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Pest Control in Hollywood, FL

On streets laid out in the 1920s, Precision Pest Control looks after Hollywood with pest control for historic downtown houses, Intracoastal waterfront homes, condominiums and shops along the Broadwalk. Our work centers on drywood and subterranean termites, cockroaches and mosquitoes, and we inspect homes and buildings ahead of a sale.

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What Precision Pest Control offers

Our Pest Control Services in Hollywood

Hollywood pest control starts with the age and setting of the building. We work with homeowners, condo associations and businesses from Hollywood Lakes to the beach. A free estimate is where it begins, our products are eco-friendly, and the plans are from $57.

Residential Pest Control in Hollywood, FL

Residential Pest Control

House service that starts with attic framing, window frames and built-in wood in older neighborhoods, then moves to palms, drains and dock boxes where roaches and mosquitoes settle near the water.

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Commercial Pest Control in Hollywood, FL

Commercial Pest Control

Plans for Hollywood Boulevard storefronts, restaurants and condominium properties, covering drains, trash areas and any landscaping that touches the walls.

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Termite and Pest Inspections in Hollywood, FL

Termite and Pest Inspections

Before a Hollywood sale, our termite and pest inspection covers original woodwork, rooflines and waterfront features, with plain notes on any finding that calls for a licensed fumigator.

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Get a Free Pest Control Estimate for Your Hollywood Property

Tell us what you are seeing and where. We will recommend a plan for your home or business, with service plans from $57.

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  1. 1Request your free estimateOnline or by phone, for a home, rental or business.
  2. 2We inspect and explainYou see where pests get in and what the plan covers.
  3. 3Service plans from $57Eco-friendly products, built around your property.

What we treat

Exterminator Services We Offer in Hollywood

Protecting Hollywood's 1920s Streets and Beach Blocks from Pests

West Indian drywood termites

Drywood Termite Control in Hollywood

Cryptotermes brevis lives entirely inside dry wood: rafters, window frames, doors, furniture. UF notes that drywood termites are more common in older urban areas with aged wooden structures, which describes the historic blocks along Hollywood Boulevard. The giveaway is a kick-out hole no wider than 2 millimeters with hard pellets on the sill below it. UF credits this single species with nearly all of Florida's structural fumigation work, so it pays to find a colony while it is small.

Formosan and Asian subterranean termites

Subterranean Termite Control in Hollywood

Hallandale, a fellow Broward city, was one of the first places in the continental United States where Formosan subterranean termites were recorded. The tropical Asian subterranean termite came later, and one early Florida case was a private boat from Virgin Gorda tied up in Hollywood. Both nest in soil, run mud tubes up foundations and pack hollowed wood with a paste called carton. Asian swarms come first, late in winter, and Formosan flights follow in spring.

Australian and American cockroaches

Cockroach Control in Hollywood

Ask what a palmetto bug is and the answer here is usually one of two species. The Australian cockroach is, by UF's account, the most common roach outdoors in southern Florida; it wears a pale yellow band on the outer edge of each wing and lives under bark and in woodpiles. The larger American cockroach favors sewers and drains and comes in through plumbing. Sealing gaps around doors, windows and pipes keeps both outside.

Yellow fever mosquitoes

Mosquito Control in Hollywood

Aedes aegypti still thrives in urban South Florida. It breeds in small containers close to people, such as flowerpots, spare tires and neglected pools, and the females are daytime biters. State health officials name it the main mosquito behind dengue, with the Asian tiger mosquito a second carrier; symptoms begin 3 to 14 days after an infected bite. Its eggs survive long dry spells and hatch when rain refills the container.

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Rugose spiraling whitefly in Hollywood

Turn over a coconut palm or gumbo limbo leaf and you may find white, waxy spirals. They belong to the rugose spiraling whitefly, a Central American insect that reached Miami-Dade County in 2009. UF lists Broward among the counties with the most damage. Feeding stresses the plant, and the sticky honeydew that drips below turns whatever it lands on black with sooty mold. Palms make up the largest share of recorded hosts, coconut above all.

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Pest control treatment in Hollywood, FL

Seasonal Pest Control in Hollywood

  1. Short dry winter

    Winters here are short, warm and dry, and the first termite flights of the year begin before they end: Asian subterranean termites swarm at dusk starting in February. It is also a good time to check sills and floors for drywood pellets.

  2. Spring termite flights, April to June

    Formosan subterranean termites fly after sunset in these months, and West Indian drywood termites send out winged adults during the same stretch. Swarmers head for light, so a lit porch or a bright front window collects them. Close the blinds at dusk and keep a few specimens for identification.

  3. Long rainy summer

    Summers are long, hot, humid and rainy. Any container that holds water for a few days can raise yellow fever mosquitoes, so Broward County Mosquito Control advises tipping out pots, toys and buckets and flushing bromeliads weekly. Heavy rain also sends American cockroaches up from the sewers and into buildings.

