Common pests in Salt Lake City, UT
Here are the most common pests we find in this area.
Termites
A colony of termites can consume the wood behind your walls, damaging your home's wooden structure. Without proper treatment, termites can damage your wooden support structure. Repairs are costly; prevention costs less.
Bed bugs
Bed bugs typically emerge at night from hiding places in the crevices of your mattress and nearby carpets and textiles and can bite you while you sleep. They can multiply and colonize quickly, making them hard to eradicate. The quicker you act, the easier it is to eradicate the bed bug infestation.
Flies
The buzz of flies around your head and your food is truly annoying. In addition, flies are just as happy to feed on rotting food, decaying carcasses and more. The tiny, hairy parts of a fly body will pick up bacteria, viruses and other pathogens. When they land on your food or surface, they can pass on disease-causing pathogens. The common house fly has been shown capable of transmitting close to 100 different disease-causing pathogens.
Spiders
Spiders thrive in Utah, with the black widow and hobo spider most commonly reported. The best way to manage spiders is to seal up your home from their common entry points. Hiring a pest control specialist is the best way to find these entry points in both the exterior and interior of your home.
Fruit flies
If you see tiny flies around ripe fruit on the counter, your trash can or even the kitchen sink drain, they are likely fruit flies or phorid flies. Even if you don't mind sharing, it's their non-picky eating habits that pose a risk. They also feed on decaying meat and other garbage, which means they may carry bacteria and other pathogens to your food and eating surfaces. Sanitation can be one of the most effective methods for control. Our service team can help provide guidance.
Ants
A single ant colony can house as many as 100,000 ants and a supercolony can contain millions. Utah residents–and extermination specialists–typically see populations of carpenter ants, field ants, pavement ants, velvety tree ants and harvester ants. Some ant species will inflict a painful sting, others will damage wood structures or turf. Like most insects, their impact is in numbers, so keeping their population in check can require a pest control treatment plan designed for the species.
