Everyone hates being annoyed and frustrated by seeing bugs in their home. They aren’t called “pests" for no reason! Having any type of pest in your home can cause many different problems for the homeowner. It could mean an infestation, high cost of reparations, emotional stress, a health problem, etc. There are many different reasons why a bug could be invading your home. But no matter the reason, it’s still something that shouldn’t go untreated. That’s why, here at Nashville Pest Control, we can service any type of pest you are seeing no matter the size or shape.
We know where to look!
When you think of an infestation in your home of a bug, the average person wouldn’t look for the signs of where they might be coming from, or how they are even getting into the house. Your instinct is to scream and smash is with your foot, or call your husband to do the dirty work. However, at Nashville Pest Control, our exterminators have the skill, knowledge, and experience in figuring out why the bugs are entering your home, where they are entering from, and what type of bug it is. Here are just a few examples on what our exterminators are looking for when they come out to your house.
Ants are a common pest that seem to never go away. Any type of ant that comes into your home is looking for sugary foods and water. So, you most likely will see them in your kitchen or bathroom areas. As you see them “march one by one," they are also potentially contaminating any food they run across. Even though they may seem harmless, they are definitely not a pest you want in your home, and especially around your food. Ants usually will march in through any cracks or crevices along the foundation, and/or through any open window areas. Be sure to close your windows and seal those cracks!
Roaches are pests that are extremely disgusting. Like most household pests, they are also searching the home for food and water. They like to migrate in darker and damper areas, like behind your refrigerator, or by the bathtub, in the food pantries, and especially by the water heater. Roaches can creep in through the cracks and crevices you have in the foundation of your homem as well. Roaches can also contaminate food items, and destroy books, papers, and any other household item that is around. Recent studies have shown that roaches can also be a cause of asthma in young children. Their saliva, feces, and their body parts they have recently shed can trigger a childs asthma, causing breathing problems.
A Termite is a type of pest that absolutely no one wants to encounter. First, they are disgusting looking creatures, and second, they eat your home causing much stress on the homeowner. The scary part about termites is, they can be damaging your home without you having any idea about it. Termites start to gnaw and decay all the wood in your home from the inside out. Termites start by finding a crack or crevice in the foundation of your home, and start from the ground up. Created mud tunnels are found alongside the house where they travel to find wood and bring it back down to their nest.
They work 24 hours a day, everyday, and they do not slow down. When termites are left untreated, or even unnoticed, they can cause homeowners to pay lots of money to reparations. Your home is an investment, right? So, invest in keeping it in tact by calling Nashville Pest Control and having it treated for those damaging termites.
Rodents, such as mice and rats, are not only a pest, but they are startling and simply disgusting. The way you can tell if you have a rodent in the house, if you haven’t actually seen it, is by looking for droppings in the attic, or in drawers. Rodents make their nests behind walls, in attics, and in crawlspaces. All of these places have one thing in common; they are places in which the homeowner wont go, or rarely goes. Rodents don’t want to be disturbed, they only want to disturb you. Therefore, they isolate themselves to places that are dark and quiet. Rodents are a health risk, and should be treated/caught.
Unfortunately, we have all heard the horror of picking up bed bugs anywhere we may travel. Makes you want to stay at home, doesn’t it? Bed bugs are easily transferable. They are so tiny and so sticky that you may not be able to see them when you sit down at the movie theater or a restaurant. Once they are on your clothes, and you travel back home to get in bed, now they are infesting your bed. Therefore, this creates an infestation of bed bugs in your home. Bed bugs have no boundaries and will congregate anywhere they see fit.
Luckily, our exterminators are able to tell if you have bed bugs by looking at the corners of mattresses, in the cracks of your mattress, the headboards, and the baseboards of your bed. Bed bugs can be anywhere. Why let them cause you a headache when you can call Nashville Pest Control and have them help you rid of the bed bugs, and your headache?
Trim any bushes/shrubbery from the house.
Caulk in cracks or crevices around the foundation of your home.
Keep your doors and windows shut.
Store all foods in closed/sealed tight containers in the refrigerator and the pantry.
Inspect your hotel room for bed bugs BEFORE you take your stuff in, and before going back in your house, lent roll your clothes down to pick up any bed bug eggs you might have on you.
Keep any and every piece of wood away from the house.
Call Nashville Pest Control today to exterminate all of your pest needs!