F.A.Q.

Insects are cold-blooded, so their activity is tied to temperature. With spring comes warmer weather, which heats up the soil and air they live in.

Yes, and many professional pest control providers offer bundled programs that treat for mosquitoes and ticks at the same time outside. Perimeter treatments are also often available to help control ants, spiders, and other crawling insects.

Commercial properties have a range of options, from recurring mosquito and tick barrier treatments for outdoor spaces to perimeter pest service for the building and one-time treatments for events. Service is scaled and customized to the property, whether it's a restaurant patio, office grounds, apartment community, or outdoor venue.

Dusk is the perfect time for mosquitoes to find a blood meal because the wind dies down, humidity rises, UV light fades, and temperatures cool.

Mosquitoes can fly in from neighboring properties, breed in water sources you haven't noticed, and rest in your yard's vegetation even if they didn't breed there.

Rain knocks mosquitoes out of the air temporarily, but within days it makes the problem worse by creating new standing water where mosquitoes breed.

Yes, more rainfall leads to more standing water, which mosquitoes use to breed. If mosquitoes are able to breed more in the spring, their population numbers will be much higher throughout the months to follow.

Mosquitoes need to rest in shaded, humid areas during the hottest parts of the day. This is why you often see mosquitoes hiding under decks, along property borders, in overgrown garden beds, and near standing water sources. 

Yes, you can do that. There are professional natural mosquito treatments that use plant-derived active ingredients made from essential oils like rosemary, peppermint, or lemongrass that are applied similarly to traditional treatments. They work well, but break down a little quicker.

Yes, one-time special event treatments are made for exactly this situation. Applied a day or two before your party, it knocks the mosquitoes down so your guests can enjoy the yard, and it covers ticks in the treated areas too.

Yes, Lyme disease is a statewide risk, with cases reported in every single Wisconsin county. While historically concentrated in the northern, central, and western regions, the danger is always highest in wooded and brushy environments. 

Ticks do not hibernate. They become active anytime temperatures rise above freezing, even in the dead of winter. In fact, adult deer ticks peak during the cooler months of fall and early spring.