Risk Areas and Interesting Facts About Cockroaches and Other Insects

Certain factors can add to your risk of having a pest infestation.  When speaking about pest control issues, one should start to evaluate the interior conditions of their  living area as well as insect biology like interesting facts about cockroaches. The areas  that are most susceptible to pest infestations are the kitchen, bathrooms, break rooms, storage rooms,attics, garbage rooms and long time locked facilities.  In the kitchen, the most common problems are ant pest, roaches, and pantry infesting moths.  Bathrooms, on the other hand are mostly affected by ants and giant flying roaches. Our experienced and trained pest control technicians know this, and keep it in mind when working. Because these are considered to be the main risk areas, they will only  treat  the rest of the building if they are experiencing pest issues in order to keep our ecogreen policy. Bedrooms for example do not usually have ants and cockroaches.

They are usually infested with clothes eating moths, ticks, bed bugs, fleas, etc. and these require different materials and control techniques than ants or roaches.

Having a waterfront home is a luxury that not all South Florida residents can afford, but they also tend to have more pest issues. Formosan termites are generally only found close to the shoreline . This is mostly because of their proximity to  ports . The boats that bring goods to and from our ports have also been to so many other exotic locations in the world, and most likely have also carried over their pests.

Also, water damaged wood can attract certain termite species to a location. If there are lakes around your home, there is a higher chance of having a rodent problem, as the lake is a freshwater source of water for the rodents. Trees and forests, while being majestically beautiful, also indirectly attract fleas and ticks to your home. A home gets infested with fleas or ticks because of wild animals that live amongst these trees (raccoons, possums, rodents, etc.).

Wild animals will go into peoples’ yards at night, because they are nocturnal, and bring any insects living on their body to your property. This is one of the main reasons why getting rid of fleas in homes can get out of hands with simply using homemade insecticides.

Please let our salespeople know if any of these factors are around your home, as well as anything that you feel might affect your home in regards to pest control.