Pestrite – Colorado Pest Control, Exterminator and Animal Control

• Aquatics Services

  • Healthy waterways include some vegetation, but sometimes they get out of control— destroying fish habitats and restricting water flow. PestRite’s environmentally balanced approach to the treatment of lakes and other water sources corrects water quality problems. more info

• Ants

  • Our detailed eco-$mart (Green) approach to an ant problem is to get them were they live. Our professional service team will identify nesting sites and place prescribed doses of the best products for the ants to take back to the nest—inside or out. (All) more info

• Biting Insects

  • PestRite Professionals identify the insect biting you and any wildlife or host that may contribute to the insect problem. Nesting sites will be addressed and, if wildlife has contributed to the pest problem, PestRite will remove and seal or exclude problem areas to prevent such problems from happening again! (Fleas, Ticks, Bat Bugs, Dust Mites, Allergen Detection) more info

• Cockroaches

  • PestRite's approach to cockroach control utilizes all the available tools to safely eliminate and prevent infestation. The true key to total elimination is the pre-service inspection performed by the field service professional. Upon locating nesting sites, your service professional will perform a six-step service process to ensure elimination quickly. more info

• Spiders, Ants & Common Insects

  • Some of the most common invaders will enter buildings year around. Over the years PestRite has created an intuitive service program that adopts our eco-$mart (Green) service technology to keep these invaders out for good. Whether you are concerned for your health and safety or you just want to keep these pests out, our goal is to protect you and your investments. more info

• Emergency Service

  • PestRite offers a unique after hours service for those unfortunate intruders or incidents which may require service now! We also provide this service to all of our regular clients at times of urgent need. If a pest concern you are having endangers you or presents an imminent threat to you or a structure, please give us a call. more info

• Fabric Pests

  • Most fabric pest infestations, with the exception of carpet beetles that are native in Colorado, are introduced into structures through outside purchases. PestRite provides a detailed inspection, identifies nesting sites, and eliminates the problem pest. PestRite will provide suggestions to prevent infestations from happening again. (Carpet Beetles, Cloths Moths, Fire Brats, Silver Fish) more info

• Flies

  • Several species of flies can become an irritating nuisance or even a health concern when related to rodents or wildlife. Our field service professionals will work to locate breading sites, reduce and eliminate adult activity and provide long term control suggestions to keep fly problems under control. (Cluster Flies, Blow Flies, Picture Wings Flies, Common House Fly) more info

• Odor Problems

  • Unwanted odors are hard to ignore. PestRite will identify the source of the odor problem, remove it and, if possible, apply odor eliminating enzymes and/or provide systems to break down odor-causing agents. Our service team will then provide a solution to prevent such problems from reoccurring. (Mold, Mildew, Pet Odors, Animal Odors) more info

• Pantry Pests

  • Most pantry pest problems occur because infested items are purchased and brought into homes and businesses. PestRite service professionals assist customers in locating the source of the infestation and eliminate the problem quickly by removing all egg-laying adults to break the life cycle. (Flour Beetles, Indian Meal Moths, Drug Store Beetles) more info

• Pest & Public Health Cleanup

  • Our focus is to provide customers with complete service solutions. When pest-related public health concerns arise, PestRite can remove the problem pests, prevent it from happening again and clean up the pest waste—eliminating any possible contamination present in a structure. (Rodents, Birds and Pest-Related Pathogens, Waste Removal and Cleanup, Disinfecting and Deodorization, Surface Sealing, Vapor Barrier Applications) more info

• Rodents

  • The PestRite eco-$mart (Green) rodent control program uses little to no pesticides and provides the most permanent solution to your rodent pest concerns. PestRite professionals identify all possible entry points, place traps to remove interior activity and then seal all the exterior entries to provide a permanent solution to your rodent problem. (Mice, Rats, Voles, Pocket Gophers) more info

• Seasonal Pests

  • The change in the seasons promotes panic in some insects as they try to use your home or business as their home to survive the winter. Our pest professionals will find the source of your pest infestation, treat all voids were they are harboring and treat exterior areas to prevent re-infestations. (Box Elder Bugs, Elm Leaf Beetles, Clover or Spider Mites, Miller Moths) more info

