Precision Pest Control covers properties across Tampa, from the Bayshore Boulevard corridor along the bay to neighborhoods pushing north toward Lettuce Lake Park and the Hillsborough River. Tampa is a city built around water and green space nearly everywhere you look, and that proximity to the bay, the river, and the preserves around it shapes a lot of what shows up on a property here.


Palmetto bugs are a fact of life near any green space in Tampa, and the mature tree canopy along the Hillsborough River keeps them steady year round. Mosquitoes and midges breed heavily around Tampa Bay's mangrove edges and the marshy sections near Upper Tampa Bay Park, especially after summer rains. Red fire ants build mounds in the open, grassy areas around parks and undeveloped lots, and Formosan termites move through older tree canopy neighborhoods near the bay, where mature oaks give them cover between the ground and a structure. Spiders and flies round out what we treat, drawn in by the same humidity and green space that define Tampa.
Tampa is surrounded by water and green space in almost every direction, and that edge between developed property and open habitat is where most of our calls start. Lettuce Lake Park and the Hillsborough River corridor bring raccoons, palmetto bugs, and standing water mosquito issues into the neighborhoods closest to the river, while properties along Tampa Bay itself deal with midges swarming off the mangroves after a warm, still evening. We treat those properties differently than a home a few miles inland, because the pressure resets every time the tide comes in or the river runs high after a storm.
Formosan termites are the other half of that wildlife edge story, and Tampa has one of the more established Formosan populations in the state, particularly in older, tree-lined neighborhoods near the bay where mature oaks have stood for decades. Those termites swarm in large numbers and can move from a stressed or dying tree into a nearby structure faster than native subterranean termites typically do. We inspect tree cover close to a foundation as part of a normal visit here, not as an afterthought, because a healthy looking oak thirty feet from a house can still be host to a colony that eventually finds its way to the eaves.


See at Pest World!


See at Pest World!