Get Rid of Stink Bugs
August 23, 2010If you are looking for ways to get rid of stink bugs, you have come to the right place.
Stink bugs emerge in the spring after “over-wintering”, then will attempt to stay warm by sunbathing on the side of homes and businesses. They may enter the structure, get confused and emerge on the inside of the dwelling. At this point, they are interested in staying the walls, they are simply just trying to stay warm. You may see them around windows, air conditioners, or you may even see stink bugs emerging from the fireplace. In any event, it may be freaky to see them in house or your place of business. They may be easily controlled with a micro-encapsulated insecticide, if treated at the right time, or treated consistently. For instance, our company treats homes and businesses quarterly for stink bugs. This prevents them from entering in the first place, or keeps them “dying at the door”, so to say.
Over the summertime, most people do not see stink bugs because they are content living outside and the warmth of summer is something that allows them to stay outside. But, in the northeast, stink bugs prepare to “over-winter” when it starts to get cooler at night. Then, stink bugs begin to look for places around structures like homes and businesses that are emitting or “leaking” heat. This could something as simple as your eaves, louvers, windows, doors. Or it could be the chimney or wall-mounted air conditioners. In any event, their goal is to spend the winter in your walls. The problem is, if they successfully get in, it is difficult to get them out before next spring. Worse yet, stink bugs feel the heat from the inside of your home, then begin to press in trying to get to the heat source. As it gets colder outside, the stinkers try harder to get in. This is where it gets bad.
If you begin to see the stink bugs in the middle of the winter, you have waited too long to treat them from the outside. However, using an insecticide dust, or powder such as Delta Dust, you may control them by keeping them dying before they emerge from the wall voids. But all this can be prevented by treating the perimeter of the home in the early fall. In the video below Dominion Pest Control owner, Gregory Pettis was filmed by a local newspaper, displaying not only places to look for stink bugs, but a treatment using the micro-encapsulated product, Demand CS. This insecticide has a microscopic bubble around the active ingredient, making it stable outside (and inside) for months, thus preventing stink bugs from entering.
As you can see from the video, stink bugs were emerging from the air conditioner. A perimeter treatment could have stopped them before they got in, but in this case they were able to be controlled due to Gregory’s experience in finding and treating areas where stink bugs overwinter. In the next video below, veteran pest control technician Christopher Komarow has to figure out how to get rid of stink bugs in a home where the bugs where coming down the chimney and emerging into the living room. It is not easy to do, but you can take care of this situation by treating around the fireplace and the perimeter of the home before the stink bugs arrive.
As you can see in this stink bug video, Christopher does a good job treating the problem as the homeowner explains that he had the same problem last year. The key here is to treat the exterior quarterly.
Bed Bug Preemptive Strike Program for Lancaster PA
August 17, 2010WGAL Breaks Story on Domininon’s “Bed Bug Preemptive Strike” Program
In a rare appearance with one of Lancaster City’s bed bug officials, WGAL uncovers the city’s bed bug problem and highlights Dominion’s new offensive against the suckers with the bed bug pre-treatment. You don’t have to lose sleep anymore, as revealed in this breaking story “Bed bugs the ‘worst they’ve ever been’ in the Susquehanna Valley”. Click below to watch this segment that aired for one solid week on WGAL:
If you have bed bugs in Lancaster or York PA, please check out our informational interview with Lancaster’s bed bug expert, Christopher Komarow. In this video, you will learn who bed bugs in Lancaster and York PA feed on, and how to get rid of the bed bugs.
Dominion Pest Control brings over 70 years of local pest control experience to your home or business in Lancaster PA. To schedule your bed bug treatment, call us now: 717-393-7879!
Flying Termites Hotline!
April 6, 2010If you are seeing flying termites, or “swarmers” in Lancaster PA or York PA, please call our Termite Hotline: 717-393-7875 for fast service. We have dedicated this line to flying termites due to the volume of calls that we are receiving. If you are not sure if you have termites, please put some of the insects in a bag and call the hotline so we may inspect them to determine if you have termites in Lancaster or York PA. Swarming termites will fly with the intent to try and start a new colony in your home. Dominion Pest Control uses products that work like a “virus” and kill the entire colony. Now that’s taking control! To view a video of Dominion Pest Control performing a termite treatment in PA, click on Operation Termite Elimination. Dominion Pest Control is an Accredited BBB Business, members since 2006. You may click on logo above to view our BBB Status.