• Stinging Insects

  • Each year, many Americans are stung by insects. For most, the discomfort goes away in a few hours. For others, allergic reactions require emergency medical attention. Destroying nests is important but dangerous work. Our trained professionals can dispose of nests to ensure pets and family members are safe. We can also clean up and repair damaged structures. (Wasps, Hornets, Bees, Yellow Jackets) more info

• Wildlife Services

  • PestRite offers a full service wildlife management program designed around our eco-$mart (Green) service approach to preserving our beautiful Colorado wildlife. Our field service professionals will perform a thorough wildlife inspection on your structure and outline your service approach including removal, elimination of host parasites and pest exclusion to prevent future problems. (Skunks, Raccoons, Squirrels, Snakes, Birds, etc.) more info

• Wood Destroying Organisms

  • Wood destroying organisms can pose a great threat to a structure if not addressed in the early stages. Highly trained and qualified PestRite professionals will perform a detailed inspection of the property, determine the level of the problem, provide customers with suggestions regarding any physical repairs that should be made to the structure and then perform long term inspections. (Termites, Carpenter Ants, Wood Boring Beetles, Wood Preservation Techniques) more info

Some of these most common invaders will enter buildings year around. Over the years, PestRite has created an intuitive service program that adopts our eco-$mart (Green) service technology to keep these invaders out for good. Whether you are concerned for your health and safety or you just want to keep these pests out, our goal is to protect you and your investments.

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Quick Facts

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Crickets (Field) Crickets (Camel) Centipedes Earwigs Millipedes Pill Bugs

Non-Poisonous Spiders Daddy Longlegs Funnel Weaver Jumping Orb Weaver Sac Sun Wolf

Poisonous Spiders Black Widow Brown Recluse Hobo

Crickets (Field)

Color: dark brown to black

Size: 9/16 to over 1 inch long

Feeding Habits: They can breed indoors, live in cool dark and damp habitats like caves, plumbing, under rocks, damp basements and inside privies. Spend the day in warm, dark cracks and crevices and emerge at night to feed. Feed on plant material, but are less of a plant pest problem than a nuisance when found in large numbers.

Crickets (Camel)

Color: tan, humped-backed

Size: 3/4 inch

Feeding & Habits: Unlike field crickets, camel crickets are wingless, found in cool, damp, and dark areas. Outdoors, they are often found under logs and stones and they feed on plant debris. Camel crickets are not attracted to light. When they enter homes, camel crickets search for conditions similar to their outdoor environment, which often leads them to basements and other dark areas. Indoors they sometimes feed on paper products and they seldom chew fabrics.

Centipedes (poisonous)

Color: reddish-brown, flattened, elongated animals with many segments, most of which have 1 pair of legs each

Size: 14 or more segments and deferent length depending on the life cycle they are in

Feeding & Habits: Live sometimes up to 6 years. They over winter as adults and lay eggs during the warm months. Usually eggs are laid in the soil and protected by adults. Cause a slight pinch when they bite and inject venom through their claw life hands. Feeds on insects, spiders and other small animals.

Earwig

Color: ranging from light red-brown to black and are easily recognized by their pincers on the end of the abdomen

Size: 1/2 to 3/4 inch

Feeding & Habits: The name earwig is derived from a European superstition that these insects enter the ears of a sleeping person and bore into the brain. This belief is totally unfounded. They are rapid runners and feed on mosses, lichens, algae, fungi, insects, spiders and mites, both dead and alive. Some earwigs are predators, feeding on aphids and others feed on living plants, becoming pests in greenhouses and on certain crops such as vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, forages and field plants.

Millipedes

Color: "thousand-legged worms", are brownish-black

Size: 1/2 to 1-1/4 inches long depending on the species

Feeding & Habits: attracted to dark, cool, moist environments, usually going unnoticed in the summer due to their nocturnal habits (activity at night) and tendency to disperse. They feed on living and decomposing vegetation and occasionally on dead snails, earthworms and insects.

