Pest Control in North Miami, FL

Pest Control in North Miami, FL

North Miami is a city in northeast Miami-Dade County, with single-family neighborhoods, apartments and busy commercial corridors. Florida Bug Control provides residential and commercial pest control for homes and businesses in and around North Miami.

Why Pests Thrive in North Miami

North Miami sits on the western shore of Biscayne Bay, and its eastern edge is lined with canals, seawalls and mangroves. Keystone Point was built around waterways, so many homes have boats and docks in the backyard and the water’s edge only a few steps from the patio. The mangrove fringe along the bay breeds the black salt marsh mosquito, which hatches in large numbers after extreme high tides and heavy rains and can fly miles inland. That is why even homes several blocks from the water can see sudden waves of mosquitoes in late summer and fall.

West of Biscayne Boulevard, much of the city is single-family homes built in the decades after World War II. Those older houses tend to have worn door sweeps, settling cracks and gaps around jalousie and awning windows. On humid summer nights, porch lights draw crickets, beetles and moths to the doors, and the bugs that slip inside are followed by spiders that feed on them. Small apartment buildings and storefronts along NE 125th Street and West Dixie Highway deal more with German roaches and rodents, especially where units back up to restaurants.

Areas We Serve In and Around North Miami

We work throughout North Miami, from Keystone Point and the neighborhoods near FIU’s Biscayne Bay Campus to the homes and businesses along NE 125th Street, Biscayne Boulevard and West Dixie Highway. Nearby, we also serve North Miami Beach, Miami and Miami Gardens.

A Tip for Canal and Bayfront Homes

Salt marsh mosquitoes come in waves after the highest tides of the year, so watch the fall tide calendar and plan yard work away from dawn and dusk during those weeks. Point landscape and dock lights down and away from doors, or switch to yellow bulbs, so they pull fewer insects toward the house. Flip kayaks and dinghies upside down and keep boat covers pulled tight so they can’t collect rainwater.

South Florida’s heat and humidity never really let up, so pests stay active all year. Small ants trail into kitchens and bathrooms, palmetto bugs come in from drains and landscaping, roof rats travel along palm trees and power lines into attics, and mosquitoes breed after every rain.

Common Pests in North Miami

• Ants: ghost ants, white-footed ants and fire ants, often nesting in walls and landscaping
• Cockroaches: American roaches (palmetto bugs) and German roaches in kitchens and apartments
• Roof rats: climbing palms and wires into attics and roofs
• Mosquitoes: active year-round and breeding in containers, gutters and planters
• Bed bugs: in apartments, condos and homes with frequent travelers
• Whiteflies: damaging hedges, ficus and other landscape plants
• Spiders: around patios, pool cages and garages