signs of termite infestation

5 Early Warning Signs of a Termite Infestation

If there’s one type of infestation no homeowner wants to find in their home, it’s termites. They might be the tiniest of critters, but termites can do serious damage to your home over time. Each year, termites cause country-wide destruction across the U.S. It sounds dramatic, but termites infest not only homes but commercial buildings. If you ignore the signs …

Elevate Pest5 Early Warning Signs of a Termite Infestation
bed bug pest control

5 Tips for Bed Bug Pest Control

Have you noticed small fecal spots or shell flakes underneath your mattress? Do you wake up with itchy bites on your skin every morning? If so, then it’s a sign that you have bed bugs in your house. If so, then you need to learn all that you can about proper bed bug pest control and what it requires to …

Elevate Pest5 Tips for Bed Bug Pest Control
get rid of bugs

Home Maintenance Tips to Banish Bugs and Keep Pests Away

The planet is home to a conservative estimate of 900,000 living insect species. That’s already a lot, but some experts say it could be 2 million or even up to 30 million. Either way, the majority of these creatures are beneficial, while others are benign. Unfortunately, about 1% of insects belong to the pestiferous class, AKA pests. They are pestilent …

Elevate PestHome Maintenance Tips to Banish Bugs and Keep Pests Away
pest control services

6 Reasons to Hire Pest Control Services

Have you ever considered hiring pest control services to visit, assess, and maintain your home? If not, you’re lucky. You likely haven’t been bothered by any pests thus far.  However, your home may not yet have any pests, or it may be the home to pests you don’t even see. The only way to know for sure, and to keep …

Elevate Pest6 Reasons to Hire Pest Control Services
types of rodents

Your Pest Control Guide to Types of Rodents, and How to Get Rid of Them

In the past year, almost 15 million people encountered rodents in their homes. In fact, people are over 5.5 times more likely to spot a rodent if the walls of their home slope or buckle. Holes in roofs and damage to housing walls are some other leading causes. Rodents create a whole realm of health and environmental issues when they sneak into …

Elevate PestYour Pest Control Guide to Types of Rodents, and How to Get Rid of Them
Biopesticides

What Are Biopesticides and How To use Them Effectively

In a world choked with chemicals and toxins, can we still practice safe pest control? So many of us are aware of the impact of the products that we use, yet feel that there aren’t effective alternatives. This is especially true when we’re trying in vain to manage pest infestations or invasive plants. It’s for this reason that forward-thinking pest …

Elevate PestWhat Are Biopesticides and How To use Them Effectively
eco friendly pest control

Eco Friendly Pest Control: Is It an Effective Solution to a Bug Problem?

When you find ants in the kitchen, wasps next to the front door, or even worse, a dead cockroach on the floor, you’ll do just about anything to restore your peace of mind. But as you reach for your favorite pesticide to start spraying in every nook and cranny, you may not realize that you’re replacing one danger for another. Pests are a nuisance, …

Elevate PestEco Friendly Pest Control: Is It an Effective Solution to a Bug Problem?
Herbicides

Selective and Non-Selective Herbicides: How They Work

Did you know that the first attempt at selective control of weeds took place in 1800s France? Since then, people have been perfecting the way to rid their gardens and fields of weeds and invasive vegetation with herbicides. If you have noticed an uptick in weeds and other unwanted vegetation in your garden, it is crucial to tackle the problem …

Elevate PestSelective and Non-Selective Herbicides: How They Work