Practical pest control tips for Mobile and Baldwin County homeowners.
Flies around your Orange Beach condo or canal home? Here’s how to tell house, drain, fruit and biting dog flies apart, what you can fix yourself, and when a licensed exterminator helps.
Fresh fire ant mounds after every fall rain, and small ants trailing into the kitchen as it cools? Here’s how the fall bait window works on Foley lots and when to get a licensed local exterminator involved.
Seeing more roaches in your Foley home this fall? Here’s how to tell smokybrowns, palmetto bugs and German roaches apart, what to do first, and when to get a licensed local exterminator involved.
Alabama Pest Calendar · Winter Myths Do pests die in winter in Alabama? Mostly, no — here’s what actually happens. A cold snap feels like it should solve everything. For most Alabama pests, it doesn’t — it just changes where they are and how visible they are, which is a very different thing. ☎ Call … Read more
Alabama Pest Calendar · Bed Bugs Bed bugs after holiday travel: what every Alabama traveler and host should check. Thanksgiving and Christmas send more Alabamians through more hotel rooms, guest rooms and rental cars than any other six weeks of the year — and bed bugs travel exactly as well as people do. ☎ Call … Read more
Alabama Pest Calendar · Rodents When do mice come inside in Alabama? It depends on where you live. The first cold front doesn’t hit Huntsville and Mobile on the same week — and neither does the first wave of mice looking for a warm place to spend the winter. ☎ Call (888) 295-0220 Free 24/7 … Read more
Alabama Pest Calendar · Cockroaches Roaches in the house this fall? Here’s why Alabama’s outdoor roaches move in. Every September, Alabama homeowners who never see a roach all summer suddenly find one on the kitchen counter at 9pm. It’s not a new infestation — it’s an old one, coming inside for the winter. ☎ Call … Read more
Student Housing · Bed Bugs Bed bugs in college apartments: the 10-minute check to run before you unpack. Every August, tens of thousands of leases flip in Tuscaloosa, Auburn, Birmingham and Huntsville in a single week — and whatever the last tenant left behind gets inherited sight unseen. Ten minutes with a flashlight before you … Read more
Alabama Pest Calendar · Mosquitoes When does mosquito season end in Alabama? A month-by-month answer. Short version: it depends on which end of the state you sleep in. Mobile Bay and Huntsville are 350 miles apart, and their mosquito seasons end nearly a month apart. Here’s the honest timeline — and what’s still worth doing … Read more
Formosan vs. eastern subterranean termite identification in Mobile, AL. Side-by-side soldier, swarmer, mud-tube, and damage cues so you know which species you’re dealing with.