Florida law requires soil pre-treatment or a physical termite barrier on almost every new home built in Polk County. So why do brand-new Lakeland-area houses still turn up active subterranean termite infestations within a few years of the certificate of occupancy? The pre-treatment isn’t the failure — what happens to it afterward usually is. Pre-construction … Read more
By mid-summer, raccoon kits born in Lakeland and Polk County attics back in spring are big enough to move around on their own — and that’s usually when homeowners finally notice. One quiet female slipping in and out at night in March becomes a family of four or five thumping across the ceiling by July. … Read more
Most Lakeland homeowners never see the moth — they see the damage. A sweater pulled out of storage in fall with irregular holes near the collar, or a wool rug with a bare patch that wasn’t there last season. By the time the damage is obvious, a clothes moth infestation has usually been quietly building … Read more
Polk County is lake country. Between Lakeland and Lake Wales sit dozens of named lakes, miles of citrus and former grove land, and the warm, humid Central Florida air that defines life here — and every one of those features shapes the pest pressure that homeowners across the county deal with year-round. Whether you are … Read more
That 11 p.m. garage chirp is peak mid-summer Lakeland. House, field, or camel cricket — which you have, why storms and porch lights pull them inside, and the fixes that end it.
Mouse or rat? In Lakeland the answer changes everything — droppings, sounds, gnaw marks, and grease trails compared, and why Polk County’s roof rats demand a different plan than house mice.
Every summer it plays out the same way across Polk County. The afternoon storms roll in, the rain comes down in sheets for an hour, and within a day or two the roach sightings spike — a big palmetto bug on the kitchen floor, one in the bathroom, another scuttling across the lanai. If you … Read more
You reach into the garage for a rake and walk face-first into a web, or you spot a big brown spider parked in the corner of the lanai, and the question that jumps to mind is always the same: is that thing dangerous? If you live in Lakeland or anywhere across Polk County, spiders are … Read more
Ask these before the inspection period starts, not after the report arrives. If you’re buying or selling a home in Polk County, the inspection is where pest and moisture problems usually surface first — often before anyone calls us. A thorough four-point, wind mitigation, or general home inspection routinely turns up termite damage, wood-destroying organism … Read more
If you’ve spotted a small, silvery, teardrop-shaped insect darting under a bathroom vanity in Lakeland, or noticed almost invisible pale specks moving across a stack of stored books or cardboard boxes, you’re likely looking at silverfish or booklice — two pests that don’t get much attention compared to termites or roaches, but that thrive in … Read more