Carpenter ant problems vary. This is partly due to biology. More than 20 species of carpenter ants are structural pests in North America. It is also partly due to climate. Cool, wet areas of the Pacific Northwest and New England have large carpenter ant problems. Finally, it is partly due to construction styles. Houses nestled in dense woods, or those with bay windows, leaky skylights, foam insulation or cedar shake shingles have a risk of attack. Carpenter ants may have more than one nest. In many areas of the country, multiple nests are the rule rather than the exception. Large colonies often consist of a parent nest and one or two more satellite nests (Up to ten have been reported!) The parent colony always contains the queen and small larvae; the satellite nests contain larger larvae and pupae. Workers occur in both, moving from one nest to another over well-defined trails. A mature colony contains anywhere from a few thousand up to more than 50,000 workers, depending on the species and conditions at the site. The ants often return to the same nest sites year-after-year.
Termites
Visit APC Pest & Termite Control Inc., located right next to the railroad tracks on Main Street in Medfield, Massachusetts, to talk with them about preventative pest control.
Wasps
Nesting Yellow jackets and wasps can make it difficult for you and your guests to safely enter your home and enjoy your yard, creating a risk for your family and visitors. Using specialized treatments, our technicians can rid your home of any Yellow jacket, hornet, or wasp nests.
Ticks
Our organic option is very popular for controlling both ticks and mosquitoes which reduces the risk of lyme disease, EEE and other insect borne illnesses.
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are a nuisance and a serious health hazard transmitting a variety of diseases including WEST NILE VIRUS & EEE.Tick bites can cause Lyme Disease. We will treat your yard for the low price of $125.00 per month** For prompt & professional service, call NOW!
Beetles
Sawtoothed and Merchant Grain Beetles are very similar looking. Both have jagged sawlike protrusions on the sides of the middle section (thorax). Both are typically dark brown. Sawtoothed Grain Beetles feed on flour and other cracked grains but cannot fly. Merchant Grain Beetles prefer oily products such as nuts and chocolate but will infest many foods other than whole grains. The best control measures is to thoroughly inspect and find the source...something that our professionals are trained for.
Hornets
Yellow Jackets
We also offer a preventative that is popular during the Spring and Summers months. We completely check your home and treat all nests by applying an appropriate product directly on the nests. Preventative spraying is done to keep Yellow jackets from forming additional nests. The treatment is guaranteed for the entire season and if any new nests are discovered we will return to treat them for FREE!
Moths
Indian Meal Moths frequently are found flying haplessly in kitchens and living rooms. The moth is not a good flier and is usually a lone flier. The adult moths do not feed but the larvae, which can penetrate packages, will infest cracked grain such as wheat or cornmeal. They will also feed on nutmeats. The larvae feed in the grain and then crawl from the food source to pupate. After this resting stage, the adults emerge leaving a spun webbing and start the process again. Sometimes the abandoned webbing is found in cracks and crevices of plastic food containers or even in the wall/ceiling jointure in livingrooms. Our technicians can identify these pests and can prescribe a treatment, sometimes using pheromone traps or attractants to male adult moths. Don't spray any homeowner product in your food storage area.....call the professionals.
Pantry Pests
Ever see a lone flying moth in your kitchen in winter? See a few holes in that flour bag? Find some crawling "worms" in cornmeal? This is the time of year where you might find pantry pests....pests that infest food materials. With the season of cooking and baking upon us, it is common to open up the ingredient containers and find a surprise...stored product pests.
Scientists believe that increased rainfall brought by El Nino has resulted in improved rodent habitat quality in our region. Therefore, rodents could find greater cover, more possibilities for shelter and a much greater food supply. Pine nuts and many other types of fruit, seeds, succulent vegetations and arthropods (insect populations also respond to increases in rainfall) are available in abundance.