The most common pests in Richfield, Minnesota

Ants​​

Mice​

Wasps

Spiders​​​

Boxelder Bugs​​

Stink Bugs

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Ants can be found inside Richfield homes all year long. When ants are active inside in the middle of winter, they are commonly inside homes with floor ventilation, heated floors, or inside slab-on-grade homes (homes without a basement). In the warmer months, ants will get inside the home from the outside. Once inside the home, they will bring back food to their nests that are outside in nature.

Our ant service is so effective because the products we use do not kill the ants on contact. We use products that have a delayed effect. This allows the ants inside the home to stay alive long enough to carry it with them to their nests outside in nature. We ask to wait 30 days after each ant treatment to allow the ants to bring our product back to spread and kill the rest of the colony. Each ant service comes with a 1-year warranty. During the warranty, we will come back for free to get the ant problem solved.

Ant Identification

Mice can be found living inside homes all year round in Richfield. They are more active at night, but no matter what season it is, they are constantly moving in and out of the home. They bring back seeds and nuts from the outside to add to their stockpile that they feed on in the winter when their food is scarce. The entry points they use the most often can be spotted by their rub marks left on the home as the grease and mud from their fur rubs up against the home.

Our mouse service focuses on sealing the exterior of the home to prevent mice from getting inside. The first step in our service is to do an exterior inspection around the home. The inspection is important because each home is built differently and has different areas that mice use to get inside. After the inspection, we will provide a quote to do the seal-up work. The seal-up service is our signature service. Our goal is to make each seal-up service a one-and-done service. But do provide 2-year warranties if the mice are still getting inside after the initial service.

Mouse Identification

The three most common wasps in Richfield, MN are paper wasps (top left), bald-faced hornets (top right), and yellow jackets (bottom). The most aggressive of the 3 are yellow jackets. These nests can be difficult to identify as the hive itself is commonly hidden inside another structure or in the ground. Paper wasps are the most docile and build the smallest nests. Bald-faced hornets can be aggressive, but will often build their nests so high off the ground that they won’t feel threatened by anyone walking on the ground.

We offer two different wasp services depending on the time of year. We provide a wasp prevention service that is done in the late spring or early summer, where a product is applied on the exterior of the home to exterminate the wasps before they build a new nest. The second service is a reactionary service to exterminate any large wasp nests that are already well-established and are potentially dangerous.

Wasp Identification

There are 2 different types of spiders in Minnesota. There are hunting spiders, and there are web-building spiders. The most common hunting spiders include the wolf spider and sac spider. These spiders don’t build webs. Instead, they hunt for their prey and bring them back to their burrows to feed on them. The most common web-building spiders include the cellar spider and house spider. These spiders build webs to catch their prey inside. All these spiders can be found living in and around homes in Richfield Minnesota.

We provide interior and exterior spider services in Richfield. Interior treatments are effective in the winter when there are no insects moving around outside. But an interior service will not prevent spiders from getting inside the home. Our exterior service is done during warmer months and prevents the spiders from getting inside and from building cob webs outside the home. This service will also affect the spiders that leave the home to mate and feed as the temperatures get warmer.

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Boxelder bugs and stink bugs are common overwintering insects in Richfield, Minnesota. Overwintering insects are insects that go inside homes and other structures to hibernate. Both insects become motivated to find places to overwinter indoors in the fall as temperatures at night begin to drop. It is common to find these insects moving around inside in winter and spring when the sun warms the windows, roof, and siding enough to bring them out of their dormant state.

Our fall insect service is timed to prevent any overwintering insects from getting inside. We treat the entire home from the foundation up to the soffits or as high as our equipment will reach. The insects will land on the home and die before they can get inside.

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