Is ongoing pest control necessary?

Of course, we believe it is for a few reasons, which we will list below. People do not plan on getting sick or in a car accident, yet we keep insurance for those reasons. Like pest control, we do not plan on getting bugs we cannot control, but it happens, and we have no control over it. Keeping up with service will give you fewer issues year-round.

 

• Using ongoing pest control keeps pests at bay.
• We can monitor changes in your yard before termites or rodents get out of control.
• Bugs have a life cycle, and keeping up with pest control allows you to keep up with any bugs that hatch between services.
• We cannot control your neighbors and how they live, but we can control what enters your yard through the fence.

 

On a more personal side, I have had bugs come in from pavers for our new backyard and flowers from the home service stores. We once had a package with pharaoh ants and didn’t realize it until we put the empty box by the trash can and then saw them. Now, think of the bigger picture. Sometimes, people order packages that sit on a truck with other containers, and those boxes can have bugs in them. The same can happen for mattresses, too. Most stores take the old mattress, and who knows what is on that mattress, and put it in the back of the truck next to your new mattress.

 

Now, the reality is everyone wants to see 0 bugs; while I wish the same, it is tough to accomplish because of the way the rules or laws are set up. This is called LD50 or lethal dose 50. This means when we treat, our material can only kill 50% of the population. If we start with 100 of whatever bug you have at the property, I knock it down to 50 the first time I treat it. Then, by the time I arrive in 60 days, the population has grown to 60-75. Again, I take care of 50% of the bugs, so the population goes down to 30-38. Next time I go out in 2 months, the bug population has grown to 50, and then with my service, I get it down to 25. As you can see, every time I service, the bug population at your property goes down, which is why ongoing pest control is needed.