What You Need To Know About Pests In Rocklin, CA
We have put together an informational pest guide to help you learn about the pests that call Rocklin home. Understanding more about our region's insects, spiders, and rodents is critical to maintaining a pest-free property. The more you know about a pest behaviors, habitats, and feeding habits, the easier it is to keep them away from your property and implement pest control services in Rocklin.
Bed Bugs
Bed bugs are among the most unwanted pests for homeowners to discover inside their Rocklin homes. These insects have specialized mouthparts that they use to bite through the skin of their hosts and feed on our blood as we sleep. The reason bed bugs so commonly invade our homes is that humans are their preferred hosts.
Bed bugs may not be able to fly or jump, but they can move with ease from one structure to another by hitchhiking. Bed bugs crawl onto people, luggage, bags, boxes, or furniture and go wherever they are taken. Once inside our homes, bed bugs hide near their sleeping hosts – in the seams of mattresses, cracks of wooden furniture, electrical outlets, and behind wall hangings.
Use the following tips to stop bed bugs from taking over your Rocklin home.
- Routinely vacuum floors and upholstered furniture.
- Place bed bug-proof encasement over your family's mattresses.
- Inspect secondhand items for bed bugs before bringing the items into your home.
- Regularly wash bags, backpacks, and outwear used on a daily basis.
For local pest control for bed bugs, call Superior Pest and Rodent Management today.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are among the most unpleasant pests people can discover in their homes. Unfortunately, all our homes are at risk for a cockroach infestation. These pests can move inside homes from outdoor spaces while searching for food or a suitable habitat or by hitchhiking inside things like boxes, appliances, and furniture.
There are several types of cockroaches in our region that we need to guard our structures against: American, brown-banded, German, field, oriental, and Turkestan cockroaches. Cockroaches are prolific breeders and quickly take over spaces that offer them their necessities. Along with being difficult to control, their presence causes health risks. Cockroach infestations spread pathogens and parasites, trigger asthma attacks, and contaminate food.
The following tips will help you to reduce the chance of cockroaches invading your Rocklin home:
- Implement year-round professional pest control services.
- Maintain a clean and organized kitchen.
- Practice proper food storage.
- Seal imperfections in your home's exterior.
- Inspect anything you are bringing into your home for hiding cockroaches.
For home pest control options in Rocklin, call Superior Pest and Rodent Management today!
Rodents
There are more than 2,000 different species of rodents living worldwide. The one characteristic that unifies rodents is a pair of front incisors on their top and lower jaw that continuously grow throughout their life. In Rocklin, the rodents that regularly find their way to our properties include mice, roof rats, and Norwegian rats.
Rats and mice have discovered that where people live are places they can have their basic needs met. Food, water, and shelter are all readily available in and around our homes. Though rodents like to live with us, we can't say the same. A few reasons why rodents shouldn't share our properties include the following:
- Rodents spread bacteria, pathogens, and parasites.
- They produce allergens and foul odors.
- Rodents cause structural damage inside and outside our homes.
- They contaminate our food sources.
At the first sign of rodents on your property, contact a professional to remove them.
In addition to professional rodent control services, the following tips will help you to keep rodents away. Eliminate their easy access to food by keeping lids on trashcans, regularly harvesting gardens, and keeping outdoor eating and cooking areas free of food debris. Keep rodents out of your home by installing weather stripping and door sweeps, using caulk to repair cracks in the foundation, never propping open windows and doors, and keeping caps on chimneys.
Spiders
Spiders are a type of predatory arachnid, and like all arachnids, they have two body segments and eight legs. Spiders are primarily outdoor pests; they thrive outside because they are not affected by weather extremes. Spiders may not enter our homes to escape unsuitable weather, but they do enter our homes while following their prey (insects), out of curiosity, or to locate a dry place to lay their eggs.
The most notable spiders in our region are black widow spiders, cellar spiders, daddy long legs, and wolf spiders. Of those, the only spider of concern is the black widow spider – one of the few spiders capable of producing venom potent enough to harm people. In most cases, the presence of spiders on your property isn't a danger but it is an indicator of an overall pest problem you need to solve.
Our top spider prevention tips include:
- Seal gaps and holes around your home's windows, doors, and within its foundation.
- Cut bushes, shrubs, and trees back from your home's exterior.
- Put a year-round commercial pest control plan into place to reduce insect activity in and around your property, as these pests can attract hungry spiders.
Call Superior Pest and Rodent Management today to get rid of spiders and other pests from your property.
Stinging Insects
The types of stinging insects most likely to find their way to your property include:
- Honey bees
- Mud daubers
- Wasps
- Yellow Jackets
Stinging insects all have stingers extending from the hind end and are known for being eco-important. Predatory species hunt and control populations of nuisance insects and honey bees are essential pollinators.
Though stinging insects are helpful in nature when they choose our yards to call home, their dangers can outweigh their benefits. The more contact you have with stinging insects, the more likely a painful sting will occur. These insects typically sting to defend themselves and their nest from harm. The venom that stinging insects possess is potent enough to trigger allergic reactions in people that can range from mild to life-threatening.
Controlling stinging insects is difficult because they are outdoor pests and can fly into any yard that provides them with their basic needs. The best way to avoid issues with stinging insects is to partner with a local pest control professional. At Superior Pest and Rodent Management, our professionals will find and eliminate the stinging insects on your property. In the case of honey bees, we will remove them before they become a danger to you and your family.
Termites
Termites are wood-eating pests. Each year, their feeding habits cause more than five billion dollars in damage nationwide. Termites are social insects and live together in large colonies; they work as a team to maintain and defend their nest, forage for food, and care for their young. As termites search for food, they often enter our homes through small cracks in the foundation or inside already-infested pieces of wood.
When termites get into our houses, they are capable of causing significant and costly structural damage. In Rocklin, the subterranean and drywood termites are of most cause for concern. Subterranean termites nest under the ground and travel to their found food sources. They prefer to feed on wet or decaying wood. Drywood termites nest within the wood they are consuming and prefer to infest dry, sound pieces of wood.
In conjunction with professional pest control, use the following tips to keep termites out of your home.
- Use a silicone caulk to seal crack in your home's foundation.
- Remove fallen trees and tree stumps from your property.
- Remove wood debris from crawl spaces.
- Never store firewood near your home's exterior.
For more information about termite control, reach out to Superior Pest and Rodent Management.
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