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Serving San Diego County
We pride ourselves on SERVICE, our mission statement:
“The goodwill of those we serve is the foundation of our success”
Click on any of the Pest types below to learn more!
- Animal Trapping: Skunks, Opossums, Foxes, Feral Cats
- Ants
- Bats
- Bed Bugs
- Bees, Wasps, etc.
- Cockroaches
- Fleas
- Flies
- Gophers
- Mice
- Mosquitoes
- Rats
- Reptiles: Rattlesnakes, Snakes & Lizards
- Scorpions & Centipedes
- Spiders
- Termites
Animal Trapping: Skunks, Opossums, Raccoons, Foxes, Feral Cats
Prevention:
- Contact our office for a quote on animal trapping and exclusion.
- Eliminate alternative food sources outside such as pet food and unsealed trash cans.
- Restrict access to water (i.e. plumbing leaks, appliances, pet dishes, etc.)
- Animals are attracted to columns, attics and crawl spaces underneath houses. All possible entry points should be properly sealed. Call Aardvark for an inspection.
- Do not approach a wild animal. Keep pets indoors whenever necessary to avoid attacks.
Ants
Prevention:
- Contact our office regarding our Quarterly Residential Pest Control Service.
- Seal cracks, crevices and entry points around the structure.
- Trim branches and shrubbery away from exterior walls.
- Eliminate alternative food sources indoors, leaving food out, pet food, etc.
- Restrict access to water (i.e. plumbing leaks, appliances, pet dishes, etc.)
- Clean up sugar spills.
Bats
Prevention:
- No toxins are approved for use against bats. Call Aardvark for a free inspection and information on alternative treatment options.
- Bats are commonly found in attics and outdoor beams. They often return to the same locations to rest or eat.
- Nesting bats in an attic space or confined location can create unsanitary conditions that should be dealt with immediately.
- Repellants, which rely on the strong odor of naphthalene, may be used for indoor use only and can be annoying to occupants. In addition, the repellant needs to be continually reapplied.
- Exclusion is the most cost effective and long term solution for bat problems. If done correctly, it is 100% effective and can last for decades. Call Aardvark for more information.
Bed Bugs
Prevention:
- We cannot treat bedbugs as we would any other pest we encounter. Bedbugs cannot be eliminated with baseboard sprays, fogging, or other superficial surface applications. Call Aardvark for treatment options.
- Bedbugs will normally be found on and around the bed, staying as close to their food source as possible. This means that many of them are hiding elsewhere, such as within wall voids, furniture, carpet edges, closets, and other rooms. There will be populations of them in sofas or recliners in other rooms if people sleep on these. Bedbugs are now found in buses, airplanes, theaters, schools, and pretty much anywhere else people will take them and drop them off. In a home, control must aim to eliminate every last bug and egg, or the infestation will start up again. This means that an intensive program of applying a suitable material into EVERY possible crevice must be attempted. All clothing must be removed and laundered or dry cleaned, and not returned to the room until it is known to be free of the bugs. In fact, every item in the room must be tended to in some manner, since the bugs may hide in virtually anything.
Bees, Wasps, etc.
Prevention:
- Contact our office for a quote on exterminating bees and wasps, hive removal and repair.
- Seal cracks and crevices around the structure that lead to voids.
- Remove old nests.
- Keep foliage and shrubbery trimmed away from the structure.
- Bees will return if hive is not removed.
Cockroaches
Prevention:
- Improve sanitation and remove alternate food sources.
- Use sticky traps to identify and monitor problem areas.
- Repair and eliminate moisture problems.
- Reduce clutter and seal cracks and crevices.
- Avoid the use of paper and cardboard storage containers.
- Remove old boxes.
- Empty and clean trash containers frequently and use tight fitting lids.
- Avoid placing your trash can under the sink.
- Pick up pet food when done eating.
- Caulk, weather strip, and repair holes around water pipes, baseboards, doors, and windows.
- Keep areas outside your home free of trash, wood piles, and leaves.
- Fix water leaks, leaky faucets, and drains.
Fleas
Prevention:
- Contact us for interior and exterior treatment options.
- Thoroughly vacuum the premises immediately before treatment and discard the vacuum bag outside in the trash. Pay special attention to pet resting areas.
- Bedding is dry and clean, launder regularly.
- Get rid of adult fleas on cats and dogs.
- Get rid of flea eggs and flea larvae in the environment.
- Use flea washes and flea dust powder.
- Contact your veterinarian for appropriate flea control applications for your pets.
Flies
Prevention:
- Improve sanitation, dispose of garbage regularly, and ensure trash containers have tight fitting lids. Trash cans should be cleaned on a regular basis.
- Dispose of animal waste daily; remove potential breeding sources.
- Seal cracks, crevices, and entry points around the structure’s perimeter.
- Keep doors and windows closed; ensure screens are in good condition and fit tightly.
- Install UV light traps, door strips and air doors where appropriate.
- Clean floors and counters.
- Hang fly traps or fly bait stations away from structures.
