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Are you looking for pest control in Newport News, VA? If the answer to that question is yes, make sure to contact our team at Mares Exterminating. Our group of professionals will be more than happy to help you with any pest problems you may come across. Your satisfaction and safety are always our priority. If you're ready to get started, call us if you're looking for the pest control Chesapeake, VA has relied on for years. We'll happily answer any questions you may have regarding our services and pricing. We look forward to hearing from you and working with you in the near future!
When there's a pest in your home, it can put a stop to everything going on in your life. Pests are typically hazardous to most environments including your home. This means that the health of your family is at risk when you have an infestation. If this is a problem you think you have, don't be afraid to utilize our services in pest control Newport News, VA families rely on when they have an infestation. With our help, your home can once again become a safe space for you and your loved ones. Don't wait until the infestation is out of hand; call us today for pest control in Chesapeake, VA or the surrounding areas!
If you find pests in your home, many of them can have varying effects on your surroundings. For instance, rodents can chew through the cables in your home, resulting in a potential loss of power. They also leave their droppings everywhere, which creates an unhealthy environment. Another pest that can be annoying in your home is mosquitos. Mosquitos love to find spots of standing water to lay their eggs in. If you have a leak in your home, there may be a puddle in your attic that a mosquito can lay its eggs in. If there are only a few mosquitos in your home, it can be an easily solved problem, but once that number multiplies, it can become a serious issue. While mosquitos are bad, bed bugs can be even worse. Once they find their way into your beds, they can bite you from your head to toes. This can especially be harmful to small children, as these sorts of bites can be especially painful for them.
These are only some of the issues you can run into once you find pests in your home. To utilize our services in pest control Newport News, VA relies on, contact us today. We have the experience to make sure your home is pest-free.
You can rely on Mares Exterminating for prompt, professional solutions for all types of insect and rodent pests. We have over 20 years of experience in pest control in Chesapeake, VA and the nearby areas. We use the latest treatments to ensure the best results. Our master technicians use state-of-the-art equipment to rid your home, business, or yard of unwanted pests. Call us today if you're looking for pest control in Chesapeake, VA.
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Should you be in need of our reliable services for pest control in Chesapeake, VA or nearby areas, don’t wait to get in touch with us. You wouldn’t want to wait any longer while your pest infestation gets worse. Instead, count on the professionals here at Mares Exterminating. Call us as soon as possible and rely on our team of experts to take care of your property. We can be reached by phone or by requesting a service through our website. We look forward to helping you keep your home or business pest-free with our pest control in Newport News, VA!
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Ants are considered social insects because they inhabit large nests. Despite being considered social, few humans want to socialize with them!
Termites cause more than $4 billion in damage every year — that's more than floods and hurricanes combined. Fortunately, Mares Exterminating is fully trained.
Cartoons may make mice appear to be cuddly scamps, but the real animals are known to carry over 20 different pathogens, as well as ectoparasites like ticks and fleas.
In many Poquoson homes and businesses, the cockroach is the unwelcome pest that is most annoying. There are several varieties that inhabit our area.
Mosquitos can carry a variety of illnesses that are dangerous or fatal to humans, including malaria, the West Nile virus, and Eastern equine encephalitis.
Bed bugs take invasive pests to a new level. Most of the pests that Mares Exterminating handles are large enough that you can see them easily with the naked eye.
Bees play an essential role in the ecosystem by pollinating flowers, but they still have the potential to sting. In some individuals, the reaction is potentially fatal.
Wasps are typically less welcome than bees, especially around humans. They play a part in ecology by serving as food for many of our favorite birds.
Beetles are destructive in their larval stage — they’ll eat nearly anything organic. If they’ve heavily infested your food, it’s best to throw it away. Lightly infested food may be kept.
Carpenter ants and bees are quite different species, but they both nest in wood and can cause significant damage to your home or business.
Carpenter Ants
Carpenter Bees
Centipedes are reddish-brown, flattened, elongated insects with multiple body segments, most of which have a pair of legs. The first pair of legs is really.
In the Poquoson area, the most common crickets are house, field, and camelback crickets. We have specialized techniques for dealing with these insects.
House Crickets
Field Crickets
Camelback Crickets
An old superstition claims that earwigs enter the ears of sleeping people and bore into the brain. This belief is misguided — earwigs are only harmful to plants!
Firebrats look very similar to silverfish, but they have a darker color. They prefer to live in dark areas that have high humidity and high temperatures.
Almost every summer picnic in the Poquoson area is interrupted by blow flies. They show up at almost every outdoor gathering, especially if meat is on the menu.
Shoo, Fly! Don’t Bother Me!
Almost every summer picnic in the Poquoson area is interrupted by blow flies. They show up at almost every outdoor gathering, especially if meat is on the menu. They’re attracted to hot dogs, hamburgers, and other meats.
Blow flies are a diverse group of flies, but they share some common characteristics. They’re ¼ to ½ inch in length, and they’re black, blue, coppery green, olive green, or bronze in color. They usually have a metallic sheen. All adult blow flies have blunt mouthparts and cannot bite humans.
Maggots (blow fly larvae) feed on decaying organic matter and help break it down. They’re attracted to carrion, garbage, and other refuse, as well as to nectar. Blow flies deposit eggs in carcasses or open wounds. They can infest untreated wounds on cattle, sheep, deer, and other animals. The larvae hatch and feed on decaying flesh or matted hair. They do not attack healthy tissue.
