Reliant Pest Management has the experience you need to identiy the pests in your world. We are here to help you make your home, business, and community safe and pest-free.

The most common species that infests homes in the United States is the black carpenter ant. Carpenter ants can be described as large black ants, shiny hairy abdomens with elbowed antennae. If your home is located in a heavily forested area, these ants are no stranger to you. Structural damage is very common when dealing with carpenter ants. They will carve out smooth caverns in decayed wood to deposit their eggs and establish nesting sites.

Have you ever had a water leak in your bathroom? Are your gutters not doing their job correctly and moisture is collecting behind your vinyl siding? Large trees overhanging your home? These are all conducive conditions you must take into consideration when solving your ant problem or preventing one in the future.

To solve your carpenter ant issue, your Reliant pest technician will find the source of activity by locating and removing the nest. Also a full exterior perimeter treatment will help protect your home from future colony infestations. We can make recommendations to help further your homes protection with minor landscaping changes. For example: keeping your firewood away from your home; trimming trees back that overhang your home; cleaning your gutters every year; removing any loose wood from your yard.

A common urban pest that most of us have no tolerance for is the cockroach. A few different species can be found in Massachusetts. The German cockroach appears more often in urban settings especially in multifamily dwellings. Neighbors who aren't quite resolving their pest-related issues, often share their pest problems with other neighbors.

Cockroaches usually will inhabit hot spots in kitchens and bathrooms where heat and water sources are available. Basic practices will include an indoxacarb gel crack and crevice treatment with the use of a HEPA vacuum for removal of eggs and live/dead activity.

Children with allergic tendencies living with cockroach infestations are at higher risk to develop severe cases of asthma.

An article located at the Partners Healthcare Asthma Center discusses the risks and harms cockroaches can cause. Here is a link to their website and article:

Partners Healthcare on Cockroaches & Asthma

Ticks and Mosquitoes have become two of the most familiar pest problems known to the public eye with the ever-increasing health risks of Lyme disease transmitted from deer ticks, and EEE, and West Nile virus transmitted from mosquitoes.

Spring and summer months are great times to enjoy the outdoors. Kids will play outside, BBQs and parties will gather around the patio. It starts becoming a nuisance when the only thing you can concentrate on is swatting away mosquitoes. Keep you and your family safe and take back your yard again! Perimeter treatments for ticks and mosquito programs can improve your backyard experience dramatically!

A Reliant pest technician can also recommend things that you can do around the yard to decrease pest activity.

An ongoing pest problem that happens over the course of the summer are bees and wasps. Many species of bees and wasps can build their nests under the cover that your home provides.

Nests can be found under a home's eaves, under playground sets, behind walls, behind vinyl siding, and even in the ground. If you discover a nest, it is recommended that you call an expert exterminator, identify the species and remove as necessary.

The honey bee is a protected species in Massachusetts, therefore identification is important. Proper removal of a honey bee nest is best done by a local beekeeper. Bees and wasps are known to be resilient creatures. Once you have taken down two or three nests around the house, in less than week, you could be doing it all over again. Who needs the hassle? Reliant Pest Management has designed an exterior program that will cover and protect you all summer long!

It is not unusual for pet owners to develop flea issues. Especially if you let your pet roam outside. Dog and cat fleas usually feed off the intended host but when infestations get heavy, you become a food source. Developing raised-up red bites on your ankles and lower legs? Noticing jumping black insects? Indoor pet-occupied areas usually become heavily infested areas. We all take precautions (like collars and pills) to help protect our pets from flea infestations. Sometimes it's just not enough! A thorough inspection will unveil infected areas.

Full preparation and cooperation will be needed for this service. Vacuuming is imperative before and after service (the more the better). You and your pets will have to vacate your home during treatment. For safety reasons, re-entry time will be between 6-8 hours. An initial service and a follow-up service will be scheduled within 10-14 days of each other. It is recommended that you take your pets to the veterinarian on the same day as the scheduled treatment. Warranty is available.

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