As winter fades into spring, homeowners may notice an uptick in wildlife activity, particularly from raccoons. During their mating season, which typically spans from January to March, these nocturnal creatures often seek shelter in secluded areas such as attics, wall voids, and other quiet corners of residential properties. Unfortunately, this means your home could become an unintended nursery for a family of raccoons.

Understanding raccoon behavior during mating season and recognizing the signs of an infestation are crucial for addressing the issue before it leads to significant damage or health risks. (more…)

Managing a business involves balancing multiple priorities—employee welfare, customer satisfaction, operational efficiencies, and maintaining compliance with local regulations. Another often overlooked aspect for businesses is pest control. Commercial pest management plays a fundamental role in protecting your business from potential threats posed by pests, which can jeopardize the health and safety of employees and customers, damage property, and potentially even harm your reputation. (more…)

The raccoon is sometimes called the masked bandit because of his cute coloration of fur around his eyes that look like a mask and because of his crafty fingers which can open garbage can lids, coolers while camping, and even bird feeders. While this animal may be cute and interesting, when he gets onto your roof, the real meaning of a masked bandit takes place. (more…)

As fall approaches and night temperatures turn cold, we are not the only ones who want to stay where it is heated. Pests who were once satisfied living outdoors, are now on the way into our homes. Searching cracks and crevices, they enter our homes and plan on overwintering with us until the spring. When the average home temperature is around 70 degrees, it makes an easy choice for a pest to either struggle outside and possibly die or continue its lifestyle inside your walls. (more…)

If you’ve ever been outside enjoying a barbecue or working in your garden only to be chased away by aggressive wasps, chances are you’ve encountered paper wasps. These stinging insects can quickly become a nuisance and even pose a threat to your family and pets if they are left unchecked. In this blog post, we’ll explore the signs of a paper wasp infestation and why calling pest control is crucial to deal with these pests effectively.

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Yellowjacket wasps are hostile and can be a hazardous and stinging insect in the Chicago and Northwest Indiana areas, especially in the summer.  Yellowjackets build their nests outside or inside depending on their access to the environments.  Inside, one of the places they like to build their nests is inside the walls of your home.  This can create a potentially hazardous and unwelcome situation.

There are a few different signs to know that you may have Yellowjackets in your walls. (more…)

In the pest control industry, a title like that is not only considered an attention grabber, but also a scare tactic. We did want to grab your attention, but only to warn you. The hard truth is this year will be extra heavy with insect activity. Not only did we have one of the wettest Springs in decades, and insects love moisture to grow their colonies, but now they have been given an extra boost of protein from our visiting friends the Cicadas.

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Cicadas are part of summertime. Their high-pitched sounds can be heard each summer as there are some that emerge from underground each year. But this year is special as it is the year of a super emergence that only occurs once every seventeen years. (more…)

Raccoons are in mating season right now. If the female raccoon has decided to make a den in your attic, it will sound like fighting or scratching sounds up in your attic. Once the female gets, impregnated she will fight off the male and kick him out of her den. The female does not want the male in her den as he will eat the young.

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You had mice in your home and had a professional pest control company come out and treat a mice problem and now the problem is gone.  So as a homeowner or a business you think you are done with the situation. But that is not always the case. (more…)