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Pest Control Service (Residential and Commercial) McDonough, Atlanta, Savannah, Ga.
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Roaches
Residential and CommercialGerman Roaches are a common problem in a Commercial Food Establishment. They are also found in Residential Homes. We battle to eliminate and prevent German Roaches from taking control. American and Smoky Brown Roaches are found in homes however they are usually nesting in an attic or crawl area. -
Ants
Ants can be a menace !Our quarterly treatment of the exterior with a long lasting product keeps them from entering the home. We also have some very eco friendly ant baits that work extremely well. -
Fleas
Fleas UGGHH !We provide Flea Treatments for Homes. We do an initial treatment of the floor areas. A follow up treatment in 10-14 days after. Pricing dependent on amount of area to be treated. -
Silverfish
Silverfish in Attic ?Silverfish are a strange little insect. They tend to be drawn to paper. We find them a lot in attics. Sometimes people store old papers and magazines up there and hence Silverfish. They will come down into the living area many times in search of moisture. -
Rodents
Rats and MiceRats can come into a structure through small holes or by burrowing in. They are drawn by food smells and harbor. We inspect and offer exclusion and the proper riddance of them. if you feed your pets outside that can also draw them towards your property and structure. -
Bed Bugs
Cimexa LectaurusWe are experts in Bed Bug Detection and Elimination. From our K9 Dog teams to our Thermal Remediation Heat Treatments we can take care of your bed bug needs better than anyone.
Indoor Pest Control
Services For All Indoor Pests - Bed Bug Control Specialists -Food Service Specialists - Fly Control Services
Flea, Tick, Scorpion & Spider Control - Fly Light Maintenance Programs
Termite Control
5 Star Termite Treatment Featuring Termidor - Subterranean, Formosan, & Drywood Termites
Pre-construction Treatments - Powderpost Beetle Specialists - Real Estate Inspection Reports
Outdoor Services
Mosquito BackPack Lawn Treatment - Fire Ant Control Service - Animal Exclusion & Proofing
Rodent Control Service
We have several annual pest control package programs to help keep the bugs away at reduced prices:
Total
5 Star Bundle
Includes Termite Evaluation, Liquid Termite Treatment with Damage Warranty with Annual Inspection upon renewal yearly.
4 Quarterly Exterior Treatments is very effictive against Ants, Roaches and other insect invaders.
4 Interior Inspection and Treatments when necessary using materials designed for that particular issue.
Mosquito Service 8 months of year monthly services
(Termite Treatments are based upon the construction and lineal footage of a structure. We are regulated by the Georgia Department of Agriculture and South Carolina and the Labels of the products we use.)
There are significant differences in many houses and the techniques and amount of material needed to do a quality treatment varies greatly. We can not give you an exact estimate for termite treatment without inspection of the structure. Anyone that does this, you may want to think twice.
How can they possibly know what is needed for
a Slab home with a Crawl space vs. a Basement with a Crawl space, etc.
770-957-1915
Indoor Pest Control
Flea, Tick, Scorpion & Spider Control - Fly Light Maintenance Programs
Termite Control
5 Star Termite Treatment Featuring Termidor - Subterranean, Formosan, & Drywood Termites
Pre-construction Treatments - Powderpost Beetle Specialists - Real Estate Inspection Reports
Outdoor Services
Mosquito BackPack Lawn Treatment - Fire Ant Control Service - Animal Exclusion & Proofing
Rodent Control Service
We have several annual pest control package programs to help keep the bugs away at reduced prices:
Total
770-957-1915
Commercial Pest Control
Our Commercial Department can give you an estimate for your Business. We do a lot of work in Nursing Homes, Senior Centers, Drug Rehab, Hotels and Lodging, Resteraunts, etc
We can produce great results with our inspection and treatment methods. Our training is second to none.
American (a.k.a. Water bug)
Size: 1 ½” to 2”
Color: Dark reddish brown
How to recognize: Largest of the roach species—also referred to as Palmetto Bugs
Habitat: Homes, hospitals and warehouses are usual habitats
Behavior: Good fliers, they will contaminate food, carry disease, damage book bindings, fabrics and wallpaper
Size: 1 ½” to 2”
Color: Dark reddish brown
How to recognize: Largest of the roach species—also referred to as Palmetto Bugs
Habitat: Homes, hospitals and warehouses are usual habitats
Behavior: Good fliers, they will contaminate food, carry disease, damage book bindings, fabrics and wallpaper
Brown Banded Cockroach
Size: ½” to 5/8”
Color: Dark and light brown banding across its back
How to recognize: Same size as german cockroach, but doesn’t depend as much on moisture in its habitat
Habitat: Prefers areas over 80 degrees, often found high on walls, in picture frames, behind molding, near appliance motors, in light switches, closets and furniture
Behavior: Doesn’t multiply as fast as the German, but is often harder to control because they scatter all over a structure.
