The Termite Guy FAQs

Bed bugs can travel through wall voids, along pipes, and through electrical outlets to infest adjacent units. Building-wide treatment is often necessary in multi-unit buildings.

While DIY treatments exist, professional treatment is strongly recommended due to bed bugs' resistance to many pesticides and their ability to hide in tiny cracks and crevices.

Bed bugs can survive 20-400 days without feeding, depending on temperature and humidity conditions. This ability makes them particularly difficult to eliminate.

No, bed bugs cannot jump or fly. They move by crawling and can travel up to 100 feet from their hiding spots to feed. They often spread by hitching rides on clothing, luggage, and furniture.

Look for small reddish-brown bugs, dark spots on mattresses (excrement), blood stains on sheets, and clusters of itchy bites on your body. Bed bugs often hide in mattress seams and headboards.

Spider infestations happen when a population of spiders grows too large in one area. This growth can happen for a variety of reasons, such as an abundance of food sources like insects or they find a warm, dark and undisturbed area in your home. Spiders can also come inside your home through cracks or openings in the walls, windows, or doorways, often in search of a place to build webs and lay eggs. Sometimes, they'll come indoors on items such as boxes or firewood. Spider infestations can happen to anyone, no matter how clean or tidy their house is; a spider infestation is not a sign of poor housekeeping. A spider infestation may occur due to high humidity, lack of natural predators, or the presence of other insects that spiders feed on.

Solving beetle problems in Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Ventura County is not easy because of the wide variety of things that attract them. However, there are still a few things you can do: - Use peppermint oil sprays around your home's entry points to repel beetles. - Seal all cracks and holes in your home's exterior to block entry. - Ensure all door, and window screens are free from rips and tears. - Plant shrubs and bushes resistant to beetle infestations, like lilac and dogwood. If your attempts to make your home less attractive to beetles fail, don't forget you have the best in a beetle-busting business right at your fingertips. Contact The Termite Guy today!

Ant colonies divide their members into different groups, each tasked with a specific job. Worker ants make up the bulk of any ant colony and perform duties like caring for the young, maintaining the nest, and foraging for food. While out and about, if worker ants come across an open trash can, a bowl of pet food, or garden pests like aphids producing honeydew (a sticky sweet substance ants love), they will alert the rest of the colony by laying down a pheromone trail. Their ability to communicate with each other is why ant infestations tend to happen very quickly and why ant colonies are so successful.

While ants aren't the worst pests that can visit your property, their presence shouldn't be ignored. When ants are in our homes, they contaminate our food, spread bacteria over surfaces, and sometimes create unpleasant odors. While most ants are nuisance pests, some dangerous ants in California pose significant threats to people and properties. Harmful ants can spread disease-causing pathogens, deliver painful stings, or cause structural damage.

Ants are one of the easier-to-identify insects because of how frequently we encounter them and their distinct appearance. They have three body segments (head, thorax, and abdomen), six legs, and short, bent antennae. Most ants are black, brown, red, or yellow. Ants are small, social insects that play important roles in the ecosystem. They act as pollinators, help aerate the soil, recycle decaying debris, and provide food for other animals. Unfortunately, ants don't stay outside, away from us and our homes. They often nest in or near our yards and find their way into our homes, where they become unwanted and difficult-to-eliminate pests.