Pest control plans from $57. Licensed, insured and eco-friendly.
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Victorian houses along East Fort King Street, new subdivisions and horse farms near Silver Springs each need a different plan, and Precision Pest Control writes one for every Ocala address. We cover homes, barns and businesses, and a sale triggers our termite and pest inspection. Mole crickets, stable flies, mosquitoes, ticks, fire ants, palmetto bugs and Formosan termites drive most of the work across Marion County pasture country.
What Precision Pest Control offers
Pest control in Ocala covers more than a typical suburb, with historic streets, new subdivisions and working horse farms in one county. Our crews work homes, barns and businesses across all three. Plans open at $57, the free estimate comes first, and each job uses eco-friendly products.
Houses in the historic district get termite and moisture checks. Subdivision and farm homes get lawn, fly, tick and fire ant work, with products chosen for pets and livestock.
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Plans for Ocala shops, offices, warehouses and equestrian businesses, covering feed storage, trash areas and the pasture edge where stable flies, rodents and ticks start.
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Before an Ocala sale, we inspect for termites and pests everywhere from East Fort King Street Victorians to acreage with barns, giving buyers and sellers the same findings.
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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
Pest Help for Ocala Homes in Florida's Horse Country
Formosan and native subterranean termites
Being inland does not spare Ocala. UF's termite map includes Formosan subterranean termite collections here starting in 2003, six of them in 2025 alone, and UF says the species occurs mainly in urban areas across the state. All three native Reticulitermes species have been collected locally as well. Watch for soil shelter tubes climbing foundation walls and for winged termites emerging indoors.
Red imported fire ants
Two fire ant species occur in Florida, and the red imported fire ant is the notorious one. UF notes it favors well-kept lawns but also nests around stumps, under pavement and inside electrical equipment, where it can cause short circuits. Workers forage more than 100 feet from the mound, and the effects of a sting can last up to 10 days.
Mole crickets
UF reports that bahiagrass and bermudagrass are especially injured by mole crickets whether the grass is a lawn or a forage pasture, which makes them a shared problem for Ocala yards and farms. Eggs are laid in April and May, and nymphs are present through August. UF introduced a parasitic wasp in 1981 and a nematode in 1985 to help suppress them.
Stable flies and mosquitoes
The stable fly looks like a house fly, but both sexes feed on blood. UF says it breeds in hay residues, soiled animal bedding and spilled feed and can travel up to two miles in search of a blood meal. Mosquitoes add a separate risk in horse country: Eastern equine encephalitis, which the Florida Department of Health calls rare but serious.
Florida woods cockroaches and other palmetto bugs
The Florida woods cockroach is native, wingless, slow and about an inch and a half long, and it can aim a foul-smelling defensive spray as far as a meter. UF finds it in storage sheds, greenhouses, pump enclosures and firewood far more often than breeding indoors. The American and smokybrown cockroaches, the other large species called palmetto bugs, come in from sewers, mulch and tree holes.
Ticks
The Gulf Coast tick lives in grass prairies and is found throughout Florida; in the northern part of the state UF records it active from February to September. The American dog tick, which the Department of Health names as Florida's main carrier of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, waits along trails and road edges. Check dogs, horses and yourself after time in tall grass.
Spotted something?
Ocala's record low is 11 degrees, and the Great Freeze of 1894 to 1895 ended its years as a citrus center, but most winters are mild. Eastern subterranean termites fly on warm afternoons from January, and UF notes that roof rats consume and destroy stored animal and human food.
Mole crickets mature and lay eggs in April and May, Formosan termites begin evening swarms in April, and Gulf Coast ticks are already active. Lovebugs drift over the roads through a four-week flight that spans April and May. Yellowjacket queens start new colonies, usually underground.
Summers are hot and humid, and Ocala averages 51.6 inches of rain a year. Mosquitoes breed in buckets, tarps and anything else that holds water, and the Department of Health reports that most Eastern equine encephalitis activity falls between May and August. Mole cricket nymphs keep feeding through August.
Describe it on the phone and we will tell you what it likely is and how we would treat it. Estimates are free.
7 questions answered
Looking for pest control near you in Ocala? Call (512) 561-7451 or request a free estimate.
Yes. The University of Florida has logged Formosan subterranean termites in Ocala since 2003, and new finds were added in both 2025 and 2026. They swarm on warm evenings from April through June and gather at lights. Native subterranean termites are present too, and UF advises that any suspected structural infestation be inspected by a licensed professional.
Yes, that risk exists anywhere in Florida. The state Department of Health says Eastern equine encephalitis is spread to horses and people by infected mosquitoes, that the virus can be seen year-round here, and that 80 to 90 percent of infected horses die. A vaccine exists for horses but not for humans. Drain standing water and ask your veterinarian about vaccination.
That is the Florida woods cockroach, also known as the stinkroach or skunk cockroach. UF describes a defensive secretion it can spray up to a meter. It is an outdoor insect that usually comes inside on firewood or other carried items and rarely breeds in the house, so the fix is sealing gaps and storing firewood away from the door.
Start with what breeds them: hay residue, soiled bedding and spilled feed. UF says stable flies can travel up to two miles for a blood meal, so cleanup matters more than spraying alone. Remove wet bedding often, sweep up feed and ask us about treating the barn edges and resting sites.
Our plans begin at $57, then acreage, buildings and the pests present move the number. The free estimate settles it: request one through our website or ring (512) 561-7451. With dogs, cats and livestock around, we pick eco-friendly products and explain each step.
Yes. Shops, offices, warehouses and equestrian businesses are all on the list. Feed rooms, trash areas and pasture edges are where rodents, flies and ticks get started, so we inspect those first and shape the plan around how your property is used. Farm stores get the same free estimate as homes.
Yes. Before a sale, our inspection checks trim near the ground, foundation walls and areas where moisture collects. Formosan termites have been logged in Ocala since 2003, so a written record helps buyers and sellers decide on repairs before closing.
More than 400 thoroughbred farms and training centers surround Ocala, on limestone-based pasture that raises strong horses. Pasture, hay and stables also suit mole crickets, stable flies and ticks, and none of them stop at the fence line.
Ocala is the Marion County seat, an inland city of 63,591 people in the 2020 census that has been called the Horse Capital of the World. Almost none of its 48 square miles is water, yet Silver Springs, one of the largest artesian spring formations anywhere, lies close by. Marion County also takes in part of the Ocala National Forest, established in 1908.
Downtown was rebuilt in brick, granite and steel after a fire on Thanksgiving Day 1883, the origin of the Brick City nickname, and the residential historic district along East Fort King Street still shows off Victorian houses. Beyond that core lie newer subdivisions and farm country, and we provide residential, commercial and real estate pest control across all of it.
Local field notes
What our technicians check first on a Ocala property
Unique to Ocala
Local conditions decide where pests live and how they get in. These are the Ocala details that shape every plan we write here.
Near farms, we start with what draws pests from the barn side: hay residue, soiled bedding and spilled feed that breed stable flies, and grain that feeds rats. UF's rodent guidance starts with closing small openings and tightening sanitation, then adds traps. Storing feed where rodents cannot reach it removes their reason to stay.
In the historic district and in newer subdivisions alike, we probe trim near the ground for termite damage and keep mulch and shrubs off the foundation so shelter tubes stay visible. We use eco-friendly products and explain each step, which matters when pets and livestock share the property. Estimates are free.
Request your free estimate from our website for an address off East Fort King Street or out past Silver Springs, book there too, and phone (512) 561-7451 about plans from $57.
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