Not sure what you are dealing with in Hollywood?

Describe it on the phone and we will tell you what it likely is and how we would treat it. Estimates are free.

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7 questions answered

Hollywood Pest Control FAQ

Looking for pest control near you in Hollywood? Call (512) 561-7451 or request a free estimate.

What do drywood termite droppings look like in Hollywood homes?

They are tiny hard pellets, six-sided when viewed on end, in shades from cream to red to black. They gather in small piles beneath pinhole openings in wood, or scatter when the hole is high on a wall. Sweep the pellets up and watch the spot; if fresh ones appear, the wood needs an inspection.

Does Hollywood, FL have the mosquito that carries dengue?

Yes. Two dengue carriers live in Florida, according to the state health department: Aedes aegypti, the primary one, and Aedes albopictus. It reports several cases each year in Floridians who traveled to places where the disease circulates. Emptying containers and wearing an EPA-registered repellent are the standard precautions.

What are the tiny biting bugs on Hollywood Beach at dusk?

Those are biting midges, usually called no-see-ums. UF describes coastal species that develop in marshes, swamps and mangroves, and most bite around dusk, through the night or in the morning. At 1 to 2 millimeters they pass straight through regular window screen. The county mosquito program does not treat for them, so repellent and finer screening are the usual answers.

What is the price of a Hollywood, FL pest plan?

A 1920s house near Young Circle, a condo near the Broadwalk and a shop on Hollywood Boulevard each need something different, so the final figure depends on the building and the pest. Hollywood plans run from $57, after an estimate that costs nothing. Phone (512) 561-7451 about your block or write on the website.

Do you inspect for termites when a Hollywood home is bought or sold?

Yes. Our inspection is built for sales, and it suits a city with a wide spread of building ages. We check attics, window frames and built-in woodwork for drywood pellets and kick-out holes, note mud tubes at the foundation, and tell you plainly if a finding needs a licensed fumigator.

Can you look after Hollywood condos and commercial buildings?

Yes. Along with house service, we offer commercial and condominium plans. Near the beach and the Intracoastal we look at what touches the building, such as palms and hedges against walls, drains, dock boxes and anything holding rainwater, and we use eco-friendly products. Ask for an estimate on our website.

Are your treatments suitable near the Intracoastal in Hollywood?

We use eco-friendly products and apply them where pests nest and travel, not across entire grounds. On waterfront lots that means checking seawalls, docks, landscaping and rooflines first, then treating only what the findings call for. We will explain the plan before anything is applied.

Hollywood, Florida

Why Hollywood Is a Hotspot for Pests

Hollywood was laid out in the 1920s as Hollywood by the Sea, and its Broadwalk still follows the Atlantic for nearly 2.5 miles. Old wood, palms and year-round warmth give termites, roaches, whiteflies and mosquitoes plenty to work with.

Hollywood counted 153,067 residents in the 2020 census, third among Broward County's cities. Joseph Wesley Young platted it in 1921 as Hollywood by the Sea, the city was incorporated in 1925, and the 1926 Miami hurricane wrecked much of it a year later. Young's plan included two yacht basins dredged and tied into the Intracoastal Waterway, and about 3.5 of the city's 30.8 square miles are water.

That history left a wide spread of building ages. The historic business district on Hollywood Boulevard holds 34 historic buildings between 21st Avenue and Young Circle, and by 1960 the city already had 12,170 single-family homes. Aged wood suits drywood termites, and the docks carry their own risk: University of Florida researchers traced one Asian subterranean termite infestation to a private boat docked here.

Homes in Hollywood, FL

Local field notes

What our technicians check first on a Hollywood property

Unique to Hollywood

What Makes Hollywood Different for Pest Control

From Young Circle to the Broadwalk: where we look first

Local conditions decide where pests live and how they get in. These are the Hollywood details that shape every plan we write here.

  1. Downtown and in the older neighborhoods, the attic, window frames and built-in woodwork get the longest look, because that is where drywood colonies hide. UF points out that a visual search alone can miss them inside walls, so we note every pellet pile and patch of blistered paint and tell you plainly when a finding calls for a licensed fumigator.

  2. Near the beach and along the Intracoastal, the outside of the building matters more: palms and hedges that touch walls, drains, dock boxes and anything that holds rainwater. We treat with eco-friendly products and work on houses, condominiums, shops and real estate inspections alike.

Areas We Serve Around Hollywood

  • Hollywood Beach
  • Hollywood Lakes
  • Hollywood Hills
  • Downtown Hollywood
  • North Beach
  • Driftwood
  • Boulevard Heights
  • Beverly Park
  • Liberia
  • Highland Gardens
  • Park East
  • Washington Park

Hollywood homeowners: start with a free estimate

Tell us about the building through our website, set the day there, or phone Precision Pest Control on (512) 561-7451; the estimate is free and plans start from $57.

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