F.A.Q.

Yes, many professional pest control companies now offer natural treatment programs. They use plant-based active ingredients as an alternative to conventional synthetic products.

A professionally applied barrier treatment is designed to control insects, and it's directed at the foliage where mosquitoes and ticks rest rather than at your flowering plants. Applied correctly by a trained technician, it leaves established shrubs, beds, hedges, and trees intact. 

Once the treatment is dry, pets can use the yard like normal. This takes about 30 minutes to a couple of hours depending on the weather.

Yes, reputable providers deliberately avoid treating blooming flowers and pollinator areas of your yard. Treatments target only the shaded resting spots where pests like mosquitoes and ticks are likely to hide.

Wooded areas are good places for mosquitoes to rest because they are shaded, humid, and protected from the wind. That’s why properties bordered by or set within tree cover often have larger mosquito populations.

A professional barrier treatment typically lasts two to three weeks per application. This is why treatments are scheduled on a recurring basis throughout the mosquito season.

Outdoor lights attract plenty of flying insects, but mosquitoes aren't one of them. Mosquitoes find you through body heat, carbon dioxide, and skin chemistry, not through light. 

A properly maintained pool doesn't breed mosquitoes because the chlorine and filtration prevent it. But the area around a pool is a good place for mosquitoes to rest and breed nearby. 

A technician walks your property, treats the foliage and perimeter areas where mosquitoes rest, and addresses standing water that breeds them. A typical visit takes around 30 to 60 minutes, and the treated surfaces are dry within an hour.

Ticks like properties with shade, ground-level moisture, leaf litter and low vegetation. This protects them from the heat and gives them a steady supply of wildlife hosts like mice, chipmunks, and deer.

Your tick control options include recurring barrier treatment of tick habitat, tick tubes that reach the rodents carrying immature ticks, and landscaping changes that dry out their territory. Most properties do best when combining different kinds of treatment because it reaches ticks at different stages of life.