One or two ants by themselves are not to impressive but when you get tens of thousands of these super-strong little guys together and they can build some impressive structures. It is with that same persistence and cooperation that they work together around your home. Getting into anything unsealed and leaving no corner unchecked, a few thousand ants can quickly change your day.
Spiders
With summer at a close and colder winter months ahead, many insect families will be on the hunt for additional food sources and shelter. If you’re having an ant problems, spider problems or other pest infestation problem, we’ve compiled a few of the most effective ways to handle your insect problem in-house.
Termites
Fleas
They also carry many, many diseases with them. Everything from Tuberculosis, Mange, leptospirosis, RoundWorm, toxoplasmosis and more. The also carry with them Ticks, Lice, Fleas and mites. The diseases can be transmitted to our animals and small children through contact with their feces.
Cockroaches
Silverfish
Insect infestations are not only annoying, they’re bad for your health and the health of those around you! Insects like silverfish and crickets constantly scurry about on the ground, picking up bacteria and other unhealthy contaminants. Not only that, they’re unsightly!
Bees
In Santa Barbara County, not every pest you find is big, smelly and ready to bite or spray. Some come in much smaller shapes and sizes. Here at So-Cal Pest Control, we’re ready to help you tackle any insect infestation you may be struggling with and that includes but is not limited to ants, spiders, bees, wasps, and other creepy crawlies.
Wasps
Ticks
Opossums found in Santa Barbara County commonly have fleas, lice and ticks, but that’s just the start of it. They are also a very smelly animal that can cause some unpleasant odors around your home. They are also common carriers of all sorts of diseases. This can include diseases like Tuberculosis, Salmonella, Spotted and Yellow Fevers. Because they often live quietly among us, they may infect areas around our house that can cause disease to travel to our domesticated animals and even ourselves. Eating contaminated fruits, vegetables and herbs without a good washing can infect us.
Moles are insectivores, which means they are a type of carnivore with a diet that consists mostly of insects, earthworms and grubs. They travel 200-300 feet in a day and they commonly burrow just beneath the surface, leaving a raised ridge to mark their path.
Raccoons
Living in Santa Barbara County, we occasionally have problems with a few different live animals that come into our properties. We provide that live animal trapping service for you. Live animals, like skunks, opossum (possum) and Raccoons can be destructive and often carry disease. If you are a Santa Barbara County resident or are in a commercial area and are having trouble with live animals, review the pages below to learn more about how we can help you.
Snakes
They are territorial animals that protect their territory and their young. They can be aggressive to humans when they feel threatened. They can climb trees and get on top of our homes. They are mainly carnivores, but they will eat just about anything, including rodents, insects, snakes, our trash, fruits, vegetables and much more.
Wildlife
Opossums
So-Cal Pest Control, here in Santa Barbara County, provides the safe live animal trapping of the Opossums in and around your home or business. Because Opossum are nocturnal, we can set our live traps during the day, capture them at night, and remove them during the day. We capture them using special live traps that don’t harm the animal. We then safely remove the animals from your property away from human habitats.
The Opossum is commonly called the Possum. However, it’s proper name is Opossum, and can be pronounced either uh-possum or just possum. The Opossum is the only living Marsupial found in North America naturally. The adult Opossum’s body found in and around Southern California measure around about 20 inches long and their tail adds another 10-20 inches more. They look similar to a very large rat with a long skinny tail. They are typically furry animals with white or beige fur and usually a white face. Their eyes are typically pink and cannot see well during the daylight. They are nocturnal, nighttime, creatures. The Opossum can eat just about anything, and that means they can live among humans quite well. They are typically nocturnal scavengers that eat our trash, dog and cat food, rodents, dead carcasses of dead animals, insects, our fruits and vegetables, and anything else they can find.
Mice
We solve your rat and mouse problem through our years of experience in rat and mice control AND knowledge of building architecture. We really solve your rodent problems better than most pest control companies around.
Rats
Squirrels
One proven method of squirrel removal is setting animal traps on your property. This is a very humane way to trap nuisance squirrels! This method can reap big rewards by allowing the squirrels to become accustomed to the presence of the trapping device days ahead of when we set the trap to operate. What once was a pretty nice squirrel hangout becomes their permanent home.
Voles
Gophers
Gophers are herbivores so they eat plants. If your plants are damaged or disappearing, a possible cause is you have a gopher. Gophers can make tunnels up to 200 yards in a year and move more than 2 tons of soil.