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Need to know the difference between wasps and hornets? Or how to win the fight against ants? We stay on the cutting edge of the latest news and developments in residential and commercial pest control. Browse our topics to best know how to fight pests in your home or business.

The Dangers of DIY Pest Control: Why Professional Treatment Works

The Dangers of DIY Pest Control: Why Professional Treatment Works

When pests invade your home, your first instinct might be to head to the nearest store and grab a can of spray or some bait traps. While DIY pest control might seem like a quick and affordable solution, it often leads to more harm than good. In fact, the dangers of...

Spring Pest Control Tips: How To Keep Your Home Bug-Free

Spring Pest Control Tips: How To Keep Your Home Bug-Free

As temperatures rise and flowers bloom, pests become more active – making spring the ideal time to take action. Proper spring pest control is essential to keeping your home bug-free and comfortable throughout the season. By implementing the right preventative measures...

5 Effective Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in Your Yard

5 Effective Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in Your Yard

Mosquitos are more than just an outdoor annoyance; they can pose serious health risks by transmitting diseases like West Nile virus, Zika virus, and malaria. If you are looking for how to get rid of mosquitoes outside, the key is to eliminate their breeding grounds,...

Unstoppable Mosquito Control Solutions for a Bite-Free Summer

Unstoppable Mosquito Control Solutions for a Bite-Free Summer

Summer should be a time for backyard BBQs, evening walks, and relaxing on the porch – not swatting away mosquitoes. If you have ever had to retreat indoors because of itchy bites, you are not alone. Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying – they can also carry harmful...

5 Expert-Recommended Ways to Prevent Pests This Spring

5 Expert-Recommended Ways to Prevent Pests This Spring

As spring approaches, pest activity increases – and if you aren’t prepared, your home can become a target. Warmer temperatures invite ants, mosquitoes, rodents, and other pests out of hiding. The good news? There are expert-recommended ways to prevent pests this...

The Key to Keeping Odorous House Ants Away from Your Home

The Key to Keeping Odorous House Ants Away from Your Home

Odorous house ants are a persistent household nuisance, commonly found invading kitchens, pantries, and bathrooms in search of food and moisture. These small, dark brown or black ants get their name from the strong, rotten coconut-like odor they release when crushed....

Termite Season in Arkansas: Signs, Prevention, and Treatment

Termite Season in Arkansas: Signs, Prevention, and Treatment

When it comes to protecting your home, understanding the dangers of termite season in Arkansas is crucial. Termites are more than just a nuisance – they can silently destroy the structure of your home, often without immediate signs. In Arkansas, termite season...

Top 5 Mosquito Control Tips for a Pest-Free Spring

Top 5 Mosquito Control Tips for a Pest-Free Spring

Spring is the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors, but it also marks the return of mosquitoes – one of the most persistent and annoying pests. If you are looking for effective mosquito control this season, the key is early action and prevention. Mosquitoes thrive in...

Top 5 Pests to Watch Out for This Spring and How to Keep Them Away

Top 5 Pests to Watch Out for This Spring and How to Keep Them Away

Spring is a season of renewal, but it also brings a surge of pest activity as warmer temperatures awaken insects and rodents from their winter dormancy. Common spring pests like ants, mosquitos, and termites can invade homes and yards, causing damage and posing health...

The Dangers of DIY Pest Control: Why Professional Treatment Works

The Dangers of DIY Pest Control: Why Professional Treatment Works

When pests invade your home, your first instinct might be to head to the nearest store and grab a can of spray or some bait traps. While DIY pest control might seem like a quick and affordable solution, it often leads to more harm than good. In fact, the dangers of...

Unstoppable Mosquito Control Solutions for a Bite-Free Summer

Unstoppable Mosquito Control Solutions for a Bite-Free Summer

Summer should be a time for backyard BBQs, evening walks, and relaxing on the porch – not swatting away mosquitoes. If you have ever had to retreat indoors because of itchy bites, you are not alone. Mosquitoes aren’t just annoying – they can also carry harmful...

