Pest Library

What You Should Know About Pests In Manteca, CA

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Ants

Ants are one of the most difficult pests to control. They live and work together in large groups, keep multiple nesting sites, and maintain different castes to meet the colony's needs.View Pest

Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are prolific breeders and live together in large groups but aren't social like ants and other insects. They don't work or nest together; it is every bed bug for themselves! Bed bugs are reddish-brown oval-shaped insects that lack wings.View Pest

Birds

Pest birds have learned that our properties provide them with food, water, and shelter, and they won’t hesitate to take advantage of those resources. Once they find a property that will give them their basic needs, they will continue to return until they are forced not to.View Pest

pigeons on a sidewalk in manteca california

Cockroaches

Cockroaches are insects. They are nocturnal, and while a few have wings, most lack wings or lack fully developed wings and prefer to move from place to place using their six legs. As scavengers, cockroaches living outside help to rid the world of decaying organic matter.View Pest

a german cockroach in manteca california

Fleas & Ticks

Fleas and ticks are biting pests that live most of their lives on the back of an animal host. Blood is the sole source of nutrition for fleas and ticks. People, rodents, wild animals, and pets can all become a food source for these pests.View Pest

Pantry Pests

Pantry pests are most often introduced into homes through products purchased from the store that are already infested with pantry pest eggs or larva. Once they move inside, they will contaminate your family's stored food either by feeding on it or utilizing it as a breeding site.View Pest

Rodents

Most of the non-flying mammals living worldwide are rodents. More than 1,500 different species of rodents roam the earth. Rodents and all mammals have fur, nurse their young, give birth to live young, and are warm-blooded.View Pest

Spiders

Spiders mainly live outdoors and spend most of their days hunting prey. They either build webs with the silk they produce to catch their prey or lay in wait in burrows they create and chase down their prey as they happen by.View Pest

a black widow spider in manteca california

Stinging Insects

Insects like bees, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets and mud daubers all have a stinger located at the end of their abdomen they use to defend themselves, their nests, or to paralyze prey.View Pest

close up of a wasp in manteca california

Weed Control

Weeds produce quickly and in large numbers taking over a yard in a very small amount of time. Weeds are persistent pests that are difficult to control without the help of a professional and the regular lawn care services necessary to keep them at bay.View Pest

weeds in the grass in manteca california

Recent Blog Articles

While fleas and ticks in Manteca are two very different pests, they share a few traits. One of those traits is the fact that fleas and ticks are common hou...

a german cockroach in a kitchen in manteca

The German cockroach is a tan color, but it can be best identified by the two black parallel stripes that run parallel behind its back. Like all cockroache...

Wasps are one of the scariest pests to encounter because they have the ability to sting and inject venom. While most wasp stings won’t lead to hospitalizat...