Pest control for Champaign homes, season by season
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Pest control for Champaign homes, season by season
Pest control in Champaign follows the calendar. Termites swarm in spring and mosquitoes peak in the humid summer. When October turns cold, mice, boxelder bugs and stink bugs look for a way indoors.
The type of home matters too. Campustown and the blocks around the University of Illinois hold many rentals and apartments, where German cockroaches and bed bugs travel between units. Older houses near downtown have basements and foundations with more gaps. Newer subdivisions in southwest Champaign and Savoy back onto farm fields, so field mice show up after harvest.
When you call, describe what you see. A technician inspects the house, names the pest and gives a written estimate before treatment. Many jobs include a follow-up visit to check traps, baits or termite stations. Calls cover Champaign, Urbana, Savoy, Mahomet, Saint Joseph, Tolono and Fisher.
- Eastern subterranean termites are the termite found in Champaign County. They live in soil and build mud tubes up foundation walls.
- A house mouse fits through a gap about the width of a pencil, so sealing gaps matters as much as trapping.
- The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District treats public catch basins for mosquitoes. Your own yard still needs its own work.
- German cockroaches are the roach most often found in apartment kitchens and bathrooms.