. ants, mosquitoes, fleas) but also beneficial insects (ladybugs, honey bees, lizards, etc.). This treatment creates the future problem of beneficial insects avoiding your yard, and they are one of nature’s best control mechanisms.
Cockroaches
Have you seen one of these critters in your yard? It looks like a scorpion roach on steroids! This true bug was found in the backyard of one of our Frisco neighbors. If you are closer to the coast or near bodies of water, you may have seen this beneficial bug as it is more prevalent near
Silverfish
All prices are estimates and will be determined by the pest control operator at time of service. Prices do not include sales tax. Prices are for General Pest Control only: Roaches, ants, earwigs, crickets, silverfish, spiders, etc. Not included, but available as a separate service: mosquitoes, chiggers, fleas/ticks, termites, bed bugs, rodent control or pantry pests.
Bees
Bees use the sun as a compass. Even when the sun is obscured by clouds, bees can detect it’s position from the light in brighter patches of the sky.
Wasps
Tarantula wasps paralyze tarantulas and lay a single egg on the still living spider; when the egg hatches, the wasp larva has fresh food.
Ticks
Crickets
Earwigs
Mosquitoes
The mosquito is the deadliest creature on Earth, responsible for more than 300 million cases of malaria each year, and causes between 1-3 million deaths. There are about 200 kinds of mosquitoes in North America.
Flies
Flies are attracted by odors and usually enter buildings through open doors and windows near garage and food.
Centipedes
Beetles
Ladybugs really are not bugs. They are actually beetles and their correct name is The Ladybird Beetle.
Scorpions
Living scorpions reflect ultraviolet light and can glow with an eerie greenish colour when exposed to UV light, no matter what colour they appear under normal lighting conditions.
Bugs come into your home for two reasons: they are foraging; looking for food and water because there is not enough outside—or—the population is so large they are taking over your home. We always inspect a home to determine why they are coming inside. We will share with you what we look for and what you can do yourself. If a client does not want to do it, we offer this as an additional service to help resolve the situation. We will inspect all pipes, wires and cables coming into your home. Many bugs enter into your house from the foundation, slab, pier or beam. It is the easiest way in for insects and rodents.
Rats
Do you hear noises in your attic or walls at night? It could very well be rats. Here at Eco Friends PC we lost one of our pets due to a synthetic rat poison a neighbor put out. The rat died in our yard. Our dog found the rat and ate the stomach. Dogs are