Pest Control
Liberty Exterminating recommends pest control service at 60 day intervals for most single-family residences. Each season brings on a different pest problem. Our experienced technicians know what pests are most prevalent at what time of year and treat accordingly.
What Are Pests?
In Kansas, one of the biggest problems we face is spiders, especially the brown recluse. We also encounter ants, crickets, silverfish and roaches. Liberty Exterminating can also offer fly control and flea & tick service. Some pests will require more frequent service than others.
Common Seasonal Pests in Kansas
SPRING
CLOVER MITES: In springtime homeowners may start seeing pests like clover mites that feed on new emergent grass outside. Typically fiscue lawns. They may be seen in big numbers on the outside of the home mainly on the south and east to warm themselves on a cool sunny morning. On the inside they're attracted to the light.
ANTS: Ants are a major pest problem. Their activity usually starts with early spring warm-up. Ant control is difficult by way of the small cracks they enter the house. They are active and looking for food in our area of the house and is found a lot trailing on the kitchen counter. It is important to have them treated as they enjoy a lot of the foods we do and can breed and become a real nuisance.
TERMITES: Spring is the typical time termites make their new nuptial breeding fly, also known as a swarm. This usually occurs on a day of 70° to 80° temperatures and a high humidity.
SUMMER
Summer usually brings on the peak activity of insects. Large spider population can be found feeding on the other insects. This is also the time of the brown recluse spider seems to make his presence known. The brown recluse spider bite can be very painful. Another spring to summer insect is the silverfish.
FALL
With cooling temperatures of fall most insects as well as mice and rats are looking for a home for winter. Crickets are also fall invaders.
WINTER
Winter this is the time pests that came in during the fall are hibernating in your home. Wall voids, crawlspaces, attic, furnace room, basement and garage targeting treatments to these known areas can significantly reduce upcoming spring pests.
Rodents - Mice, Rats, Moles
Rats and mice are the most common rodents, and also the most dangerous ones as far as disease carrying capacity is concerned. They live in sewers, drains, garbage dumps, and other places where the conditions are moist, and there is always a ready supply of rooting food. They are also the most unsanitary of pests -- they urinate constantly, and leave their droppings spread out all over the place. A rodent infested home is almost always susceptible to all the diseases that these rats bring with them from the sewers. If you've noticed a rat in your house, rest assured that there won't be just one of them for much longer -- rats multiply at an alarming rate. Call (316) 838-5667 today to get rid of your rodent problem!
Rats are responsible for a number of diseases like rat bite fever which is a sort of bacterial infection that has severe side effects. Leptospirosis is a more severe rat borne disease that causes jaundice and liver problems. Besides their detrimental health effects, rats can also cause houses to burn down! They chew away at electrical wires, and can cause electrical short circuiting. Besides, they gnaw and chew at just about anything that comes their way -- bags, clothes, shoes. If they get access to the interiors of your kitchen cabinets or pantry closets through holes that they bore into the ground, they destroy foodstuffs and other stored items. If you notice signs of a rodent infestation in your house, call Liberty Exterminating today!
