AIM Termite & Pest Control offers businesses complete pest control protection. Our service is offered on a weekly or monthly schedule. However, we will provide a program that will meet your individual needs based on the type of business, the hours of operation, any health concerns that may exist or the severity of the problem.
Fire ants were accidentally brought to the United States from South America. Since arriving in Mobile, AL, they have spread to 14 States and Commonwealths. Identifying fire ants is difficult because they look much like ordinary ants. They are 1/8 to 1/4–inch long and reddish brown to black in color. Fire ants are probably best distinguished by their aggressive behavior and characteristic mound–shaped nests.
Spiders
These hunting spiders are fast runners that will chase their prey. Wolf spiders are hairy and often large, up to 1-3/8 inches long, sometimes confused with tarantulas. Their legs are long and spiny. Many are dark brown.
Termites
Termites cause over one billion dollars in property damage per year in the United States. That’s more than all fires and floods combined. Unlike a fast and furious disaster termites work like insidious disease, slowly and silently eating away your home or other property, Your structure can be damaged without you realizing it.
Fleas
Cat fleas are frequently encountered in homes and are common pests on domestic cats and dogs. Sticktight fleas can become a problem when pets frequent areas near poultry. Female sticktight fleas firmly attach themselves around the ears and eyes of their host. Fleas on either cats or dogs in Texas are most likely cat fleas.
Cockroaches
Food Sources: The tiniest crumb can support pest infestations. One grape can feed more than 600 cockroaches, even the glue on delivery boxes provides a food source for pests.
Silverfish
Silverfish are found worldwide. Females deposit fertilized eggs in cracks and hidden places. The hatched young are scaleless and have short appendages. Silverfish normally live indoors and, because they eat starchy materials (e.g., paste, bookbindings, and wallpaper), can cause much damage. They live two to three years and molt throughout life.
Bees
Carpenter bees get their name from their ability to drill through wood and nest in the hole. Their drilling creates a near-perfect hole, approximately Z\x inch in diameter. The holeis usually located on the underside of the wood surface, including siding, decks, overhangs, fence posts and window frames. Although the hole appears to be only an inch or two deep, it rarely ends there.
Mosquitoes
Texas weather plays a major role in our environment and habitat which keeps us on guard all year round. The humid summers provide a fertile breeding haven for a variety of nasty pests that make our outdoor activities, sometimes, intolerable; not to mention our pets who have their share of suffering from Fleas, Mosquitoes, Ants, etc.
Flies
Flies threaten more than your business. They breed quickly, laying hundreds of eggs every few days. The eggs hatch in as little as 12-24 hours. Maggots begin feeding immediately. Flies contaminate food, moving from rotting, disease laden garbage to exposed foods and surfaces. They spread diseases through pathogenic bacteria that can cause Staph, E. coli, Salmonella and Shingles. In addition, flies cause customers to form an unsanitary image of your business, thus undermining your bottom line.
Scorpions
Scorpions are not insects but are a closely related arthropod. Except when the scorpion accidentally stings man or invades his house, he is most beneficial. Scorpions feed on insects, and their presence is due to insect food in the area. Thus a key to control is to control the insects and the scorpions will leave. Scorpions are most abundant in the warmer areas of the U.S. They like trees, rock piles, old buildings, etc., where they lie in wait for prey.
Snails
The roof rat can survive in areas of lush vegetative growth within established neighborhoods by feeding on snails, nuts, berries, and fruits. Thus, it has less dependency on human foods than the Norway rat. Both rat species take full advantage of suburban environments that provide bird feeders, outdoor dog pens, and improperly managed garbage or compost piles.
A. Whether it is a rat or a mouse, you should do everything possible to make sure that the rodent cannot get into the house. Make sure all holes around utilities are sealed or stuffed with steel wool, and that doors and windows are sealed well. Trees touching the building should be trimmed, and all screens should be in good shape. Rodents can either be trapped or baited whether they are inside or outside the home, but it is most important to keep them outside.
Mice
The house mouse is one of the most troublesome and economically important rodents in the United States. House mice thrive under a variety of conditions; they are found in and around homes and commercial structures as well as in open fields and agricultural lands. House mice consume and contaminate food meant for humans, pets, livestock, or other animals. In addition, they cause considerable damage to structures and property, and they can transmit pathogens that cause diseases such as salmonellosis, a form of food poisoning.
Rats
Norway rats, sometimes called brown or sewer rats, are stocky burrowing rodents that are larger than roof rats. Their burrows are found along building foundations, beneath rubbish or woodpiles, and in moist areas in and around gardens and fields. Nests may be lined with shredded paper, cloth, or other fibrous material. When Norway rats invade buildings, they usually remain in the basement or ground floor. The Norway rat occurs throughout the 48 contiguous United States. Generally it is founds at lower elevations but may occur wherever people live.