Point Pleasant Beach, NJ Pest Control Company

As we were inspecting this property in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, we found some ants crawling through the support beams in the crawl space. We followed their trail and discovered a gigantic nest of ants behind some insulation! So we treated the entire crawl space, as well as the entire exterior of the home, with a liquid non-repellant residual. The ants will unknowingly come in contact with this treatment, bring it back to their nest, and share it with other ants in their colony as well as their queen. A short while alter, the ants will be exterminated.

As we were treating this property in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, we found something interested on the right side of the front porch - a freshly hatched nest of orb weaver spiders! Orb weavers are non-aggressive spiders that aren't dangerous to people & pets and are actually quite good at pest control. Their diet consists mostly of flies, beetles, wasps, mosquitos, and grasshoppers.

At the owner's request, we treated the orb weaver's nest as well as the entire exterior of the home with an application that is specifically labeled to treat & eliminate spiders.

Our Wildlife team was sent out to a new customers home in Point Pleasant, NJ, to remove a raccoon that harbored underneath the shed. After setting up our retrieval devices, we successfully and safely removed the raccoon and relocated it to a new, humane location. Now we need to protect the shed from any future intrusions from raccoons as well as any other nuisance wildlife.

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

Recently, I was sent to a residence in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ after a homeowner contacted our office requesting a wasp nest removal. Upon arrival, I immediately saw that these were bald faced hornets, a close relative of yellow jackets. These wasps are relatively easy wasps to identify because of their distinctive coloration — black with ivory markings on their faces and abdomens. Unlike yellow jackets, which are ground-nesters, bald faced hornets are aerial wasps that usually build their nests a few feet off the ground, usually in protected locations like under eaves or hidden away in come corner. Made from a mixture of chewed wood and their saliva, their grey spherical paper nests can grow to impressive dimensions especially by the time we reach late summer/ early fall, growing as large as 14 inches in diameter and more than 24 inches in length. Like yellow jackets, these wasps are territorial, aggressive and won’t hesitate to sting if they perceive that their nest is being threatened. Any loud noises or sunken movements can get them riled up and trigger a swarm of wasps that can deliver multiple, painful hornet stings extremely quickly.  

This homeowner was quite concerned about the potential manager of an active wasp nest on his property. He not only had his own little boys, but the Point Pleasant school is just a couple of blocks away and many students and school staff walk by his property on a daily basis. He did not want to risk of anyone being stung.  

I proceeded to treat the nest, which was located between the soffit and the chimney. To quickly knock down the population I used a foaming-action residual solution that I sprayed directly into the nest opening and around the surrounding area. It not only kills any wasps on contact, but it is a residual, meaning that it stays active and does not dissipate. This way, it will also kill any foraging wasps returning to the area of the nest, preventing them from attempting to rebuild the nest anywhere in the same general area. 

After waiting until there was minimal wasp activity, I removed the nest and bagged it so I could take it with me off the property. After the nest was removed, I applied a dust that will also eliminate any wasps returning to the area. With the wasp nest gone and the colony eliminated, the homeowner will not have to worry about his family or any schoolchildren being stung.  I was glad to help out and remove a potently dangerous stinging insect infestation.

A homeowner in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ contacted Cowleys because he suspected a possible dead animal in his crawl space. As a wildlife technician, I was sent out based on the homeowner’s call to us. Crawl spaces are notorious problem areas for homeowners. Vented crawl spaces can be fraught with water and humidity problems, and the often damp and dark environment is an ideal harborage location for termites, other insects, rodents, and nuisance wildlife. Also, unlike basements, crawl spaces are often difficult to access and maneuver about once you are down there. They are rarely visited and inspected. Problems can go unnoticed for quite awhile until either issues surface in the living areas of the home like odors from mold or rotting animal carcasses. 

Here, it was fortunate that Cowleys was contacted. Although I could not locate an animal carcass, the homeowner had other crawl space issues that need to be addressed immediately. As often happens, an inspection identifies problems that the homeowner was unaware of. Here, the basement had been flooded and the crawl space floor had a layer of stagnant water. The homeowner knew this problem needed to be fixed, and I let him know that Cowleys has a specialized contractor division that handles a variety of home improvements including mold treatment and a crawl space encapsulation that alleviates water issues and converts crawl spaces into clean dry foundations. An appointment was made fro one of our inspectors to identify the source of the water problem and come up with solutions to fix the problem, both immediate and long-term.