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Benefits of Year-Round Pest Control Maintenance I couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve had a conversation with someone explaining the benefits to our regular quarterly service only to be brushed off and insisting on a one-time treatment. Trust me, I get it, most people think I’m just a salesman on the phone trying [...]
Why Do I Have Ants In My Home? Here at Spectrum Pest Control, we know that the end of winter and warmer weather brings many things, one of which is ants. We can practically set our calendar to it. Our business goes from zero to one hundred in a matter of days. Insects behave [...]
Why Do I Have Ants In My Kitchen Its been a long cold winter in Western Pennsylvania. It is now early April and the seasons are changing. We are starting to get our first signs of spring. I know that the phone at Spectrum Pest Control is going to start ringing off the hook. [...]
Redfin, a real estate brokerage company, recently reached out to us at Spectrum Pest Control for an expert opinion on stink bugs and how to get them out of your home. Check out our collaboration with Redfin here - https://www.redfin.com/blog/common-household-pests At Spectrum, we do our best to provide you with the most up to date [...]
Do Carpenter Ants Eat Wood? Surprisingly, carpenter ants are a wood destroying insect but, unlike termites, they do not actually eat the wood in your home. They will tear the wood apart to make a new home. Carpenter ants typically feed off parts from other insects and nectar. They are also known to eat [...]
Why do I have bees in the winter? It’s not a very common problem, but it is a problem none the less. You’ve probably seen it on your home and not even realized what was happening. It will happen sometime in the early fall or late summer where a couple bee’s or a [...]
What Caused The Pittsburgh Stink Bug Outbreak I have been in the exterminating industry for 25 years now. I never saw a stink bug until 2011 or 2012. They came out of nowhere, one day we didn’t have them and the next we were polluted. I can remember the first year of the [...]
Every single day when the phone at Spectrum Pest Control starts ringing, I can guarantee I will be taking a call that will be plagued with a multitude frantic homeowner right here in Pittsburgh, all of which are asking the same question: “How do I get rid of bed bugs?!” and every single time [...]
The dreaded spider, I’ve seen 250 pound grown men scream like little girls running into an unexpected spider in their house. I’ve seen it because I’m that grown man, and I just like you didn’t like these little (and sometimes rather large) spiders anywhere near me. Believe it or not, after years of working in [...]
How to Remain Pest-Free In 2018 Anyone who has ever had the unfortunate experience of an insect and/or rodent problem in the Pittsburgh area is all too familiar with the amount of energy, money, stress, and time that it takes to deal with these issues. If you’re one of the few homeowners in the [...]
