Arrow Exterminators Blog

Pest-Proof Your Pantry in Time for the Holidays

The holiday season is a wonderful time full of feasts and celebrations with friends and family. Unfortunately, this time of year, there are some common intruders looking to crash the party and enjoy their own feast in your pantry. Pests like Indian meal moths, merchant grain beetles, ants and mice can quickly infest all the dry goods in your kitchen so we have put together some great tips on what to look out for and ways to keep your pantry pest-free. Before you stock up for the holidays, we always recommend a thorough cleaning and a complete inventory of your pantry. Closely inspect all your dry goods including flour, sugar, corn meal, cocoa, pastas and cereals for pests a...Read More »

Keep Furry Pests Outdoors This Fall

They say, there is no place like home, but to furry pests in our area, there is no place like your home. Just as we enjoy the cozy indoors during the fall and winter months, so do local wildlife like roof rats, squirrels, raccoons and even bats. It's important to know the telltale signs of a potential infestation and steps you can take to keep these critters outside where they belong. Wildlife can cause significant damage once inside and can also carry and transmit diseases. Unusual noises in your attic or droppings found in the pantry, along the baseboards or in the attic could indicate that unwanted guests may have moved in for the winter ahead. The most common furry intrude...Read More »

Don’t Let Unwanted Pests Ruin Your Tailgate Party

Football season is in full swing and for fans across the country that means weekends are centered around tailgating with family and friends before the game. The early fall is a great time to enjoy the outdoors, but those yummy snacks and the delicious grilled fare leave pests like wasps, mosquitoes, flies and ants looking to crash your party. To keep pests from ruining your tailgate fun this football season, we recommend the following tips to keep your tailgate pest-free. • Wasps and yellow jackets are still active this time of year and attracted to sweets, so be sure to keep desserts in sealed containers and serve sugary drinks in covered pitchers. • Mosquito season i...Read More »

Send Unwanted Pests Packing This Summer

The official start to summer is right around the corner, which means our customers and employees alike will soon be heading to their favorite summer destinations. While many of us take precautions to ensure our homes are well lit, locked and protected from intruders, we should be equally concerned about those intruders who could make their way inside on four, six or eight legs and cause significant damage in the process. To help homeowners avoid a variety of pest problems while away from home and send those unexpected "pesty" houseguests packing this vacation season, we have put together the following pest prevention to-do list. • Remove or drain sources of standing water...Read More »