Pill Bugs (rolly polly's)

Color: brownish or slate gray

Size: oval or slightly elongate with a flattened body and up to 3/4 inch

Feeding & Habits: mate throughout the year, feeding on decaying organic matter and occasionally young plants and their roots. They may become pests in and around homes where flower bed mulches, grass clippings, leaf litter, rotting boards, trash, rocks and pet droppings are present.

Spiders (daddy longlegs) not really a spider

Color: tan to brown

Size: 1/16 to 1/2 inch long

Feeding & Habits: usually are inactive and hidden during the day, then at sunset, they begin to wander about searching for food. Most feed on live insects, especially aphids. Other species feed on dead insects or plant juices and commonly live among plants or on tree trunks.

Spiders (funnel weaver)

Color: tanish bown with darker banded legs

Size: 1/2 inch long

Feeding & Habits: hides at the narrow end of the funnel; when it feels the vibration of an insect crossing the web, it dashes out, bites the insect, and then carries it back to the funnel. In former times, the silk of funnel web spiders was used to cover wounds to stop bleeding. Might be mistaken for the Hobo spider which is poisonous and is a member of the black widow family.

Spiders (jumping)

Color: black with spots of orange or red on the upper surface of the abdomen, confused with black widow spiders.

Size: 1/8 – 3/4 inch

Feeding & Habits: named because of their jumping ability. They can jump many times their own length. They make quick, sudden jumps to capture prey or avoid a threat. Active during the day and prefer sunshine. They normally live outdoors, but jumping spiders can become established indoors and their hunting activities often center about windows and entry doors where their prey is most common. Feed on other insects and small animals.

Spiders (orb weaver)

Color: silver hairs on their back and a large abdomen marked in black and bright yellow or orange

Size: about 1 inch

Feeding & Habits: hangs head down in the center of the web, which is found in brambles, bushes, tall grasses, etc. in open sunny places. Feed on other insects and small animals.

Spiders (sac)

Color: light yellow to pale yellowish green, sometimes with a orange-brown stripe on top of the abdomen

Size: 1/4- to 3/8 inches

Feeding & Habits: active hunters, emerging at twilight from their silken sac to seek out prey. Outdoors, they often search among foliage, waving their first pair of legs in front of them as they rapidly climb among leaves and stems of plants. Because of their active searching habits, sac spiders often enter homes, particularly during early autumn when their food supply decreases.

Spiders (sun)

Color: mistaken for a scorpion, translucent tan with dark bands

Size: 1-3 inches

Feeding & Habits: Feeds on other insects and small animals, prefers warm dry areas such as the lower elevations provide. They have strong jaws that protrude forward that are used to capture prey and can run very fast.

Spiders (wolf)

Color: mixture of black, gray, and brown & very hairy

Size: 1 – 3 inches

Feeding & Habits:active hunters that patrol the ground for insects, small spiders, and similar prey. They do not use webs to capture prey.

Spiders (black widow)

Color: shiny, jet black, spherical abdomen with two connected red triangles on the underside that form a characteristic hourglass marking

Size: 1-1/2 inches

Feeding & Habits: More reclusive and waits for pray such as other insects flying and crawling.

Spiders (brown recluse)

Color: abdomen is uniformly colored, although the coloration can range from light tan to dark brown, and is covered with numerous fine hairs that provide a velvety appearance with long, thin, brown legs. Their dark violin marking is well defined, with the neck of the violin pointing toward the abdomen

Size: 3/8 - 3/16 inches

Feeding & Habits: spins a loose, irregular web of very sticky, off-white to grayish threads. Serves as the spider's daytime retreat, and it often is constructed in an undisturbed corner. This spider roams at night searching for insect prey. Recent research indicates that the brown recluse spider is largely a scavenger, preferring dead insects. Mature males also roam in search of females.

Spiders (hobo)

Color: light brown with rust spots on the abdomen, light yellow marking at the central point of the legs on the underside.

Size: ½ - ¾ inches

Feeding & Habits: prefers moderately dry and warm environments, can be mistaken for the brown recluse. They are passive hunters and only feeds at night on other insects.

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