Pest Control Company & Exterminators in Colonia, NJ

We're returning to this home in Colonia, NJ to check up on the rodent activity in our rodent bait stations. As we checked on this one particular bait station, we found a female black widow in it. Female black widows are shiny black, with a red-orange triangular markings that look like an hourglass. They use a silk-like substance to weave tangled-looking webs, typically close to the ground in covered or dark places, such as near drain pipes or under logs. In this case, underneath the stove! The female black widow spider hangs upside down in the web to await her prey, exposing her bright markings as a warning to potential predators and their venom is reported to be 15 times stronger than that of a rattlesnake! Fortunately, they only bite humans when they are disturbed. So don't disturb them!

We applied a knockdown liquid application directly to the black widow spider as well as performed a crack and crevice treatment around the interior and entire exterior of the building with a residual application that is specifically labeled to eliminate spiders.

This customer in Colonia, NJ was having an issue with a groundhog devouring her garden and then harboring underneath the side of her home! So she called Little Rascals for help and we were sent out. In order to safely retrieve the groundhog, we installed a nose cone directly over the access point, attached a two-gaited heavy-duty device to it, and dug a 12 inch deep trench to install hardware cloth.

Installing the hardware cloth 12 inches deep and 12 inches out from the bottom of the home creates a sturdy "L shaped" perimeter. This will prevent groundhogs, skunks, and other nuisance wildlife from digging and nesting underneath the home. The retrieval device is called a positive set because we are positive that the groundhog will have no where to go but into our device. As a matter of fact, shortly after setting up our device, we safely retrieved the groundhog and relocated it to a new, humane environment.

We then removed our positive set, installed another portion of hardware cloth by the groundhog's burrow, and filled it in. Lastly, we closed the gap underneath the home with a sturdy 2x10 and then installed two layers of lattice.

We were sent out on a service to elderly community in Colonia, NJ, to treat for a bad bed bug infestation in one of the residents home. As soon as we arrived, we quickly realized that the bed bug infestation wasn't bad, it was horrible! There were bed bugs in the couch, the bed, in several of the end tables, the clothes hanging up in the closet, and even on the floors and the walls! The infestation was so bad that, with the residents permission, we had to carefully dispose of every single item and furniture that was infested!

Once that was completed, we vacuumed up all the live bed bugs and their eggs. Next, we treated every single infected area with a bio-pesticide application. This product creates a barrier that infects and exterminates the bed bugs over a short period of time. Afterward, we treated every outlet throughout the unit with a residual dusting product. This treatment will eradicate bed bugs of all life stages, sex, and feeding status within a short amount of time. Lastly, we scheduled several follow-up visits to monitor the infestation and, if needed, apply any additional treatments.

A property manager in Colonia, NJ called our office after one of his tenants found termite damage in his apartment. Once we arrived and started inspecting the apartment unit, we found extensive damage to the sub-flooring. For treatment, we drilled into the concrete slab and around the exterior of the apartment and injected a liquid termiticide. The termiticide binds to the treated area and creates a protective zone that the termites can't detect.

The termites will unknowingly come in contact with this treatment as they go about their normal routines, bring it back to their nest, and transfer it throughout their colony. In a short amount of time, the termites will be exterminated and the apartment will be protected from termites for many years to come.

I was called out to a home in Colonia today because a homeowner was horrified by the invasion of ants in her kitchen. She thought she had solved her ant problem last week with the use of over-the-counter (OTC) products. 

Upon my arrival, I found ants swarmed and huddled into a few areas in her kitchen, and some trailing stragglers. I knew, right off, that this homeowner was self-treating with a DIY bait of some kind. I explained to her that bait is still bait. Even though she may have gained control of one colony with the use of bait, another colony moved right on in to continue feeding on the bait they didn't finish or she didn't remove. Most homeowners are unaware that placing a bait out for ants in conspicuous areas will only draw more ants in these areas.

As professionals, we primarily use bait as a quick start to get the ants feeding while we perform a full inspection. The bait  is then wiped away so we can apply a residual treatment to all the locations that we see ants, and all the locations that the ants will possibly travel to in order to enter the residence. I allowed these ants to continue to feed while doing my treatment, then wiped it away. I also disinfected the areas as it is still an exposed chemical. 

This just reminds me yet again how many homeowners buy OTC chemicals and begin treatment without reading the label or instructions. Unfortunately, this typically makes their problem worse.