Gophers
Prevention:
- Quarterly Gopher Maintenance Program. Contact our office for your FREE quote on a gopher clean out and quarterly service program.
- When are gophers most active? Gophers are not known to hibernate; they are active all year round.
- Spring and fall are the seasons where gopher mounds are most often seen and the gopher mounds seem to slow down in the summer.
- In the winter, gophers still dig, and gopher tunnels are found, even in the snow.
- If you see fan shaped mounds of dirt in your yard, you most likely have a burrowing gopher on your property below the surface setting up a den.
- Gophers in your yard, flower beds, and lawn can do extensive damage to your landscaping.
- Gophers are root destroyers. In their efforts at digging and finding food, they will not only hurt vegetation by uprooting it, but also eat it.
- Gophers eat tree roots, flower roots and bulbs, plow through bamboo roots and rose bushes.
Mice
Prevention:
- Call Aardvark to install and maintain rodent bait stations around structure to control exterior rodent population.
- Call Aardvark to install and service traps for interior rodent problems.
- Seal cracks, crevices and entry points around the structure. Call Aardvark for an inspection.
- Improve sanitation.
- Trim branches and shrubbery away from exterior walls.
- Remove alternative food sources indoors, such as pet food.
- Store pet food in sealed containers.
- Keep doors and windows closed. Ensure screens are in good condition and fit tightly.
- Check the seal on the garage door and keep closed.
- Rodents are attracted to wood piles and debris left around a home.
Mosquitoes
Prevention:
- Call Aardvark for an inspection to treat in and around shrubs adjacent to the structure. Mosquito populations can be very dense in this environment.
- Stagnant water provides prime breeding conditions for mosquitoes, so reduce these sights wherever possible, such as water that collects in clogged gutters, poorly maintained swimming pools, and rain water that collects in potted plants, trash cans, bird baths, discarded tires, watering containers and children’s toys.
- Ensure window screens are in good condition and fit tightly to prevent mosquitoes from entering the home.
- Avoid going outside during the dawn and dusk hours.
- Wear long sleeves and long pants if you are outside during these hours.
- Use a mosquito repellent.
Rats
Prevention:
- Call Aardvark to install and maintain rodent bait stations around structure to control exterior rodent population.
- Call Aardvark to install and service traps for interior rodent problems.
- Seal cracks, crevices and entry points around the structure. Call Aardvark for an inspection.
- Improve sanitation.
- Trim branches and shrubbery away from exterior walls.
- Remove alternative food sources indoors, such as pet food.
- Store pet food in sealed containers.
- Keep doors and windows closed. Ensure screens are in good condition and fit tightly.
- Check the seal on the garage door and keep closed.
- Rodents are attracted to wood piles and debris left around a home.
Reptiles: Rattlesnakes, Snakes, Lizards
Prevention:
- Call Aardvark if you have problems with rattlesnakes or any other reptile. We offer trapping, live removal and exclusion.
- San Diego County is home to four different species of rattlesnakes.
- Rattlesnakes are most active at dusk when hunting for prey.
- Unlike most reptiles, rattlesnakes give birth to live offspring. In some species, young rattlesnakes are more venomous than adults.
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Scorpions & Centipedes
Prevention:
- Scorpions feed on insects, so spray the outside of your home regularly.
- Contact our office regarding our Quarterly Residential Service.
- Remove wood and rock piles near the structure to eliminate as much scorpion harborage as possible.
- Landscape and surrounding vegetation should also be trimmed back or removed to expose as much soil as possible.
- Clean up debris from around the structure.
- Inside, keep storage boxes off the ground.
- Centipedes like dark, damp places. Make sure that wet towels are picked up off the floor.
- Ensure door thresholds are tight and windows have tight fitting screens. Contact Aardvark for an inspection and estimate on sealing off possible entry points.
Spiders
Prevention:
- Call for an estimate on spider control maintenance programs.
- Physically remove spider webs and egg sacs with a vacuum.
- Remove clutter and debris wherever possible and keep wood piles away from the structure.
- Seal cracks, crevices, and entry points around the structure.
- Store boxes off the ground.
- Ensure window and door screens fit tightly.
Termites: Drywood, Subterranean, Fungus & Dry Rot:
Prevention:
- Aardvark offers free termite inspections (charge applies for escrow inspections)
- Restrict access to water (i.e. plumbing leaks, appliances, pet dishes. etc.)
- Moisture in the soil may attract termites.
- Do not plant shrubs too close to the foundation.
- Even the best maintained homes can accumulate termite problems.
- Please contact Aardvark Ant & Pest Control for more information at:
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Termite Treatment Options
- Subterranean Termite Bait Station Maintenance Programs
- Pre-Treatments (New Construction) for Drywood and Subterranean Termites
- Fumigations (Whole House Tent)
- Thermagation (Heat Treatment)
- Local Wood Treatments
- Wood Repair & Replacement
Thanks for the referral. Steve was great and took good care of me. Allen did a great job also. He and Skip were here for 5 or 6 hours and the job looks great.
Thanks again...
Patti S.
