General Pest Control
Scorpions, spiders, ants and other common desert pests, kept out year-round.
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Service Area
Tempe's older, established neighborhoods and mature landscaping give common desert pests plenty of harborage. We treat homes here for the scorpions, ants, roaches and spiders that show up across the central East Valley.
What we see in Tempe
Mature yards, block walls and irrigation keep scorpions and ants active through the warm season. We treat the exterior so they stay out of the living space.
Roaches and other moisture-seeking pests gravitate to kitchens, bathrooms and irrigation boxes. Treating the outside is the most effective way to keep them from coming in.
Summer storms push crickets, spiders and rodents toward shelter, which usually means toward the house. Steady service handles that seasonal push.
Local, and on it
We treat the exterior your home actually needs, from the foundation line and block walls to the eaves, and keep it protected between visits so pests stay out for good.
Season to season
Desert pests do not take the winter off. They relocate. Knowing how the year runs is most of the reason we treat on a schedule instead of waiting for the phone to ring.
As nights warm, scorpions leave the block, rock and wall voids they sheltered in, and ants start trailing for food and water. Treating early is what keeps a little activity from becoming a built-up population by summer.
Heavy rain floods the ground crickets, scorpions and spiders live in, so they move to the driest shelter nearby, which is usually your home. The humidity that comes with it keeps roaches moving too.
As temperatures drop, pests start looking for warmth and work toward the same door gaps and weep holes they have been using all summer. Webbing around eaves and porch corners tends to come back fast.
Scorpions shelter in block walls, rock and wall voids rather than disappearing, and subterranean termites stay active underground. Skipping the cold months usually just means more to deal with in spring.
Your plan does not change with the calendar. What we look for on the visit does.
What we treat
Arizona bark scorpions are genuinely dangerous to kids and pets, and they're built to survive. We treat for them as part of our general pest service.
On the property
Almost everything that keeps desert pests out of a home happens on the outside of it. We work the exterior in the same order every time, starting at the roofline and finishing at the yard line, so the barrier ends up where pests actually cross it.
Webs, egg sacs and nests come down from eaves, soffits, porch ceilings and second-story corners with an extension pole, so the top of the house stops being the easiest place on it to live.
Thresholds, garage seals, window frames, weep holes, hose bibs and utility penetrations are the gaps scorpions and ants actually use. Those get treated directly instead of sprayed past.
A block wall is a highway and a hiding place at the same time. We work the base of the wall and the strip of ground tight against the house, where pests stage before they get in.
Gravel, planter beds, side yards and fence lines come last, so the ground around your home stays clear instead of turning into a bridge back to the foundation.
If something specific is going on at your address, tell us before the visit and we will build it into the route.
How it works
Call or send the form.
We set you up on the right plan for your home.
We treat your home.
Protection that lasts.
Why local matters here
Our routes run across the East and Northeast Valley, so Tempe is a short drive rather than a trip across the metro. That matters most between scheduled visits, when something shows up on a Tuesday and you would rather not wait a week to have somebody look at it.
It also means we already know how homes around here are built. Block-wall yards, stucco over block, tile roofs, decomposed granite run right up to the foundation and drip irrigation on a timer. Those details decide where pests get in, and they repeat from one neighborhood to the next.
Not sure what your home needs? Tell us what you are seeing in Tempe and we will tell you straight. Get in touch.
What we handle in Tempe
Scorpions, spiders, ants, roaches and crickets, kept out with recurring exterior treatment built for Tempe homes.
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