Termite Season in Arkansas: Signs, Prevention, and Treatment

Termite Season in Arkansas: Signs, Prevention, and Treatment

When it comes to protecting your home, understanding the dangers of termite season in Arkansas is crucial. Termites are more than just a nuisance – they can silently destroy the structure of your home, often without immediate signs. In Arkansas, termite season...

Spring Pest Control Tips: How To Keep Your Home Bug-Free

Spring Pest Control Tips: How To Keep Your Home Bug-Free

As temperatures rise and flowers bloom, pests become more active – making spring the ideal time to take action. Proper spring pest control is essential to keeping your home bug-free and comfortable throughout the season. By implementing the right preventative measures...

5 Expert-Recommended Ways to Prevent Pests This Spring

5 Expert-Recommended Ways to Prevent Pests This Spring

As spring approaches, pest activity increases – and if you aren’t prepared, your home can become a target. Warmer temperatures invite ants, mosquitoes, rodents, and other pests out of hiding. The good news? There are expert-recommended ways to prevent pests this...

Top 5 Mosquito Control Tips for a Pest-Free Spring

Top 5 Mosquito Control Tips for a Pest-Free Spring

Spring is the perfect time to enjoy the outdoors, but it also marks the return of mosquitoes – one of the most persistent and annoying pests. If you are looking for effective mosquito control this season, the key is early action and prevention. Mosquitoes thrive in...

5 Effective Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in Your Yard

5 Effective Ways to Get Rid of Mosquitoes in Your Yard

Mosquitos are more than just an outdoor annoyance; they can pose serious health risks by transmitting diseases like West Nile virus, Zika virus, and malaria. If you are looking for how to get rid of mosquitoes outside, the key is to eliminate their breeding grounds,...

The Key to Keeping Odorous House Ants Away from Your Home

The Key to Keeping Odorous House Ants Away from Your Home

Odorous house ants are a persistent household nuisance, commonly found invading kitchens, pantries, and bathrooms in search of food and moisture. These small, dark brown or black ants get their name from the strong, rotten coconut-like odor they release when crushed....

Top 5 Pests to Watch Out for This Spring and How to Keep Them Away

Top 5 Pests to Watch Out for This Spring and How to Keep Them Away

Spring is a season of renewal, but it also brings a surge of pest activity as warmer temperatures awaken insects and rodents from their winter dormancy. Common spring pests like ants, mosquitos, and termites can invade homes and yards, causing damage and posing health...

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Man vs. Mice

Everyone and everyTHING is trying to stay warm this time of year. This includes rodents! Temps begin to drop and everything is drawn to the heat. While many animals and pests find shelter in a burrow or nest, many find their way to the inside of your home or business....

A New Year’s Resolution Must Have: Pest Proofing

How to use this templateIt’s the time of year once again when we make our “New Year’s Resolutions List.” If you’re a business owner or homeowner, pest-proofing is usually NOT at the top of your list, if it’s even on the list at all. According to Zip Poll USA, here are...

9 Reasons You Need Hopper Winter Pest Control

How to use this templateIt’s a common misconception that with the cold weather months, familiar pests of warmer seasons have simply left us for a while. The truth is in the colder months, crawling insects and other pests that don’t go dormant in the winter can make...

What’s Bugging You?

How to use this templateThis is one question that is asked frequently when it comes to those who have experienced a bed bug infestation. People are curious to know if their bed bug problem from the summer will be resolved once the temperature begins to drop. Perhaps...

The Cold War On Pests

How to use this templateSummer Has Sizzled, Fall Has Fled, Winter Is Here, the Pests Are Dead.? Not! The Cold War Believe it or not, some things just will not go away! Even in extreme heat or unbearable cold, some household pests just will not give up. Yes - some...

Winter Pest Control Checklist

How to use this templateMake the List, Check It Twice Now that the days are getting shorter and the wind is getting colder, it’s time to get on the ball and prepare your business and home for the onslaught of winter. Like it or not, insects and rodents are dead-set on...

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