Oregon Insect and Rodent Control is East County’s trusted provider of Oregon pest control services. When your home or place of business is being invaded by ants, we are here to take care of the situation with respect for property and the environment, getting into the hard-to-reach places to truly take care of your pest problem at its source without fear-mongering or unnecessary upselling.
Oregon Insect and Rodent Control is East County’s trusted provider of Oregon pest control services. When your home or place of business is being invaded by ants, we are here to take care of the situation with respect for property and the environment, getting into the hard-to-reach places to truly take care of your pest problem at its source without fear-mongering or unnecessary upselling.
For over 18 years, we have treated our customers with integrity and fairness – as testified by our many 5 star reviews. If you’re experiencing an Oregon ant control service emergency or think that one’s about to happen, give us a call 24/7 for quick and effective service.
We can let you know what steps to take right now to protect your property and those you care about.
For over 18 years, we have treated our customers with integrity and fairness – as testified by our many 5 star reviews. If you’re experiencing an Oregon ant control service emergency or think that one’s about to happen, give us a call 24/7 for quick and effective service.
We can let you know what steps to take right now to protect your property and those you care about.
For over 18 years, we have treated our customers with integrity and fairness – as testified by our many 5 star reviews. If you’re experiencing an Oregon ant control service emergency or think that one’s about to happen, give us a call 24/7 for quick and effective service.
We can let you know what steps to take right now to protect your property and those you care about.
There are a lot of big names in the Oregon pest control industry. Here are a few reasons why it makes sense to go with a local pest control company like OIRC over the national brands
It would be easy to fool someone when delivering ant control services. Traps, bait, and sprays are often not visible to the consumer, and even if that’s not the case it can be difficult to be sure how well-laid they truly are. Beyond that, excuses for why initial attempts fail are easy to find, drawing property owners into spending more money to follow the advice of the “experts” who aren’t doing their job right. At Oregon Insect and Rodent Control, we only use brand-name products, and we use them according to their specifications for maximum effectiveness. We don’t cut any corners in our care for customers.
Needless upselling is common practice by the giants of the pest control industry. Our founder Glenn experienced it firsthand, and it’s the major reason why he left to start his own company. We only sell products and services that we are confident are really going to be helpful. But we don’t expect you to simply take our word for it – we operate with as much transparency as possible so you can be assured that we are trustworthy. Our goal is to establish long-term relationships of trust with our customers, not get them to open their wallets out of desperation.
Our process of pest control is more than laying bait and leaving. If we see a way that you can prevent pest problems from reoccurring or even handle your pest control problem on your own, we let you know, even when it means we won’t be able to charge as much. Education is a key part of the integrated pest management (IPM) approach, through which we can achieve better results in a more environmentally friendly way, as you can read about next.
At Oregon Insect and Rodent Control, we realize that this is the environment we will pass down to our kids. We live and work in Oregon, and have no national corporate protocol to inhibit our doing what’s right for the place in which we live. Our policy is to deal with your pest control problem using minimal chemicals, applied strategically for greatest results. The indoor environment matters, too. Where some companies will force you to watch out for your own welfare as they spray, we let you know the risks and take steps to minimize your family’s exposure to substances which might not be good for them.
Our favorite thing about this industry is the relationships we form with customers as we help solve their pest management problems. If our customers need us again, we want to be the ones who come first to mind as the pest control experts to call. For those who experience regular invasions or want to prevent an incursion before it happens, we are happy to provide quarterly or bi-annual services. Note that we don’t do monthly service plans like a lot of the other guys – we find that charging for those extra visits isn’t necessary when we use pest control products according to their own recommendations
With over 18 years’ experience operating as an independent Oregon ant control company, we’ve seen it all and know the products and methods to apply in order to effectively and quickly manage most any pest problem you might be experiencing.
Experiencing an Oregon ant control services problem in your home is one of the more unnerving things you can experience. We know how important it is to maintain your space, keeping it safe and free of insects and rodents.
