Proper pest identification is critical. One species, while similar in appearance to another, may have completely different food preferences, behaviors and tolerances to treatment. Without this knowledge, control efforts could be delayed or fail altogether. A mistake in identification can lead to improper control tactics that cost time and money.

Eliminating potential food sources, breeding sites and harborage (places for them to hide) increases the success for the pest control program. Overloading dumpsters, grease build up in drains and other unsanitary conditions will only hamper efforts to achieve a pest-free facility. Proper sanitation measures in place also reduce the need for product application into the environment. Your Pest Web technician will inspect for sanitation problems and provide recommendations on how to improve.

Keeping insects and rodents out eliminates the need for product application. In some sensitive commercial environments or pest situations, product application may not even be an option. Identifying pest entry points and recommending permanent solutions is the responsibility of every Pest Web service professional. In some cases, your technician may perform minor pest-proofing with sealants or barrier materials to keep pests out. Larger pest exclusion projects, such as replacing door seals or bird netting, are available at a separate tariff.

Like us, along with food and water, most pests also need shelter. Eliminating as many resting or nesting sites as possible reduces the overall pest population a building can hold as well as making it easier to locate the pest or signs of activity. Your Pest Web technician will identify places where pests hide, whether active or potential and recommend the best solution for correction.

In the simplest terms, mechanical controls are traps that capture and hold or kill pests. Based on the requirements of your facility or its design and conditions, we will recommend a strategic placement of traps, such as multi-catch rodent traps or insect light traps, to intercept pests before they can enter and potentially contaminate sensitive areas of your facility.

Did you know installing a rock barrier may be effective in preventing rodent burrowing? Likewise, lessening the amount of water on a lawn to avoid standing water may reduce or eliminate midges. That’s because rodents and midges, along with other pests, have preferred environmental conditions. For some insects, altering the ambient air temperature or relative humidity can prove lethal while strategic placement and selecting the right type of bulb for any exterior lighting may attract less night-flying insects. Your Pest Web professional will identify conditions that, if corrected, will prove helpful in reducing pest problems.

While seemingly the most obvious part of your Pest Control program, product application should be viewed as a last resort when pest activity is present or highly anticipated. Selecting the right product for the pest is also critical to success. The wrong active ingredient, formulation or bait attractant will allow pest activity to flourish while introducing an unneeded product into the environment.

In a world of increased regulatory and customer scrutiny, it is important that your Pest Control program not only delivers results but also documents the process to prove it was done in a legal manner. The Pest Web professionals are trained to provide comprehensive documentation of pest activity, conducive conditions and product application. We record the initiation of the services right from our first inspection and save the same to our database. A detailed report on our analysis is shared with the customers post completion of our services.