Pest Control

Multi-unit dwellings like apartment buildings, condos, duplexes, dorms, or any shared wall spaces can have unique challenges for residents. In addition to noisy neighbors, rising rents, and endless regulations, pest control is also a concern. The Seattle area is not immune to these challenges. But you don’t have to learn to live with it.    Addressing […]

Learning to deal with pests and keep them away can feel like a full-time endeavor. Humans and insects have a complicated relationship: can’t live with them and can’t always live without them. But when these nuisances begin to make their way into highly concentrated areas of humanity – urban areas, they can be difficult to […]

Ugh, bugs! There is never a good time for them, and there never seems to be a time that isn’t susceptible. Every season has its pests. Whether you are struggling with spiders, ants, flies, roaches, stinging insects, termites, or even rodents like rats and mice, you can feel powerless to get a handle on these […]

As you enjoy a brisk, bug-free walk on a cool winter afternoon, you might begin to wonder “Where have all the mosquitoes gone?” Have they migrated? Or hibernated? And maybe more importantly, when will they be back?  Just what exactly happens to mosquitoes in the winter? Mosquitoes, like most insects, are cold-blooded creatures. Their inability […]

Are you finding flies in your home during the colder winter months? Then you might be facing a cluster fly invasion. Unlike regular house flies which are not active during the winter, cluster flies become a nuisance with the lack of warmth and sun in the winter months in Washington state.  If you see an […]

History of Pest Control Pests, by definition, are any organism that can harm humans, our shelter (homes), our food crops or our belongings. Humankind has been encountering pests throughout our earliest recorded history and we can rest assured our ancestors were “pestered” long before that. The ancient Sumerians, Egyptians, Chinese and Greeks used pesticides containing […]

Winter seems the perfect break from pests like mosquitoes, flies, and other creepy crawlies. As the temperatures cool, many of these creatures enter a state of diapause. They stop moving, eating, or reproducing, and just take a break. So you might expect that you could take a break too. Unfortunately, that isn’t always the case. […]

Let’s face it. No one likes an infestation of ants or wasps or rats. But when you are facing a roach invasion, you might be tempted to seek advice from family and friends. After all, Grandma knows best, right? Well, not to disparage memaw, but many common do-it-yourself pest control tips won’t do as much […]