Despite their disgusting appetites, blow flies play important roles in several ecosystems. One of the most interesting roles they play is in solving crimes. The life cycle of the blow fly is well understood, so law enforcement forensics experts are able to accurately determine the timeline of a murder based on the presence of maggots and flies, decomposition, and climatologic data. Medically, blow fly larvae have been used to remove necrotic tissue from patients.
Still, blow flies are rarely welcome in your home or business. If you see blow flies, it usually means there is an animal carcass or other food source nearby. You may have a mouse, rat, bird, squirrel, or other species of urban wildlife that has died in or near your building. You may have blow flies gathering in your crawl space or attic.
You can count on Mares Exterminating for expert blow fly elimination. You can also have us prevent rodents and other urban animals from entering your home and potentially becoming blow fly food. Call today for a free consultation.
Tips to Keep Blow Flies Away
There are a few things you can do that will reduce your home’s attractiveness to blow flies. To keep your patio free of these pests for your next summer cookout, do the following:
Call Mares Exterminating if these tips don't work as well as you hope.
You’ll typically find grasshoppers active from spring to autumn, and they’re usually in grasses and gardens. Grasshoppers are brown with a few darker markings.
As seasonal temperatures rise, fleas become a greater problem for pet owners. Since most fleas travel (and dine) on your pets, it’s important.
As seasonal temperatures rise, fleas become a greater problem for pet owners. Since most fleas travel (and dine) on your pets, it’s important that you use an appropriate preventative recommended by your veterinarian.
Unfortunately, by the time you notice a flea problem on your pet, it may have already migrated into your home.
Fleas respond to exterior conditions. They’re more active in warmer summer months, but their life cycle is shorter (about three weeks). During cooler winter months, they become inactive and can live for up to six months.
The flea life cycle consists of four stages: egg, larva, cocoon, and adult. Fleas lay their eggs in dark environments. In your home, under the carpet is a common spot. The eggs hatch in one to ten days, and the larval fleas inhabit similar dark environments for five to 11 days. They may move into the seams and crevices of furniture, burrow into carpets, or hide in the cracks in your floor. Carpeting is quite popular because they can attach their cocoons to the fibers. They remain in the cocoon stage for the next week to six months. At that point, they emerge as adults.
You’ll notice that for the first three stages of life, a flea does not need to come into contact with your pet(s). Only after they become adults do they need a host. While a flea bath is effective against the adult fleas (and eggs) living on your pet, it does nothing to stop the immature fleas that may be elsewhere in your home.
One of the most effective tools for combatting fleas (and other insects) in your home is to clean deeply and often. Vacuuming can be quite effective against fleas. Use your vacuum’s crevice tool and pay close attention to the edge of the carpeting along the baseboard and all furniture seams and crevices. Vacuum slowly, including all carpeted and wood floors.
In many cases, vacuuming can remove up to 50% of the flea eggs and most of the fleas that have emerged from their cocoons. It isn’t very effective against the cocoons, but with frequent vacuuming, you can catch the fleas before they hop onto your pet(s).
Be sure to throw away the bag immediately after you finish vacuuming. If your vacuum has a canister, empty it into a plastic bag and discard it. Vacuuming does not kill the eggs or larvae, so it’s important to put the bag outside (even if it’s only partially full).
If you’re having your home treated for fleas by Mares Exterminating, please vacuum prior to our arrival. Vacuuming makes our treatment more effective.
You will also need to wash your pet’s bedding (and yours if your pet sleeps in your bed) and pay particular attention to cleaning any area where your pet sleeps. Larvae and cocoons are sensitive to heat, so wash the bedding in hot, soapy water and dry it in a hot dryer.
When you have Mares Exterminating treat your home or business for fleas, we use a chemical that requires approximately two hours to dry. You and your family will need to be away from home during that period. Our treatment takes several days to be fully effective, as the chemical continues to work against emerging adult fleas. Depending on the intensity of the infestation, a second treatment may be required after ten days.
In some cases, applying a treatment outside of your home may be necessary. Please let us know any details about your pet’s habits that may be helpful. For example, one of our clients had a problem with recurring fleas even after multiple treatments. She let us know that her pets liked to lie under the deck during the day. We applied a treatment under the deck and solved the problem!
Fleas are covered under our Pest Control Service Agreements, so please call us today for a free consultation.
There are several varieties of hornets, but the most commonly recognized hornet is the yellow jacket. Hornets typically build enclosed aerial nests out of paper.
Powderpost beetles earned their name because the adults bore small holes (1/16 to 1/32 of an inch) into wood and lay 15 to 50 eggs in each hole.
Itch mites and chiggers are not closely related, but both are tiny insects that can cause itching, redness, and discomfort when they make a human their host.
Itch Mites
Chiggers
In Virginia, the most common types of ticks are dog ticks and deer ticks. Both attach themselves to human and animal hosts, and both can transmit a variety of diseases.
Dog Ticks
Deer Ticks
Silverfish are attracted to water, so they’re usually found trapped in bathtubs, sinks, or washbasins. They’ve crawled in, but they are unable to crawl out.
Most spiders found in Virginia are beneficial. They eat insects and other spiders that we generally prefer not to have around. Only the black widow and brown recluse.
Golden Garden Spiders
Large Orb Weavers
Wolf Spiders
Jumping Spiders
House Spiders
Sheet Web Spiders
Brown Recluse Spiders
Black Widow Spiders
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