Mite Extermination In Orange County
Do you think you have mites? Find out ways to be sure and exterminate them from your home with Preferred Pest Control. The Facts on Mites Mites are very tiny arachnids that measure below 1mm in size, are oval in shape, and have four pairs of legs. The mite species is huge and there are thousands of different kinds. Among the different species are parasitic mites which attack animal hosts and cause skin irritation, mites that destroy crops, mites that can transfer dangerous diseases, and mites that are not harmful at all. The common species of mites include bird mites, chigger mites, clover mites, red mites, southern red mites, and ...
Stop Gophers from Digging up your Orange County Lawn
Are gophers ruining your Orange County lawn? Get the facts and learn how to get rid of them. The Facts about Gophers What are Gophers? Gophers, or pocket gophers, are small rodents about 6-14 inches in length and come in a variation of different colors such as black, brown, to white. The pocket gopher has a sort of pouch outside its mouth that they use to transport food and this is how they got their name. Gophers are known for their burrowing skills, which comes naturally for them due to their large claws. They are particularly a nuisance in lawns and gardens where they create tunnels several hundred feet in ...
Cricket Control in SoCal
Crickets rule the summer season in Southern California. Prevent them from invading your home by taking a few tips from Preferred Pest Control! Cricket Facts and Information The cricket is an insect related to the grasshopper and they have flat bodies with long antennae. The male cricket is the one responsible for all that chirping that you hear outside your window at night as they rub the ridges on their wings together to form a sort of instrument. Male crickets play two types of songs: one to attract females and one to repel other males (this chirp is much louder than the other). If the male succeeds in attracting a ...
Controlling Snails/Slugs in OC
It’s still summer and the snail/slug season isn’t over quite yet! Learn how to get rid of them from Preferred Pest Control! The Facts about Snails and Slugs: Both of these animals, snails and slugs, have soft bodies, move very slowly, and are typically 20-100mm in length. Unlike slugs, snails have shells and are able to use them as defense mechanisms incase of prey or dangerous weather conditions. In desperate cases, snails have shown to seal their shells and stay alive inside for years at a time! A perfect habitat for both the snail and the slug would be somewhere damp and hidden, such as under rocks, logs, and other ...
Stop American Cockroaches in Orange County
Getting sick of American cockroaches around your home? Solve it by calling Preferred Pest Control! American Cockroach Facts American cockroaches are around 3 inches in length and have a red-brown color to them with a yellowing band behind their heads. The American cockroach reproduces by laying egg casings. The female cockroach will lay these capsule-like egg casing in a warm and humid area with each one of the casings containing around 16 eggs within. The eggs hatch and the American cockroaches grow into adults in about 5 months. Unlike the German cockroach, the American cockroach uses its pair of wings to fly and likes to live outdoors – typically in ...
Summer Tick Prevention
Summer is officially here! Learn how to keep the ticks away so you can party all day! Tick Facts Ticks are classified as arachnids and are very small creatures – an adult engorged with blood can be over 1cm long – and they vary in color depending on the species. California is home to a few different types of ticks which include the Blacklegged tick, Lone Star tick, and Dog tick, among others. Ticks are external parasites that live on the blood of mammals, birds, and even reptiles and usually hang out in wooded areas or places with high vegetation. They prefer places with warm, humid climates as this supports ...
Southern California Ant Control and Extermination
Did you build your house on an ant hill? Reclaim your territory with Preferred Pest Control and show ‘em who’s boss! There are over 12,000 species of ants on planet Earth and many more believed to be undiscovered. It’s no wonder they outnumber us by 1,500,000 to 1! With so different species of ants around the globe, we should be thankful that California only has 270 to deal with and the most common type that plagues Orange County and Southern California homes is the Argentine Ant. If you guessed that this type is native to Argentina, you are correct! They were brought to the US by coffee ships from Brazil ...
Summertime Fleas
Summer is right around the corner and you know what that means…FLEAS! Don’t let these pesky critters ruin your summertime fun – learn how to control them from Preferred Pest Control! Identifying Fleas If you’ve had the pleasure of never seeing a flea, lucky you! People less fortunate than you know that they are wingless insects, about 2 ½ mm long, have a shiny brown color, and are capable of jumping huge distances. Fleas are parasites that suck blood from their hosts and are most usually found on hairy animals such as cats, dogs, rabbits, rats, and other animals. Fleas can lay about 20-50 eggs per day so to get ...
Preventing and Controlling Wasps
Wasps There exists a lot of different species of wasps in nature, ranging from colors such as black, green, and blue while measuring to a few centimeters in length. These insects have two pairs of wings and a pinched abdomen. Like bees, wasps feed from flowers and act like pollinators but they are much more predatorily than bees, thus act as pest control for other types of insects and this is where their primary contribution to the environment lies. Like bees, wasps can either be solitary or social insects. The social type lives in colonies along with a great number of other wasps. A size of a wasp colony can ...
Spring is coming! (Also Earwigs)
Don’t panic because despite what you might have heard, earwigs do not enter people’s ears while they sleep. The myth that these insects go into people’s ears and burrow into the brain to cause insanity is completely untrue but interestingly enough is how the insect got its name. The Earwig The Earwig (Latin name Order Dermaptera, meaning “skin winged”) is a blackish brown flat and thin insect ranging from ¼ to 1 inch in length. Earwigs have pinchers on their abdomens (which is why they are also known to some as pincher bugs) and the adults have 2 sets of wings on their thorax but even with those . . ...