When we receive a call for our 24/7 residential Oregon ant exterminator service, we do four things
Design a maintenance program for your home, sometimes involving follow-up appointments
To arrange for Oregon ant control service, contact us 24/7.
Oregon Insect and Rodent Control offers commercial Oregon ant control services for:
…and other commercial structures. We will work with your office schedule so as to cause minimal interference. We provide a proven, environmentally conscious, cost-effective solution for your commercial Oregon pest control situations.
Our integrated approach to controlling pests in your business space has several effective steps to ensure control, so you can get back to work. Contact us for details.
One of the most common infesters in Oregon homes are ants. The internet is packed with ways to manage these pests, but effective application of these strategies often requires the know-how of an Oregon ant control services professional.
As ant exterminators, we use a combination of preventative measures, sprays, and bait to manage your ant problem. Give us a call to set up a consultation.
Colony Size: Usually about 3,000 adults
Characteristic | Description |
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Color | Black |
Length | Range in size from 1/5 to 3/4 inch |
Appearance | Sometimes winged, sometimes not. Large abdomen and head, with a small thorax. |
Breeding | Carpenter ants produce large numbers of queens and males during late summer. They emerge from nests the following spring for their nuptial flights. When carpenter ant nests are indoors, mating swarms become trapped inside. |
Where they live | Common places to sight carpenter ants are cabinets, sinks, dishwashers, rolled-up towels, bathroom tubs, sink and toilet areas, or other places where moisture is abundant. On a bright, sunny day, ants may be seen walking randomly through different areas of the house. |
Food Source | Contrary to what you’d expect, carpenter ants don’t eat wood. They prefer sweet things like honey, sugar, jelly, and so on. |
Behavior Notes | May bite if provoked, which can puncture the skin. |
Signs of presence |
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Risks | Carpenter ants damage wood by excavating and creating tunnels. The longer a colony is present in a structure, the greater the damage that can be done. If structural wood is weakened, carpenter ant damage can be dangerous and expensive to repair. |
Colony SizeOn average 10,000 workers and several queens.
Characteristic | Description |
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Color | Brown and black |
Length | 1/16 to 1/8 inches long |
Appearance | Small black dots, unless you look closely. The thorax has no spines, and the petiole has one segment which, when viewed from above, is hidden by the rest of the abdomen. When alarmed, the workers scurry around with their abdomens raised in the air. |
Breeding | Sugar ants swarm to mate from early May through mid-July, and also mate in the nest, forming new colonies by “budding” off the original colony. Each queen lays an egg a day. There are seven generations per year; workers and queens can live for several years. |
Where they live | Sugar ants often nest outdoors under stones, logs, and in the nests of larger ants. They can also nest indoors in wall or floor voids, and around heat sources. They usually invade structures during rainy periods after honeydew on plants has washed off. |
Food Source | They prefer sweets, although they will eat almost any household food. |
Behavior Notes | They usually travel along established trails to gather food and bring it back to the colony. |
Signs of presence | They will swarm on food (even crumbs, spills, and stains) that has been left out. |
Risks | CSugar ants can carry bacteria which contaminate food. Sugar ants do not damage structures when they build their colonies. |
OIRC consistently gets 5-star reviews from our customers – the highest praise we can get as a local Oregon pest control business. Here’s what some of our clients have said about us:
There are two reasons some ant control companies have monthly service plans: a desire for a larger stream of income and the use of diluted or insufficient products. We find that when we do our job right, the most we need to visit one of our clients is once a quarter or bi-annually in the spring and fall.
We do what it takes to remove pest control problems, and often that means killing them. Our traps do seek to cause minimal pain to pests as they dispatch them.
There are two reasons some ant control companies have monthly service plans: a desire for a larger stream of income and the use of diluted or insufficient products. We find that when we do our job right, the most we need to visit one of our clients is once a quarter or bi-annually in the spring and fall.
We do what it takes to remove pest control problems, and often that means killing them. Our traps do seek to cause minimal pain to pests as they dispatch them.