Jan Strausbaugh Joins Dominion!
November 11, 2009Dominion Pest Control welcomes Jan Strausbaugh!
We are excited to announce that one of area’s best pest control technicians has joined up with the friendliest local pest control company servicing Lancaster and York counties! Jan brings almost two-decades of experience to the Dominion team, and has already begun servicing the company’s clients. To have Jan as your service technician, call 717-393-7879 today and make sure to request her!
Solitary Wasps
August 28, 2009If you are seeing wasp-like insects hovering over a lawn area, they may be Solitary Wasps. These wasps are hunters, looking for insect prey. There are different species of Solitary Wasps, but all of them are hunting other insects. Some are looking for spiders, grasshoppers and crickets. Still others, will hunt ants, flies, bees, butterflies and moths. Most Solitary Wasps are not harmful to people, and will in fact, fly away to avoid human contact when approached.
When a Solitary Wasp catches it’s prey, it paralyzes it, and carries it back to its nest, which many species will have in ground burrows. After carrying them into their nest, they lay eggs on them. The prey will live until the larvae emerge to eat the prey. Most species never see their parents, since they move on after giving their offspring all they will need to survive.
Pest Control for Spiders
August 12, 2009There are dozens of spider species found in Pennsylvania, and eventually a few wind up in the home. At Dominion Pest Control we can help you prevent all kinds of pests from entering or invading your home or business, including spiders.
When it comes to pest control products for spiders, we use micro-encapsulated products such as Demand CS. It has a long-lasting residual and works great. To purchase Demand CS or to treat your home or office, give us a call today!
How Do I Kill Roaches?
April 25, 2009Q. How do I kill Roaches?
A. If you live in Lancaster or York PA, you will usually see one of about four species of roaches. We normally deal with American cockroaches, German Roaches, Brown Banded Roaches, and Oriental Roaches. Sometimes, we will even see a Wood Roach (Pennsylvania Wood Roach). To control them, it is important to use IGR’s. This stands for Insect Growth Regulator. By prohibitting roaches from multiplying, we use IGR’s, and stop the next generation. It is very difficult to stop them without using growth regulators. If you live in York or Lancaster PA, and need roach control, give us a call.
How do I kill Cicada Killers?
April 25, 2009Q. How do I kill Cicada Killers?
A. You can try to tackle these guys yourself, but be careful. We use a dust or powder if you prefer, that goes down into their burrows and catches them going in and out. They will set up shop in your lawn, and seem to prefer the sides of a hill the most. In the late summer in York and Lancaster PA, they will emerge and hunt Cicadas, or locusts as we commonly call them here.
Why Do I Have Stink Bugs?
April 25, 2009Q. Why do I have stink bugs?
A. If you are seeing Stink Bugs, it is probably because there is a fruit tree or tomatoe plants nearby. That is what they live on. But more specifically, they are landing on your house so that they can sunbathe. They need the warmth in the worst way, and will do anything they can to get it. We have now been seeing Stink Bugs congregating around the back of big screen televisions just to get warm! If you feel that you need a treatment for Stink Bugs and you live in York or Lancaster PA, give us a call.
If you live in Lancaster or York PA and would like Dominion to treat your Stink Bug infestation, call us now: 717-393-7879.
Does Dominion Provide Pest Control in York PA?
April 22, 2009
Q. Does Dominion Provide Pest Control in York PA?
A. Dominion Pest Control services all of York County PA with pest control and exterminating. Some of the towns we service regularly in York PA include Dover, Manchester, Spring Grove, York City, Etters, Felton, Delta, York Haven, Mount Wolf, Wrightsville, Hellam, Dallastown, Red Lion and many more. Call our toll free number 1-800-490-6979 to arrange your extermination in York PA.