Pest Control & Attic Insulation Professionals in Beachwood, NJ

Recently, we were sent out a new customers home in Beachwood, NJ to treat for termites. Apparently, since the homeowner is elderly, his son had gone into the crawl space to look for something and found a large amount of termite mud tubes throughout the area! When subterranean termites surface above the ground, they build mud tubes to stay in a moist environment, survive above ground, and travel between their colony and a food source.

The first thing we did, with the owner's permission, was drill into the floor of the crawl space. Next, we injected a liquid termiticide into the drill holes in the crawl space as well as around the entire exterior perimeter of the home. The termites will come in contact with the termiticide as they go about their business and, unknowingly, bring it back to their nest. Once there, they will share it with the other termites, rapidly spreading the treatment. A short while later, the termites are exterminated. 

As this customer in Beachwood, NJ, was cleaning the exterior of his home, he spotted a groundhog run across his backyard and go underneath his deck! He heard about Little Rascals from his neighbor, gave us a call, and we were sent out. 

After inspecting the entire deck, we came across the groundhog's main access point. So we installed a positive set directly over the access point, put some of the soil on the bottom of the device (so that ground thinks it's walking on the ground and not our device), and placed some bait inside the positive set to entice the groundhog. A positive set is comprised of a nose cone, that is attached to a two-gaited, heavy-duty device, that will safely guide the groundhog into the device. It's called a positive set, because we are positive that the groundhog will enter the device! After a short period of time, we retrieved the groundhog and then took it to a new, safer environment.

To exclude the deck from any future intrusions from groundhogs, or any other nuisance wildlife, we dug a 12 inch deep trench around the entire perimeter of the deck and then installed hardware cloth. The hardware cloth is installed 12 inches deep and 12 inches out from the bottom of the deck. This creates a sturdy "L shaped" perimeter that will prevent groundhogs and other nuisance wildlife from digging and nesting underneath the deck.

After purchasing a old restaurant in Beachwood, NJ, this new entrepreneur had plans to completely revamp the restaurant and have a grand opening in the spring. The only thing stopping him was the massive fruit fly infestation throughout the building. Since the owner uses Cowleys for his home, he gave our office a call and we were sent out. As we inspected the building, we found several sanitation issues that contributed to the fruit fly infestation, such as buckets of dirty rags filled with food debris and sugary liquids that were piled up in the corner and food storage containers that weren't sealed correctly. 

Fruit flies are attracted to ripened fruits and vegetables in the kitchen or wherever food is allowed to rot and ferment. Although these pests can't bite or transmit any diseases, they can carry around bacteria from one place to another and contaminate food. We mentioned a few simple cleaning protocols that the new owner can enforce in order to prevent any future issues with fruit flies, as well as any other pests.

As the owner started disposing of all the contaminated items, we applied a liquid application in all the floor drains and then scrubbed them out with our heavy-duty scrubbing brush. Next, we applied a bio-foam solution that removes the organic build-up, odors, and scum in the drains. Lastly, we treated the infestation areas with a fly traps to control the adult fruit flies. The attractant in the traps draws the fruit flies close and the bait inside the traps exterminates them within moments of contact. In a short amount of time, the fruit flies will be eliminated and the owner can continue with his renovations. 

During a routine treatment service of this property in Beachwood, NJ, we noticed a few yellow jackets hovering around the fascia board at the peak of the house. So we took a closer look and found two small, yet dangerous yellow jacket nests!

We treated the area with a knockdown dusting application. This treatment will quickly eliminate the yellow jackets. After a few moments, we removed the nest, disposed of it, and then treated the area with a liquid residual. This application will exterminate any yellow jackets still hovering around the area as well as prevent them, and any other stinging insect, from building another nest. 

A residential customer in Beachwood, NJ contacted Cowleys after coming across one too many ants in her kitchen and laundry room. She would often see random foraging ants crawling around. However, she did not notice an ant trail or see them entering her home from a specific location. During my inspection, I observed ants making their way to the dog food bowl. I always recommend that dogs have specific feeding times and their food is not left out for extended periods. As this homeowner found out, leaving any uncovered food out in the open, especially on the floor, is an invitation for trouble.

I was able to follow the ant trail all the way through the kitchen and right into the laundry room. In the laundry room, after moving two boxes of snacks that I thought may have been a target of the ants, I observed an active ant trail going right into the outlet cover of the wall void. Fortunately, the ants did not reach the stored snacks. Now that I was able to trace the location of the nest somewhere in the wall void, I could effectively treat this ant infestation. We use an application that is carried back to the nest, so the entire colony is eliminated. Simply killing the foraging ants will not resolve these infestations. The homeowner was having an upcoming holiday party, and she was glad that these unwanted guests would be gone before her invited guests arrived!