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Whether it's American, German, Oriental, or Smokey Brown roaches, their presence in or around any structure is offensive and suggests uncleanness. Two German roaches can reproduce up to 120,000 roaches per year and unlike many pests, roaches are prevalent year-round, causing homeowners and businesses to eventually seek some form of control

After cockroaches, ants are the most common and irritating pests that require pest control. Ants invade home and stored food, bite people, and may transport disease. In California, we find that the Argentine ant is the most severe pest ant. Argentine ants are dark brown and about 1/8' long. This invasive species is dominating many native ants that are several times its size, because its sheer numbers and aggressive behaviors overcome opponents. This domination has proven catastrophic not only to other ant species, but also to more unexpected victims. For example, California horned lizards, which feed almost exclusively on Harvester ants, are in serious decline because the Argentine ant is decimating their favored prey.

Rodent Damages:

1. •Mice and rats constantly search for ways to make their way into your home - and make it their home. Once inside, they can get into your family's food, leave their droppings, and destroy the insulation in your walls - problems that pest control professionals are trained to solve quickly and efficiently.
   Winter is the most common time for mice and rats to seek shelter in your home. They start to make their way in during the fall, through nearly any crack in your home's barrier. RIDX professionals are trained to isolate these problem areas and prevent mice from getting in, but also to use the most efficient methods to stop them if they do enter your home.
   

Professional Inspection:

1. •A RIDX professional will come to your home and perform a free, thorough, no-obligation inspection to determine the best course of action. Allow us to put together a comprehensive plan to treat your rodent problem with industry-leading solutions.
   

Flies are commonly found in large numbers around debris and all sorts of moist, decaying matter. Did you know that flies regurgitate and excrete wherever they come to rest; therefore flies are capable of transmitting disease organisms. Flies are suspected of carrying 65 different kinds of disease that can negatively affect humans and animals. These diseases include typhoid, cholera, bacillary dysentery, tuberculosis, anthrax ophthalmia and infantile diarrhea, as well as parasitic worms. Pathogenic organisms are picked up when flies land on garbage, sewage and other sources of waste and then transferred on their mouthparts and other body parts, through their vomitus feces and contaminated external body parts, to human and animal food.

1. •Female flies deposit their eggs in decaying organic matter such as garbage and human and animal excrement. Each female deposits about 100-150 eggs on appropriate food. The whitish eggs, which are laid in clusters hatch within 24 hours into tiny larvae or maggots.
   
   

2. •Controlling flies is vital to human health and comfort in many areas of the world.
   
   

3. •The most significant damage related is the potential transmission of more than 100 pathogens associated with flies.
   
   

4. •Sanitation is the most effective and important step in controlling flies. All outside trash areas must be kept clean. Garbage should be wrapped in plastic bags before being placed in trash containers or dumpsters. By reducing odors there will be fewer egg-laying flies attracted to your areas. RIDX professionals will help you solve your fly and sanitation problems quickly and effectively.
   
   

5. •In order to successfully control flies, RIDX professionals are trained to understand the habits, nature, and vulnerability of flies. By properly identifying the source of your fly problem, RIDX will eliminate fly infestations and potential breeding locations.
   

Wasps have a slender body with a narrow waist, slender, cylindrical legs, and appear smoothed-skinned and shiny. Yellowjackets, baldfaced hornets, and paper wasps are the most common types of wasps encountered by people. Yellowjackets, baldfaced hornets, and paper wasps nest in quiet, out of the way places. Unfortunately, in urban areas this may conflict with people and their interests. One thing that these insects have in common is their painful sting.

1. •Yellowjackets commonly build nests below ground in old rodent burrows or other cavities. They can also build nests in trees, shrubs, under eaves, and inside attics or wall voids.
   
   

2. •Baldfaced hornets commonly build nests in the open in trees as well as under eaves and along the sides of buildings.
   
   

3. •Paper wasps build nests under any horizontal surface and are commonly found on limbs, overhangs, eaves of buildings, beams and supports in attics, garages, barns, sheds, and other similar places.
   
   

4. •Wasps can sting more than once because they are able to pull out their stinger without injury to themselves.
   
   

5. •Most people have only local reactions to wasp and bee stings, although a few may experience more serious allergic reactions. Local, non-allergic reactions range from burning, itching, redness, and tenderness to massive swelling and itching that may last up to a week. These local reactions can be treated with ice, vinegar, honey, meat tenderizer, or commercial topical ointment to relieve the itching. An allergic reaction may include hives or rash, swelling away from the sting site, headache, minor respiratory symptoms, and stomach upset.
   
   

6. •It is a serious concern as there are Americans killed by insect stings each year than by snakebite. People that are sensitized to the venom must avoid contact, as their lives depend on it.