Table of Contents Toggle Life for a Rat in Los Angeles can be Easy Rats Around Buildings Rodent Damage to Your Home How Can We Help? Living in the Los Angeles area is great. The weather is good, most of the time. It’s near the beach and million-dollar homes, and...
Super Pest: Why Are Roaches So Hard to Kill?
Table of Contents Toggle Roaches: A History of Hardiness Not Exactly Nuke-Proof Do you ask yourself, why are roaches so hard to kill? Imagine a creature with the ability to scale nearly any surface, travel at top speed through the narrowest crevices, and withstand 900...
No Fly Zone – Dealing with House Flies
Summer in California means outdoor fun. And whether you’re out on a picnic, at the game, or simply bringing the outdoors in when you’re entertaining at home, chances are you’ll probably encounter one of the most pernicious and pesky pests ever to...
Unlikely Allies: Pests Helping Farmers
Table of Contents Toggle Ladybugs, Spiders, and Bees—Oh My! A Helping Hand at Home So how are pests helping farmers that might cause consternation at home become handy helpers to them? Like a lot of California homeowners, you probably spend a fair amount of time...
Choosing the Right Pest Control Company
Table of Contents Toggle Key Considerations When Choosing an Exterminator Reputation Accreditation Techniques Service Dealing with a pest infestation—whether its roaches, rats, ants, or even gophers—is one of the most frustrating experiences you can have as a...
Myth-taken Identity: Do Rats and Mice Really Love Cheese?
Table of Contents Toggle The Origins of “Cheese-Crazy” Rats and Mice Protecting Food from Mice and Rats in the Modern Age Peanut butter and jelly. Dogs and bones. Cheese for rats and mice. Some pairs are tied so firmly together in our collective...
Dealing with Spider Infestations
Table of Contents Toggle Spider Infestations – Keeping Spiders at Bay How to Handle a Suspected Infestation The fear of spider infestations is one of the most common phobias in the United States. People love to hate arachnids, and while not every species is...
3 Ways to Send Picnic Pests Packing
Table of Contents Toggle Location, Location, Location The Foods that Fascinate Picnic Pests Bring along Some Home Comforts With warm, sunny days and plenty of gorgeous locations to visit, summertime is picnic time for many California families. But a lovely meal in...
A Breakthrough in Fighting Invasive Ants
Table of Contents Toggle Fighting Invasive Ants – Hooray for Hydrogels Slow and Steady: the How of Hydrogels The California summer is in full swing, and while fun in the sun is on the minds of many folks, others will probably find themselves preoccupied with...
Every Season is Roach Season in California
Table of Contents Toggle Fast Facts: Roach Edition A Serious Health Risk Roach Season: A Never-Ending Cycle Do You Have a Roach Infestation? Dealing with Roaches The humble cockroach might be small and innocuous, but as every California homeowner knows, big problems...
Give Yourself a Clean Slate After an Infestation
Table of Contents Toggle Not Exactly Bats in the Belfry Refresh, Replace, Renew Modern life can be full of stressful moments, and dealing with a rodent infestation certainly ranks high among them. So if you, like a lot of Angelenos, have ever dealt with rats or other...
Can You Dig It? – Gopher Control
Table of Contents Toggle Gopher Control Overview Giving Gophers the Heave-Ho Gophers occupy a strange place in the American imagination. From old Warner Brothers cartoons to the Bill Murray flick Caddyshack , you’ve probably seen at least one adorable or...












