Walker Pest Management Announces New Bed Bug Protection Plan

We are proud to announce a new service Walker Pest Management is providing now. Save yourself the headache and frustration of having to pay large sums of money for a bed bug treatment. Sign up today to enroll in our new Bed Bug Protection Plan. This is an affordable alternative to being caught off guard with needing an expensive bed bug treatment. Protect your home and loved ones before bed bugs become a problem in your home.  Read about it here.  To enroll or for more information please call our bed bug experts at Toll Free 866-442-7378.

Walker Pest Management Announces New Bed Bug Protection Plan

Termite Season is almost upon us.

Every year, about this time we start to get call after call of people seeing what they believe to be winged ants coming up inside their house or around the perimeter of their home. Sometimes it just might be ants but a majority of the time it turns out to be Termite swarmers.

Termite swarmers are the reproductive members of  a mature termite colony. There job is to come out of the ground, fly to a new spot and start a new Termite colony. For most people this is the only time they will ever see Termites. In our area of South Carolina this usually starts sometime between mid March until the end of April. Sometimes it can start a little earlier and many times will run late into May.

If you see Termite swarmers please call a professional. They will need to find out where they are coming from and do a full inspection on the home. It is important to consider a few things if Termites are confirmed to be swarming on your property.

1. Just because Termites are found on your property it doesn’t mean you have to have a treatment today. We do advise having a treatment done as soon as possible but you have time to shop around for the company with the right protection plan you can be comfortable with. Almost all Pest Control companies will give a free estimate for treatment of Termites.

2. It is possible to have Termites on your property but not actually have an infestation in your home. They could be coming from a neighbors home, or a natural source like a wood pile, dead tree or stump.

3. If you see Termite swarmers inside the house, on a window sill or door frame it is an indication that there is an active Termite infestation in the home and should be treated quickly.

 

Please don’t hesitate to call Walker Pest Management for a free inspection and quote for Termite control. Call Toll Free 866-442-7378 to talk to a Termite Specialist today.

 

 

Termite Season is almost upon us.

What can you do to prevent pests in your home?

Spring is just around the corner friends. We have had a mild winter again in South Carolina. The creepy crawlies will surely be out in force early this year. Walker Pest Management is here to help you with all your pest control needs. We want to help you as much as possible, even if you are not a customer of Walker Pest Management. We want to pass on this great list of pest control tips the professionals at Walker Pest Management have come up with. Following these tips should help prevent a lot of the problems we are called out for. Walker Pest Management is here to help and give advice to anyone not just our customers. We hope this list will help you this coming bug season to keep your home or business free of pesky pests. If you do have pest problems even after following this list of tips please call and ask for a quote. Most services can be quoted for right over the phone.  Click here to visit Walker Pest Management’s Top 10 Pest Control Tips.

What can you do to prevent pests in your home?

Greenville / Spartanburg falls into the top 50 cities with Bed Bug activity

Yahoo News has reported the top 50 city / areas with bed bug activity in the US. Greenville / Spartanburg area comes in at # 47.  Yahoo reports an increase in bed bug activity in the last couple years of about 30%.  Bed bugs are small and easily overlooked. Most people pick them up when traveling to big cities or vacation areas and staying in hotels that have a problem. Bed bugs are about the size and color of a small apple seed but flat. They tend to hide in the seam’s of sheets, bed spreads or pillow cases. They will also hide in box springs and joints of bed frames or furniture. They are not limited to just bedrooms though. They can easily move from room to room through walls by going through outlets or going under base boards. As people visit these larger cities with high activity they inadvertently bring the bed bugs home as hitch hikers on their luggage and travel bags.

Walker Pest Management is at the top of the heap when it comes to dealing with bed bugs. We use the latest heat treatment methods that gets into every nook and cranny of your home or apartment. There are no nasty chemicals or need to get rid of all of your furniture. This can be a huge savings to home owners. Treating for bed bugs is expensive enough without having to buy new bedding and furniture.

 

Here are the top 50 U.S. cities, ranked in order of the number of bedbug treatments. The number in parenthesis is the shift in ranking compared to January to December 2011:

 

Chicago (+1)

Detroit (+1)

 

Los Angeles (+2)

 

Denver

 

Cincinnati (-4)

 

Columbus, Ohio

 

Washington, D.C. (+1)

 

Cleveland/Akron/Canton (+5)

 

Dallas/Ft. Worth (-2)

 

New York (-1)

 

Dayton, Ohio (+4)

 

Richmond/Petersburg, Va. (-2)

 

Seattle/Tacoma (+14)

 

San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose (-2)

 

Raleigh/Durham/Fayetteville, N.C. (+4)

 

Indianapolis (+15)

 

Omaha, Neb. (+11)

 

Houston (-7)

 

Milwaukee (+13)

 

Baltimore (-2)

 

Syracuse, N.Y. (+2)

 

Boston (-8)

 

Colorado Springs/Pueblo, Colo. (+2)

 

Lexington, Ky. (-2)

 

Miami/Ft. Lauderdale (-1)

 

Hartford/New Haven, Conn. (+10)

 

Knoxville, Tenn. (+11)

 

Buffalo, N.Y. (+1)

 

Atlanta (-8)

 

Louisville, Ky. (+5)

 

Charleston/Huntington, W. Va. (+18)

 

San Diego, Calif. (-6)

 

Cedar Rapids/Waterloo, Iowa (+12)

 

Minneapolis/St. Paul (+12)

 

Phoenix (-1)

 

Pittsburgh (-6)

 

Honolulu (-19)

 

Grand Rapids/Kalamazoo, Mich. (+1)

 

Grand Junction/Montrose, Colo. (-1)

 

Nashville, Tenn.

 

Lincoln/Hastings/Kearney, Neb. (+7)

 

Albany/Schenectady/Troy, N.Y. (+2)

 

Charlotte (-10)

 

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Fla.

 

Sacramento/Stockton/Modesto, Calif. (-4)

 

Las Vegas (-30)

 

Greenville/Spartanburg/Asheville, S.C.

 

Champaign/Springfield, Ill.

 

Portland, Or.

 

Sioux City, Iowa

Greenville / Spartanburg falls into the top 50 cities with Bed Bug activity