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Precision Pest Control treats Los Angeles houses, apartment buildings and commercial space, and provides termite and pest inspections for the city's many sales. The city runs from the basin through the hills and the San Fernando Valley to the Pacific, and plans center on Argentine ants, drywood termites, roof rats, bed bugs and mosquitoes.
What Precision Pest Control offers
Los Angeles asks for service that suits the block, not just the city. Precision Pest Control looks after single-family homes, apartment buildings and businesses from Echo Park to Canoga Park and San Pedro. Pricing starts at $57 a plan after a no-charge estimate, and the materials we choose are eco-friendly.
Service for hillside houses, bungalows and valley tract homes: ants trailing in from garden beds, termites in dry framing, rats in attics and trees, and bed bugs and mosquitoes where people live close together.
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Programs for Los Angeles restaurants, shops, offices, studios and multi-unit properties, with checks on kitchens, drains, storerooms and exterior walls where ants, roaches and rodents get in.
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Across this huge market, our termite and pest inspection hands buyers, sellers and agents written findings on wood, entry points and activity, so repairs can be settled before escrow closes.
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Tell us what you are seeing and where. We will recommend a plan for your home or business, with service plans from $57.
What we treat
Ants, Drywood Termites and Roof Rats Across Los Angeles Hills, Valley and Basin
Argentine ants
UC IPM describes Argentine ants as shallow nesters that connect into one supercolony with many queens, and they tend honeydew-producing insects like aphids and soft scales on garden plants. Sweet baits attract them year-round. Perimeter sprays kill foragers but not the colony, so UC recommends baits placed near trails and nest openings, plus caulking cracks and trimming branches that touch the house.
Drywood termites
UC IPM says drywood termites are most prevalent in southern California, including the desert areas. They infest dry, sound wood such as framing, fences, decks and furniture without any contact with soil. Six-sided fecal pellets are often the first sign. UC says careful inspection is needed to find colonies and contain damage, and it recommends a licensed professional.
Roof rats
Roof rats nest above ground in shrubs, trees and dense vegetation and then move into attics, wall voids and cabinets, UC IPM reports. A female averages 3 to 5 litters with up to 8 young each. They eat citrus and avocados still on the tree, leaving hollowed rinds, and they commonly use utility lines and fence tops as runways. Use galvanized wire mesh on vents, not chicken wire.
Bed bugs
UC IPM says about 85 percent of bed bugs are found in or near the bed, and the rest hide in upholstered furniture, cabinets and carpets. Hotels, furnished apartments and dormitories are most at risk, and second-hand mattresses are a known source. Only finding bugs or their fecal spots, egg cases or shed skins confirms an infestation, since bites alone do not. Heat treatment reaches at least 140 degrees for two hours.
Mosquitoes in yards and containers
UC IPM says Culex mosquitoes are the most important West Nile vectors in the United States, and that Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus invaded California in 2011 and 2013. Aedes breed in tiny amounts of water, their eggs survive drying for months, and many populations resist common insecticides. UC advises emptying containers, changing bird bath water weekly, cleaning gutters yearly and maintaining pools.
Spotted something?
UC IPM notes that ants come indoors to escape flooded conditions, and rain can also prompt subterranean termite swarms on warm, sunny days. After a storm, check door thresholds and kitchen corners for ant trails, and look for discarded wings on windowsills.
Argentine ants also seek refuge from hot, dry weather, so a long dry stretch brings them toward sinks, pet bowls and irrigated planting beds. Fix leaky faucets and sprinkler heads, which UC says attract thirsty ants, and keep mulch at least a foot from the foundation.
Culex mosquitoes seek hosts in the early morning and evening. Day-biting Aedes use tiny water sources such as plant saucers and buckets. The Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District has urged residents to protect themselves from bites when West Nile virus activity remains high.
UC IPM advises checking hotel beds behind headboards and in mattress seams, keeping luggage out of the bedroom and washing clothes on the hottest setting the fabric allows. Doing so after trips helps stop bed bugs from following you into a Los Angeles apartment.
