Common Pests in Maplewood, Minnesota

Mice

Ants

Wasps

Spiders

Boxelder Bugs

Stink Bugs

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Mice can be found in homes all across Maplewood. They become especially motivated to get inside in the fall and winter as temperatures drop. Mice are capable of breeding and having multiple litters all year round. This can happen in the winter if they find a temperature-controlled space to start a nest. One mouse can have around 10 litters a year! They commonly nest inside attics, foundations, and unfinished rooms.

Our mouse service is designed to prevent mice from getting inside by sealing up the structure from the outside. We start each mouse service with a comprehensive inspection to find the major entry points and look for any limitations. Limitations are areas on the exterior that prevent us from accessing 100% of the foundation or roof. We use construction-grade materials to seal the entry points that mice can’t chew through. This service is a one-and-done service. Our goal is to make your home permanently mouse-free!

Mouse Identification

The most common ants to see in Maplewood, Minnesota, are pavement ants and carpenter ants. In the spring and summer, it’s common to see sand inside cracks in sidewalks, driveways, and patios. These piles of sand mark pavement ant nests. Carpenter ant nests vary in location but will be near or inside of water-damaged wood. Carpenter ants chew small galleries or tunnels through water-damaged wood to store their food, eggs, and larvae. Both of these ants are capable of staying active in the middle of winter if a nest is located in the home.

Our ant services are designed to make the ants inside the home carry our product back to their nests. These treatments provide a delayed effect so after an ant service we have to wait 30 days for the product to exterminate 100% of the colony. By only treating on the exterior we can still impact the ants in the home because they came in from the outside. Interior treatments are only necessary for dealing with large ant infestations or ants in the home in the winter.

Ant Identification

In Maplewood Minnesota, yellow jackets are the most aggressive wasp. Their aggressiveness increases later in the summer as their nests start to reach their full capacity. They are territorial and will sting anything that gets too close. Their nests can be located in a variety of different locations. They build nests inside old rodent tunnels, inside trees, retaining walls, siding, etc. They forge for protein-based and sugar-based foods for carbohydrates. The protein is used to feed the eggs and larvae inside the nest while the sugar is given to the workers for energy.

The two wasp services we provide are prevention-based and active wasp nest extermination. The prevention-based service is more effective when done in the early summer and late spring. It adds a protective barrier around the exterior of the home to prevent wasps from building nests on the home. The second service is designed to exterminate already active nests found around the property. Many wasp nests that are hidden can be extremely hard to treat with store-bought products. It’s important to have a product that will keep the wasps alive long enough to carry the product deep inside the nest to the Queen.

Wasp & Bee Identification

Spiders are commonly found in areas near bodies of water and wooded habitats. These habitats all attract insects that spiders feed on. Insects such as flies, mosquitoes, and ants are just a few of the insects spiders prey on. When catching prey, some spiders build webs to catch their food and other spiders hunt for their food. The common house spider is one of the most common web-building spiders in Maplewood. A common spider that hunts for food is the wolf spider.

Spiders can be a big nuisance for many homes in the spring and summer. Depending on where the home is located, the windows and siding could be covered in webs! This is why we start each spider service with a web knockdown. By knocking down the webs, we are destroying the egg sacs and forcing the adult spiders to relocate and move around the structure. When the adult spiders get knocked down, they will start to cross over the treated areas. 

Read Our Blog: “We Love Living Near Woods and Water, and so do Spiders!”

Stink bugs are an invasive species from eastern Asia. They were first spotted in Minnesota in 2010. Since then their population has exploded! They mate, lay eggs, and feed in the spring and summer. They lay most of their eggs on the leaves of plants like apple and maple trees as well as vegetables like tomato plants and corn. Boxelder bugs aren’t invasive but their populations also explode each year in the fall. They mate and lay their eggs in boxelder trees and trees that produce helicopter seeds.

Our fall service aims to exterminate stink bugs, boxelder bugs, and Asian lady beetles. This treatment also includes other fall insects trying to get inside to overwinter or use the siding to stay warm. This service, by itself, is more effective when done right before the swarms of bugs start to appear. If there are already swarms of insects outside the home, there is likely a population already inside. When inside in the winter, none of the fall insects cause structural damage, mate, or lay eggs inside the home.

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To protect your home from insects, join our Insect Prevention Plan (IPP)

If you have questions, concerns, or want to schedule an appointment 

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