Port St. Lucie, FL Pest Control

Introducing: “Fast and Curious.” Just kidding, that’s probably one of the most ironically horrifying movie ideas on the market. No one hopes to see rodents in their South Florida Home, but unfortunately, they’re one of the most common home-invading pests in the Port St. Lucie area.

Luckily, the mice or rats in your home aren’t out to hurt you. But they are after food, water, and shelter. 

Rats reproduce about 6 times a year, while for mice, it can range from 5-10 times. This might not seem that crazy but it’s still about 5-10 times the speed of humans. 

This rate is high enough that once they get into your home, it can be very difficult to get rid of them. At a certain point, you need professional help and that’s where Native Pest Management comes in handy. 

But first comes first: The advice. Here are our best prevention strategies that will eliminate rodents from your Port St. Lucie home: 

• Eliminate clutter. As much as possible from both the inside and outside of your home.
• Keep food - whether it’s for people or pets - out of reach from tiny claws. Seal what you can in airtight containers or bags. 
• Clean! We know sometimes it’s tough to keep things in tip-top shape but taking care of counters, floors and food prep areas can make a huge difference. 
• Keep things sealed: Garbage cans, vents, and any gaps and crevices are sure to catch the attention of any mice or rats. 
• For vents: Consider covering them with mesh or screening.

But don’t worry, if you’re already seeing rats or mice in your home, you can leave it to the best professional pest control technicians in Port St. Lucie. 

Native Pest Management is ready to protect your home from rats, mice, and everything in between with guaranteed rodent control. 

Give us a call today to schedule your free inspection and to learn more about our rodent control process. 

When I think of ants, I think of ant piles. You probably have at least one memory of taking a wrong step and being overrun with countless tiny fighters - especially if you live in Port St. Lucie.

The worst part is, even if you stomp on them until you’re out of breath, they always seem to be back the next day.

There are several different types of ants in Port St. Lucie and although their small size makes them difficult to distinguish, here are some key features you can look for to identify them:

• Carpenter ants are likely to be found around wood, since that’s where they build their nests.  
• Ghost ants have dark heads and translucent bodies, making them appear even smaller than they are. 
• Sugar ants have black heads and orangish-brown bodies. They love sugar, so they’re likely to be found inside the home. 
• Bigheaded ants have big heads…Ok that’s not actually all there is to them. They’re a reddish-brown color and like to use soil to build their nests. 
• Fire ants have a venomous sting that can cause skin irritation and swelling. Luckily, their red color makes them a little easier to spot. 
• Acrobat ants have shiny bodies that can range in color from light red to brown, to black. What really separates them from the others is that they will hold their abdomens above their heads when disturbed. 
• Pharaoh ants are yellow or light brown and will form nests almost anywhere in your house, from the walls all the way up to the ceiling.

Now that you know a little more about the types of ants in Port St. Lucie, let’s talk about how we can eliminate them.

To remove the ants from your home, we give them bait to eat. This bait is a little bit slow, so this gives the ants time to deliver it to their queen as well.

This can remove a large number of ants from your home, however, at Native Pest Management, we also go after the source.

It’s difficult to fully get rid of ants in Port St. Lucie not because they’re hard to kill, but because they keep coming back if you don’t eliminate the source. This source is a chain reaction that starts with a symbiotic relationship between ants and insects like scale, whiteflies, and aphids.

These aphids and other bugs like to hang out and chew on the beautiful plants in your yard, and as they feed, they release a sticky substance called honeydew (not the fruit). 

The ants eat the honeydew - and they love it! Ants will protect any insect that releases honeydew, so as long as these tiny scale insects, whiteflies, and aphids are around your yard, ghost ants, sugar ants, fire ants, carpenter ants, pharaoh ants, and acrobat ants will be in and around your house. 

At Native Pest Management, we go after all of the insects in Port St. Lucie that release honeydew. After that, you can kiss all your current and future ant problems goodbye. 

Leave it to the professionals at Native Pest Management to eliminate the ants in your Port St. Lucie home, and prevent ants from infesting ever again in the future. Call us today for your free pest control quote! 

If you’re like most Port St. Lucie residents, you’re conditioned to be raided by the mosquito population in the warmest times of the year. 

You can probably identify a mosquito bite all too well and have mosquito spray in your house somewhere, ready to go for your next outdoor Florida excursion. 

While it’s almost guaranteed to get bitten on a camping trip, you shouldn’t have to worry about them or common lawn pests while relaxing on your patio, or especially in the comfort of your South Florida home. 

There are a few reasons why you could be having issues with mosquitoes around your home. Here are a few ways to control them yourself: 

• Remove anything from your yard that could be pooling water. Mosquitoes use any still, standing water to breed so your flower pots, watering cans or bird baths could be helping them multiply.
• Clean out your gutters regularly, if they get clogged with standing water mosquitoes will breed in them.
• Apply larvicides to standing water to prevent mosquitoes from breeding.
• Avoid wearing strong fragrance perfumes or lotion. Floral scents specifically are a major mosquito attractant. 
• Stay inside during dusk and dawn, when mosquitoes in Port St. Lucie are most active. 

If you’re worried about the mosquitoes around your Port St. Lucie home, Native Pest Management is happy to help eliminate those worries. 

We use backpack fogging and the application of biological larvicides to remove the mosquitoes from your yard in a pet-friendly, eco-friendly way. 

Once we’re done you can live comfortably without mosquitoes in Port St. Lucie, FL. 

Contact Native Pest Management today to explore mosquito control options and receive your free pest control quote!