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We get asked a lot about “all-natural treatment options,” for mosquito control, and some of our competitors advertise these all-natural treatment options. At Pestecs we stay on top of best-practice and our goal is to truly minimize the use of harmful chemicals, but we are also skeptical of “all-natural” claims, and we firmly believe in being 100% transparent with what we are doing.

Help! My kitchen is being overrun. A guide for Restaurants and Residences.

When it comes to fighting bugs or rodents in your kitchen you have to try to think like the pest you are trying to eliminate.  All pests ultimately have the same needs: Food and Shelter.  So, for instance, when you are fighting cockroaches or…

Woodchucks – Don’t Wait to Take Care of Them. Here’s Why…

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Spring means woodchucks are waking up from their Winter sleep and getting busy. A few things you should know about Woodchucks, and when to do something about them.  Woodchucks breed from mid-March through April The gestation period is about 32 days A litter of…

10 Tips for Tick Control This Spring

Ten Tips for Effective Tick Control this Spring:

1. Avoid the areas of your yard most likely to be hosting ticks. Ticks don’t fare well in sunny well-manicured areas of your landscape, but they survive nicely where there is shade cover and taller vegetation particularly if there is leaf clutter or other plant debris on the ground.

Mosquito Facts and Figures

Mosquitoes are a nuisance, and arguably the most annoying of all the pests we encounter at certain times of the year. Some of our competitors would have you believe that the only good mosquito is a dead mosquito, but that’s simply not true. It’s important to remember that the relationship between pest exposure and pesticide exposure is inverse; the more we reduce your exposure to pests by treating for mosquitoes, the more we increase the amount of pesticides you and the environment will be exposed to.

At PesTecs, we take a more scientific approach to a very old problem with the hope that we can minimize pesticide use while achieving acceptable levels of pest reduction. By making use of available data we can target treatment for when we will have the greatest impact on nuisance mosquito species, and ensure that we are treating areas most likely to be inhabited by the pests we are trying to manage.

Who is treating my home and yard? CT Pesticide Applicator Laws

At PesTecs, your specific situation is more than just your address and payment method. That’s why before making any chemical treatment to your home or yard, we insist that PesTecs supervisor meet with you to discuss the context and review the recommended treatment plan and provide you with other available options.

Pyrethoids and the Chrysanthemum Myth

We get asked a lot about “all-natural treatment options,” for mosquito control, and some of our competitors advertise these all-natural treatment options. At Pestecs we stay on top of best-practice and our goal is to truly minimize the use of harmful chemicals, but we are also skeptical of “all-natural” claims, and we firmly believe in being 100% transparent with what we are doing.

Bee Careful

PesTecs is very concerned with declining bee populations, and we have designed our workday around minimizing the negative effects of pesticides on bees.

The PesTecs workday for outdoor broadcast pesticide applications begins in the early evening and goes until the work is done. Our later work day is safer for bees at the time of treatment, and is more effective on mosquitoes which means we can achieve the same results with fewer applications.

About PesTecs

Like a lot of things in life, pest management takes planning and effort. There are a lot of companies out there who just want your name, address, and payment method in order to provide you “service”, but you have to be careful and make sure they are not just selling pesticide treatments. PesTecs is not one of those companies. We believe that before using restricted use chemicals around your home and yard, it’s worth taking a bit of time to game-plan the situation.

PesTecs is as committed to solving your pest problem as we are committed to protecting you, your family, and the environment from pesticides.

Nuisance Wildlife

PesTecs has certified Nuisance Wildlife Control Officers on staff. We are committed to treating animals (even nuisance animals) with respect and in the most humane way possible. We are here to assist you with eliminating nuisance wildlife and advising you on what you can…