Size: ½” to 5/8”
Color: Dark and light brown banding across its back
How to recognize: Same size as german cockroach, but doesn’t depend as much on moisture in its habitat
Habitat: Prefers areas over 80 degrees, often found high on walls, in picture frames, behind molding, near appliance motors, in light switches, closets and furniture
Behavior: Doesn’t multiply as fast as the German, but is often harder to control because they scatter all over a structure.
German
Size: ½” to 5/8”
Color: Light brown, with two dark brown vertical stripes behind the head.
How to recognize: Found all over the world, living wherever man lives, sharing the same foods and habitats.
Habitat: Live closely packed in small cracks and crevices near food and water. Commonly found in restaurants, kitchens and stores where food, moisture and shelter are abundant. Rarely seen outdoors.
Behavior: Populations increase rapidly, and they usually hide during the day. They contaminate food, leave stains, create foul odors and carry disease organisms.
Size: ½” to 5/8”
Color: Light brown, with two dark brown vertical stripes behind the head.
How to recognize: Found all over the world, living wherever man lives, sharing the same foods and habitats.
Habitat: Live closely packed in small cracks and crevices near food and water. Commonly found in restaurants, kitchens and stores where food, moisture and shelter are abundant. Rarely seen outdoors.
Behavior: Populations increase rapidly, and they usually hide during the day. They contaminate food, leave stains, create foul odors and carry disease organisms.
Oriental
Size: Often reach 1” in length
Color: Dark brown to black
How to recognize: Not as large as the American cockroach, the females are somewhat oval in shape. Neither sex can fly, even though they have wings.
Habitat: Inhabit damp locations such as crawl spaces under structures, or underground water and sewage systems. Often enter structures by walking in or entering through drains of various kinds.
Behavior: Their travel through such unsanitary habitats increases their potential as disease vectors. It may be common in outdoor environments and enter a structure on its own, by crawling under doors or through other exterior openings.
Size: Often reach 1” in length
Color: Dark brown to black
How to recognize: Not as large as the American cockroach, the females are somewhat oval in shape. Neither sex can fly, even though they have wings.
Habitat: Inhabit damp locations such as crawl spaces under structures, or underground water and sewage systems. Often enter structures by walking in or entering through drains of various kinds.
Behavior: Their travel through such unsanitary habitats increases their potential as disease vectors. It may be common in outdoor environments and enter a structure on its own, by crawling under doors or through other exterior openings.
Smokey Brown
Size: 1” to 1 ¼”
Color: Uniform in color– brownish black and very shiny
How to recognize: Good flyers and are attracted to lights at night.
Habitat: Warm, dark, moist areas such as tree holes, ivies, mulch, woodpiles and the eaves of attics, especially where there are moisture problems.
Behavior: This species is very mobile and hard to control because they are so active and have many habitat preferences.
Size: 1” to 1 ¼”
Color: Uniform in color– brownish black and very shiny
How to recognize: Good flyers and are attracted to lights at night.
Habitat: Warm, dark, moist areas such as tree holes, ivies, mulch, woodpiles and the eaves of attics, especially where there are moisture problems.
Behavior: This species is very mobile and hard to control because they are so active and have many habitat preferences.
House Centipede
Size: 1” to 2”
Color: Usually brown, to orangish brown
How to recognize: Less worm-like in appearance than the millipede, their bodies have many segments, with only one pair of legs per segment. House centipedes have extremely long legs.
Habitat: Usually found anywhere in the house where dampness occurs.
Behavior: Nocturnal, and when disturbed move very swiftly towards a darkened hiding place.
Grasshoppers / Cicadas
Size: 1” to 3”
Color: Yellowish to green, with colorful hind wings with blue, red, orange, or yellow bands on them
How to recognize: Can be seen in meadows, fields, or along roadsides in the warmer months. Recognizable by their “song”, produced when their legs are rubbed together, or the snapping noise of their wings produced in flight.
Habitat: Outdoors, in meadows and fields.
Behavior: They are principally a plant pest, rarely enter structures, but can be extremely destructive to crops when found in large numbers.
Cricket
Size: ¾”
Color: tan or brown
How to recognize: Often heard before they are seen. Common song is a triple chirp. Courtship song is a continuous trill.
Habitat: Can be found in warm, damp, dark places such as shrubs, grass, basements or crawl spaces. Usually enter a building from harborage right outside.
Behavior: Active mostly at night, they will eat almost anything they can chew.
Size: ¾”
Color: tan or brown
How to recognize: Often heard before they are seen. Common song is a triple chirp. Courtship song is a continuous trill.
Habitat: Can be found in warm, damp, dark places such as shrubs, grass, basements or crawl spaces. Usually enter a building from harborage right outside.
Behavior: Active mostly at night, they will eat almost anything they can chew.
Earwig
Size: 3/8” to 1”
Color: Brown to black
How to recognize: Most easily recognized by its forceps-like tail appendage.
Habitat: Feed mostly on green plants and other vegetation. They do little damage indoors.
