Mice​

Wasps​

Spiders

Boxelder Bugs​

Stink Bugs

Ticks​​

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As the cooler temperatures begin to appear, mice become more motivated to stockpile food for winter. This behavior triggers them to become more active and noisy inside homes as they run in and out of the home at night to bring in seeds and nuts from outside. This time of year also makes it easier for them to find food, as the nuts like acorns and other seeds fall from the trees and become scattered all across the ground, and fill up inside gutters. To keep mice from getting inside the home, all the entry points they use on the exterior need to be sealed with construction-grade materials that they can’t chew through.

The fall season is close to the end of wasp season. But this does not mean they are not active. In fact, wasps are actually the most active in the fall. Wasps build their nests from scratch in the late spring, and by fall, they will reach their full capacity. Some nests could house over 5000 wasps by this time of year! Because of their large size, they become increasingly more aggressive. They become more protective of their nests, and they will become more aggressive in their search for food. In the fall, you will see them swarming around foods on the grill, sugary beverages, garbage cans, and compost bins. They are trying to scavenge for as much food as they can find before the first frost. The colder temperatures also trigger wasps to locate places on the home where they are able to warm up their bodies. They commonly will land on materials like brick, stucco, stone, cedar, and others that radiate heat when they are in direct sunlight.

Spiders can be found living inside homes all year long. In the fall, just like the rest of the pests, they become more motivated to go inside. As temperatures drop, there are fewer flying insects for them to eat outside. When spiders are found inside at this time of year and in the winter, there is usually another insect infestation happening. Most commonly, it’s a home with ants, flies, or overwintering fall insects. Homes with spiders may find piles of insect legs and other appendages that were ripped off their bodies by spiders. These piles are commonly found in unfinished rooms, corners, and around basement windows. Our spider service focuses on the exterior of the home to kill them before they get inside and to treat unfinished rooms or basements. All the spiders that are inside the home will go into unfinished rooms because the exposed wires, plumbing lines, and joists are all used by spiders to navigate in and out of the home.

Boxelder bugs become more apparent in the fall. In the summer, they spend their time living around boxelder and maple trees. They lay their eggs on the leaves and feed on the helicopter seeds that these trees produce. In the fall, when the temperatures drop, all the boxelder bugs living on the trees fly to locate homes and other buildings to overwinter inside. This behavior causes homeowners to find swarms and clusters of them all over their property, specifically on the sides of the home that get hit with the most sun. To keep them from entering the home for winter, a product needs to be applied to the exterior of the house that kills them before they get inside.

Stink Bugs are a relatively new invasive insect here in Minnesota. The first sighting was recorded in 2010. Since then, their population has exploded. These insects spend their summers living in vegetable gardens, fruit trees, vineyards, crop fields, and apple orchards. They lay their eggs on the leaves of the plants and eat the fruit and vegetables, often leaving them bruised and infected. In the fall, they fly towards homes to overwinter inside. These insects have been noted to enter most commonly through vents, soffits, and chimneys. The entry points they find are often high off the ground and lead them inside attics. We provide an exterior treatment where we cover the home from the foundation and up to the soffits, or up to 30-35 feet on the home. The product we use kills them before they get inside.

Ticks are an extremely feared pest in Minnesota. Specifically, the deer tick is of concern because of its ability to carry and spread Lyme’s Disease. All ticks lay their eggs and mate in the fall and hatch out in the spring. In the fall, ticks will lay their eggs underneath fallen leaf litter, grass clippings, and other piles of yard waste. This creates a microclimate with the perfect insulation and moisture needed to help the tick eggs survive and hatch in spring. The main way to keep ticks away from your home is by mowing your grass and picking up leaf litter. When picking up leaf litter or other yard waste, dispose of all yard waste at a dump, and do not add it to a separate pile on your property where ticks can hibernate and lay their eggs. We offer tick treatments in the fall to treat areas of thick or overgrown foliage to prevent them from breeding and laying eggs.

Are you Interested in Keeping Mice Out of Your Home?

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If you have any questions or concerns or would like to schedule an appointment 

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