Grounds Maintenance Service: Periodic treating of the grounds including planters, concrete and perimeters of the building helps control migrations and breeding of various crawling insects. When the grounds are treated regularly, fewer instances of certain insects enter the building and disrupt business. Spray, granular and bait products are available to treat the grounds and are determined by your Bay-Valley Service Technician on each service. I.P.M. Reporting: Integrated Pest Management (I.P.M.) is a process designed to report conditions that create or have the potential to create pest problems.
Most people find ants only a problem when they invade their personal space. I think the experts consider "personal space" about a three foot diameter from where you stand. So it's no wonder we at Bay-Valley Pest Control get calls ranging from "well, they just started", to "I just can't take it anymore! Ants, by nature are a social insect, meaning they live in groups much like a human society. Ants create colonies, where they work together for the sake of the colony. They have a queen (sometimes multiple queens) who is in charge of laying eggs, and a variety of other types of ants with different specific jobs relating to how the colony is maintained.
Our priority at Bay-Valley Pest Control is to keep your home or business free of any kind of infestation. Regardless of whether you want a one-time visit (only for certain pest problems) or choose an ongoing service plan, we truly care about keeping your environment safe, healthy and pest free. When you hire our San Jose pest control experts, you can expect nothing but the highest level of work and customer service. If you have been experiencing signs of infestation in your home or business, call us at your earliest convenience.
Thanks to better flea products for your pets like FrontLine, Advantage, the Program and others, flea infestations were at an all-time low in the Santa Clara County for many years. Due to rise in population of stray cats and other nocturnal animals, Fleas are back with a vengeance! Fleas have been more aggressive in recent years because our wonderful climate has allowed substantial breeding of the animals. Most flea problems are direct result of these transient animals such as stray cats, possums, skunks, raccoons, squirrels, and other animals that a homeowner or exterminator has no control over.
Yellow Jackets, Honey Bees and Wasps are the most common bee problems you are confronted with when trying to enjoy outside activities. Since Yellow Jackets and Wasps are carnivorous (meat eaters) they tend to swarm in just when you've "sparked the barbie". The smell of meats and foods attract these annoying pests and many times they win and everyone ends up inside. Yellow Jackets can nest almost anywhere. They get in the attic, behind the stucco or siding, trees, the ground and bushes. If a nest is located in the structure or on your property, the remedy is to kill the nest, thus ending that problem.
Bedbugs are another insect that is a parasite. Bedbugs have become more common recently in the Santa Clara County. It seems that there are some common factors we have found associated with bedbug infestations. Travel to others states and countries can be a way of transportation, visitors from other states or countries bringing them to the home, children/adults spending the night at other homes that may have bedbugs or moving into a home where bedbugs are already established. Bedbugs tend to take a while for the homeowner to identify.