The Heat is On: Managing Alabama’s Summer Pests

Welcome to another episode of the Peskies Pest Control Podcast, where we dive into the “full force” emergence of Alabama’s most annoying insects as the weather warms up. In this episode, Michael Wienecke and Travis McGowin discuss everything from the “prehistoric” look of moisture-loving earwigs to the high-altitude difficulty of treating wasp nests in home eaves. Whether you are dealing with a “nightmare” yellow jacket infestation in your walls or looking for a 100% guarantee to keep fire ants out of your yard for an entire year, we have the professional solutions for whatever “ails” your home this summer.

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Podcast Transcript:

Michael Wienecke: All right, so what are some summertime pests that you have seen that have just been—or coming up summertime pests?

Travis McGowin: I mean, the summertime gets everything moving. Everything from roaches, crickets, silverfish, earwigs—I mean, a lot of things that we just haven’t seen throughout the fall and winter months or hadn’t had any issues with. It’s now like they’re all coming out in full force again. I mean, not even to mention, you know, mosquitoes—we’re already seeing those, and it’s only halfway through March yet, so.</