Pests we treat in DFW

The quarterly plan handles the everyday household pests, ants, cockroaches, spiders, scorpions, crickets, earwigs, silverfish and wasps nesting on the house. Termites run on Sentricon, mosquitoes on the monthly mosquito program, and an active rodent problem on a separate exclusion service.

Each page in this library lists the signs that pest leaves, such as droppings, mud tubes, sawdust piles or bite patterns. A clear photo or one specimen in a jar helps, because identification decides the whole treatment, and the technician confirms it on the first visit.

A few are. Black widows and brown recluses can cause serious bites, fire ant stings can trigger allergic reactions, mosquitoes carry West Nile virus, and roaches and rodents spread bacteria and allergens. Termites and carpenter ants damage wood, while most other household pests are a nuisance rather than a health risk.

Store sprays kill what they touch and leave the source alone, whether that is an ant colony, a roach population in a wall void or the gap that lets the next wave in. Lasting control treats where the pest lives and closes the openings it uses, which is the idea behind the Zero Gap System.

No. Forterra does not treat bed bugs, and squirrels, raccoons, possums and other wildlife belong to a separate trade with different tools. The office tells you so on the first call and refers you to a specialist who handles that work.

Pressure never fully stops here. Ants and termite swarms peak in spring, mosquitoes and wasps in summer, crickets in early fall and rodents once nights turn cold. Mild winters also keep indoor pests like German roaches breeding all year.

Sometimes, for something small like a few ants on a counter or one wasp nest within easy reach. Store products rarely reach the colony, the nest inside a wall or the entry point, which is why problems return. A professional treatment pays off once a problem keeps coming back or involves termites, rodents or venomous spiders.