For most Central Illinois homeowners, yes. Outdoor pests like mosquitoes and ticks are seasonal, but mice, spiders, ants, and other household pests are active year-round. Ongoing treatment follows the seasons, switching to indoor pests when the weather is cold.
With pest control, it’s tempting to take the reactive approach. Mosquitoes aren’t really bad until June, so many start treatment then and stop in October. Then in November, the mice start showing up in the garage. In January, it’s spiders. Each time, it’s stressful.
With year-round pest control, a perimeter is maintained around your house all year long, not just when mosquitoes and ticks are at their very worst. In fall and winter, the perimeter treatment keeps crawling pests away from your foundation right at the moment when they’re seeking warmth and shelter.
In Central Illinois, the seasonal pattern is predictable. Mosquitoes and ticks dominate from May through September. As temperatures drop in October, mice and rats begin seeking entry points along foundations, garage doors, and utility penetrations. Spiders move indoors. Overwintering insects like boxelder bugs, Asian lady beetles, and stink bugs all cluster on south-facing walls and find their way inside through gaps you didn’t know you had.
Year-round pest control service works because it catches each wave of seasonal pest activity before it becomes a big problem. In other words, it’s proactive. The fall perimeter treatment, for example, intercepts mice and crawling insects before they establish themselves inside. Without treatment, by the time you see these pests inside, you have an infestation, and that’s a much more annoying problem.
As far as cost is concerned, year-round pest control tends to work out well. Individual service calls to solve reactive problems add up quickly, in large part because the scope of the problem is bigger. Stopping rodents from getting inside is a lot easier than getting them out. Stopping mosquitoes from breeding in May is a lot easier than knocking them down in July.
If you're interested in year-round pest protection for your Central Illinois home, Mosquito Squad of Central IL can help. Mosquito Squad offers seasonal and year-round programs that keep your property protected against mosquitoes, ticks, and a broad range of household pests with regular technician visits.