Describe it on the phone and we will tell you what it likely is and how we would treat it. Estimates are free.
8 questions answered
Looking for pest control near you in Los Angeles? Call (512) 561-7451 or request a free estimate.
UC IPM says the Formosan subterranean termite is established in California but, so far, restricted to a small area near San Diego. In Los Angeles the termites homeowners are most likely to meet are drywood termites, which UC calls most prevalent in southern California. An inspection can tell you which type is in your wood.
Look for small six-sided pellets collecting on sills, shelves or the ground below infested wood. UC IPM says they are often the first sign. Colonies live in dry, sound wood, including framing, decks and fences. Because damage hides inside the wood, a careful inspection by a licensed professional is the surest way to know.
Argentine ants come in for sweets and water. UC IPM lists scorching dry spells and flooded ground among the reasons they enter buildings. Colonies join into huge supercolonies, so killing visible workers rarely ends it. Baits near trails work better, along with fixing leaks and cleaning up food.
Roof rats are a general California pest, and UC IPM says they thrive in shrubs, trees, ivy and attics. Landscaped hillsides and older gardens can offer all of that. Scratching overhead, droppings by pet food and hollowed fruit on trees are the usual signs. Sealing every hole over a quarter inch is the main fix.
Los Angeles plans begin at $57. Property size and the pest involved move the price, so we start with a free estimate rather than a flat number. Use the online estimate form and then pick a time, or reach us by phone at (512) 561-7451.
Yes. Apartment buildings, restaurants, offices, shops and other commercial spaces are all part of our service. UC IPM notes multi-unit housing is most exposed to bed bugs, and kitchens and drains invite roaches and ants. Begin with a free estimate, which you can request online.
Yes, we offer bed bug treatment. UC IPM says heat of at least 140 degrees for two hours, or 130 degrees for three, kills bed bugs, and it advises encasing mattresses and inspecting second-hand furniture. Confirm the bugs first, since bites alone are not proof. Request a free estimate to get started.
Many buyers choose one, particularly for older wood-framed homes. We examine framing, trim, crawl spaces and the attic hatch for termites and other pests, then record the results in writing. Everyone in the sale then works from a shared document. Estimates for inspections are free.
Los Angeles is a city of roughly 500 square miles, and a pest problem in Hollywood, Boyle Heights or San Pedro does not look like one in the next. Terrain, building age and distance from the water decide what shows up.
The 2020 census put Los Angeles, the county seat, at 3,898,747 residents. It covers about 500 square miles, from the Pacific shoreline to Mount Lukens, which tops out at about 5,075 feet. The Santa Monica Mountains divide the Los Angeles Basin from the San Fernando Valley, and the Los Angeles River crosses the city in 51 miles of concrete channel.
That range of landforms makes the city a patchwork for pests. Mount Washington climbs above the river, Boyle Heights and Crenshaw lie on the flat basin, and Playa del Rey and San Pedro sit by the water. After World War II the city also sprawled northwest into the San Fernando Valley, so a single address can mean a hillside lot, a flat city block or a valley yard.
Local field notes
What our technicians check first on a Los Angeles property
Unique to Los Angeles
Local conditions decide where pests live and how they get in. These are the Los Angeles details that shape every plan we write here.
Drywood termites nest in the sound, dry wood and need no contact with soil, so a Los Angeles home with an attic, eaves, fences and a deck can host a colony with no soil contact. Inspect fascia and trim for tiny pellets, and have a licensed professional look at anything suspicious rather than guessing from the outside.
Gardens create a second problem. Plants with aphids or scale feed Argentine ants, and thick ivy or dense shrubs shelter roof rats. Thin out climbing plants, prune limbs back from the roof, pick up fallen fruit and keep woody debris off the ground. In apartment buildings, tell management quickly about bed bug signs, since tenants have rights.
Ask for your free estimate online or at (512) 561-7451, and we will build a plan from $57 around your property.
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