Behavior: It is one of the few insects that take care of its young. The pinch of their forceps is neither painful nor poisonous.
Size: 3/8” to 1”
Color: Brown to black
How to recognize: Most easily recognized by its forceps-like tail appendage.
Habitat: Feed mostly on green plants and other vegetation. They do little damage indoors.
Behavior: It is one of the few insects that take care of its young. The pinch of their forceps is neither painful nor poisonous.
Flea
Size: 1/32” to 1/16”
Color: Small, black, hard-bodied and wingless, fleas have a flattened body and legs adapted for jumping onto a host.
How to recognize: Their tiny size and ability to jump make them recognizable, as do the itchy red spots left behind by their bite.
Habitat: Anywhere there are available hosts to sustain them.
Behavior: They can be a direct health hazard, transmitting disease and tapeworm. For Flea Info go to http://fleascience.com/
Size: 1/32” to 1/16”
Color: Small, black, hard-bodied and wingless, fleas have a flattened body and legs adapted for jumping onto a host.
How to recognize: Their tiny size and ability to jump make them recognizable, as do the itchy red spots left behind by their bite.
Habitat: Anywhere there are available hosts to sustain them.
Behavior: They can be a direct health hazard, transmitting disease and tapeworm. For Flea Info go to http://fleascience.com/
Millipede
Size: 1” to 1 ½”
Color: Brownish
How to recognize: Worm-like in appearance, they have multiple segments, with two pairs of legs per segment.
Habitat: They usually live outside, in moist vegetation, leaf litter and mulch and feed on decaying wood and plants.
Behavior: Will only find their way indoors when conditions are right. When disturbed, they curl up like a watch spring.
Size: 1” to 1 ½”
Color: Brownish
How to recognize: Worm-like in appearance, they have multiple segments, with two pairs of legs per segment.
Habitat: They usually live outside, in moist vegetation, leaf litter and mulch and feed on decaying wood and plants.
Behavior: Will only find their way indoors when conditions are right. When disturbed, they curl up like a watch spring.
Pill bug
Size: ¼” to 3/8”
Color: black
How to recognize: Roll into a ball, or “pill”, when disturbed.
Habitat: Lawn turf, under leaves, and moist areas of decaying vegetation.
Behavior: Weather extremes may drive them indoors, but they do no damage.
Size: ¼” to 3/8”
Color: black
How to recognize: Roll into a ball, or “pill”, when disturbed.
Habitat: Lawn turf, under leaves, and moist areas of decaying vegetation.
Behavior: Weather extremes may drive them indoors, but they do no damage.
Scorpion
Size: 1” to 7”
Color: Yellowish tan to dark brown
How to recognize: Recognizable by the large claws in front and the long, narrow tail tipped by a stinger.
Habitat: Under debris, or woodpiles on the soil, within clutter in storage areas. Damper areas may also be an attraction to many of them.
Behavior: Nocturnal predators that feed on other animals, using their stinger to subdue their prey. To humans, their sting can be painful, but their venom poses few health concerns.
Size: 1” to 7”
Color: Yellowish tan to dark brown
How to recognize: Recognizable by the large claws in front and the long, narrow tail tipped by a stinger.
Habitat: Under debris, or woodpiles on the soil, within clutter in storage areas. Damper areas may also be an attraction to many of them.
Behavior: Nocturnal predators that feed on other animals, using their stinger to subdue their prey. To humans, their sting can be painful, but their venom poses few health concerns.
Silverfish
Size: 3/8” to ½”
Color: silver or gray
How to recognize: Slender, wingless insects with three long, tail-like appendages, and two thread-like antennae.
Habitat: Moist, hot areas from the attic to the crawl space. They breed in bookcases, storage boxes and linen closets.
Behavior: Cause damage by eating foods, cloth, paper, bookbindings, wallpaper, starch in clothing and linens.
Size: 3/8” to ½”
Color: silver or gray
How to recognize: Slender, wingless insects with three long, tail-like appendages, and two thread-like antennae.
Habitat: Moist, hot areas from the attic to the crawl space. They breed in bookcases, storage boxes and linen closets.
Behavior: Cause damage by eating foods, cloth, paper, bookbindings, wallpaper, starch in clothing and linens.
Tick
Size: 1/16” to ½”
Color: Black
How to recognize: Are usually discovered once they have attached themselves to a host, by their engorged bodies.
Habitat: Must have a host, often dogs or wildlife, but will attach themselves to humans as well.
Behavior: Survive on blood meals from a host. Transmit serious diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Typhus, and Lyme Disease.
Size: 1/16” to ½”
Color: Black
How to recognize: Are usually discovered once they have attached themselves to a host, by their engorged bodies.
Habitat: Must have a host, often dogs or wildlife, but will attach themselves to humans as well.
Behavior: Survive on blood meals from a host. Transmit serious diseases such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Typhus, and Lyme Disease.