This critical first step, when performed correctly and with diligence, can get your service immediately on track. Black Pest will assess your home’s risk of infestation. We will identify any existing pests and note any points of entry into your home. We will uncover conditions conducive to pest infestation such as existing or potential food sources, water sources, clogged drain or gutters, aphid-infested shrubs, which provide a food supply for ants, etc. From this comprehensive, professional inspection we will develop an integrated prevention plan that will drastically reduce your home’s susceptibility to invasion by unwanted household pests.

In a pesticide-oriented approach to pest control, all other steps to discourage and prevent infestations are ignored in favor of introducing large amounts of pesticides into the environment whether they are needed or not. In an effective IPP program, however, pests are discouraged by creating an environment unsuitable for them. This means removing food and water supply sources (including leaky pipes), compost sites, general yard debris, accessible pet food, garbage and other existing or potential food sources.

During the inspection process, Black Pest will identify specific areas of vulnerability and then will create a customized program for eliminating any problems without introducing unnecessary pesticides. We will remove or seal points of entry into your home and we’ll keep them sealed. We will help you identify high moisture areas, overhanging or touching branches and shrubs, debris piles which could attract pests or provide pathways into your home. This ongoing aspect of your service keeps your home free from becoming an attractive home for insects, termites and other pests.

After a thorough assessment of your specific conditions, development of a customized prevention plan and creation of your individual “pest proofing” program, there may be need to eliminate an existing infestation. Because in IPP from Black Pest Prevention, pesticide product application is just one small part of an effective multifaceted program, application can be performed with restraint and to the minimum extent possible. This means ONLY those products necessary to address your specific problem will be used and ONLY in the location(s) and quantity necessary. And, as much as possible, these products will be specially selected for lower impact to people, pets, non-target pests and the environment.

The final part of IPP from Black Pest Prevention is ongoing monitoring and inspection to ensure that your home maintains conditions that discourage pests, and to identify the presence of pests before they develop into full-blown infestations. With regularly scheduled inspections and targeted, specific exclusionary service, Black’s Integrated Pest Prevention keeps pests from getting inside your home in the first place.

Annual Seasons

		Spring is the season for newly emerging colonies of insects to begin foraging for food, water and harborage around your home. Black’s Integrated Pest Prevention focuses on identifying and locating these emerging colonies and eliminating them BEFORE they set up housekeeping in your home. We also prevent pests from entering your home by pruning back emerging vegetation and by sealing up exterior cracks and gaps.
		Summer is the season when pests rapidly multiply in the landscaped areas around your property. Black’s Integrated Pest Prevention identifies these breeding and harborage locations and uses highly targeted and environmentally responsible approaches to solve specific pest issues. We continue to focus our attention on conditions, avenues and sources to prevent pest problems from developing inside your home.
		Fall is the season of submergence, when pests slow down their breeding and development cycles. As cooler weather returns and as rainfall and irrigation volumes are reduced, pests may begin to seek out the comfortable shelter of your home. Black’s Integrated Pest Prevention focuses on all potential avenues into your home, such as weather stripping around windows and doors, or the eaves and soffits up at the roofline.
		Winter months bring on the dormancy season. This is when pest activity declines as they retreat deeper underground or try to move indoors for warmth and shelter. Black’s Integrated Pest Prevention is designed to locate those insect and rodent harborage areas and then utilize highly targeted bait treatments to eliminate potential problems. We will continue to inspect the exterior of your home and seal off potential avenues to ensure that pests and rodents do not gain entry.

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