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Pompano Beach grew from a railroad stop into a city with about 3 miles of beachfront ending at the Hillsboro Inlet. Older buildings, seasonal homes and steady redevelopment each change which pests turn up.
Pompano Beach is named for the Florida pompano, a fish found off this coast. The first train reached the settlement in 1896, the Town of Pompano was incorporated in 1908, and in 1947 it merged with the newer beach municipality under the present name. The 2020 census counted 112,046 residents in northeastern Broward County, and a sizable seasonal population winters here as well.
The city has been rebuilding parts of itself. Redevelopment agencies cover the East Atlantic and beach corridor and the old downtown, and a building boom has followed. UF finds drywood termites mostly in older urban areas and notes how hard they are to spot inside walls, so renovation work deserves an inspection. Water is the other constant: a 2017 study put 73,000 residents inside FEMA's coastal floodplain.
The West Indian drywood termite has been in Florida since at least 1918 and lives only in wood people have put into service: framing, trim, furniture, even boats. A colony needs no soil and little moisture, takes about five years to mature and can outlast a decade. UF estimates that fumigating buildings for this one termite costs Floridians about $140 million a year.
Pompano Beach has a termite story few cities share. The invasive conehead termite, found in Dania Beach in 2001 and now the target of an eradication campaign, turned up in a localized infestation here; UF reports it has not been seen at that site since treatment. Coneheads build conspicuous nests on tree trunks, in branches or on the ground, and hollow tunnels 5 millimeters or more wide across open surfaces. If you see either, report it.
Two rats live alongside people here. The roof rat is sleek, dark and an expert climber that settles in trees, attics and upper floors. The heavier Norway rat, gray to brown, is a strong swimmer that UF/IFAS Extension says turns up near water and along coasts. A rat can get by on a bottle cap of water, so fix leaks, water the yard sparingly and keep trash lids tight.
Seasonal homes create a particular mosquito problem: nobody is there to empty things. UF lists unused flowerpots, spare tires and untreated swimming pools among the places Aedes aegypti breeds, and its eggs can sit dry for a long time and still hatch. The Asian tiger mosquito, which reached the United States in 1985, uses the same kinds of containers. Before leaving for the summer, store or turn over everything that holds water and arrange for pool care.
Near the Intracoastal and the inlet, bites at dusk often come from biting midges, not mosquitoes. UF counts about 50 species in Florida, several of them coastal pests that develop in marshes and mangroves, and adults of many species can fly more than a mile. They are small enough to pass through standard window screen. County mosquito crews leave no-see-ums alone, so finer screening and DEET repellent are the defenses.
Seasonal residents return, closed houses reopen, and whatever grew over the summer gets noticed: pellets on a windowsill, droppings in the attic, a green pool. Walk the whole house in the first week back. Asian subterranean termites begin swarming at dusk in February.
Drywood and Formosan termites both swarm in these months, the Formosan just after sunset with a peak in May. Wings on a sill or floor are worth bagging. Identification comes first, since a drywood colony in a door frame and a soil colony under the slab are treated differently.
Conehead termites swarm in these months, usually after rain, one more reason to report odd tunnels or nests to the state's Conehead Termite Program. Downpours also send American cockroaches, the big sewer-dwelling roaches often called palmetto bugs, up through the plumbing, and refill every container mosquitoes use.
Much of Pompano Beach went up in the decades of growth after World War II, and age shows in wood first. Our inspection covers fascia, rafters and the frames of windows and doors, looking for kick-out holes and pellets, and UF's termite team identifies samples for free when the species is in doubt.
Along the canals and the Intracoastal, the outside gets equal time: dock boxes, seawall edges, palms that touch the roof and anything that collects rain. Rodent work follows Extension's order of steps, sealing openings with steel mesh and trapping before any bait is considered. We use eco-friendly products and inspect houses, condominiums and commercial buildings.
A localized infestation was found here, and UF reports the termites have not been seen at that location since a treatment campaign. Coneheads are easy to tell from other termites by their visible nests and the hollow tunnels they run over walls and trunks. Report anything like that to the Florida Department of Agriculture's Conehead Termite Program.
Look for small piles of hard, dry pellets under pinholes in wood, and for blistered or peeling paint. UF notes that colonies inside walls are easy to miss by eye, so inspectors may probe the wood or use infrared cameras. When colonies are scattered through a building, whole-structure fumigation is the standard remedy in Florida.
Take the water away before you go. Store or turn over pots, buckets and toys, clear the gutters, and keep the pool treated. For water that cannot be emptied, Broward County Mosquito Control points to Bti or methoprene products sold at hardware stores. The county inspects on request, but only the owner can ask, online or through 311.
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