Pest Control in Greenville, FL

Pest Control in Greenville, FL

Greenville is a small town in Madison County, close to our Madison office, with homes, farms and woodland all around. Florida Bug Control provides residential and commercial pest control for homes and businesses in and around Greenville.

Why Greenville Homes See the Pests They Do

Greenville is a small Madison County town strung along US 90, best known as the place where Ray Charles spent his childhood. A lot of the housing here is older wood-frame construction, much of it built up off the ground on piers or block with a crawl space underneath. Those crawl spaces stay shaded and damp, and in the summer rainy season, roughly June through September, they become a magnet for moisture lovers. Crickets, camel crickets and millipedes move in from the soil and leaf litter, then work their way up through gaps around plumbing and floor boards.

Spring and fall bring their own waves. After long wet spells, millipedes can show up on porches and back steps by the dozen, and earwigs hide in mulch beds right against the foundation. When the first cool nights arrive in October, crickets that spent the summer outdoors look for the warmth under the house, and their chirping from beneath the floor is often the first sign something has changed. None of these pests are dangerous, but they are a nuisance in a home that sits close to the ground and surrounded by trees and pasture.

Greenville and the Surrounding Area

Greenville is in the western part of Madison County, close to our Madison office along US 90. We serve homes in town and out along US 221, which runs north from Greenville toward Georgia and south through the timberland to Perry. Heading west on US 90 brings you to Monticello in Jefferson County, and we also cover the farms north of town toward Pinetta.

Keeping a Raised Greenville Home Dry Underneath

• Make sure crawl space vents have intact screens and are not blocked by shrubs or stored items.
• Point gutter downspouts away from the piers so rain does not pool under the house.
• Pull mulch and pine straw back a few inches from the foundation and the bottom of the siding.
• Fix dripping outdoor faucets, since a single leak can keep a crawl space damp all summer.

The Big Bend has a mix of pine forest, wetlands and small towns, and that mix brings plenty of pests. Mosquitoes breed in low, wet ground, fire ants and ticks are common in yards and wooded lots, and cockroaches and rodents look for shelter indoors through the cooler months.

Common Pests in Greenville

• Mosquitoes: breeding in wetlands, ditches and standing water
• Fire ants: building mounds in lawns and along foundations
• Ticks: in wooded lots, tall grass and pine woods
• Cockroaches: including palmetto bugs that come in from mulch and woodpiles
• Mice: and rats moving indoors when temperatures drop
• Spiders: in garages, sheds and porches
• Fleas: brought in by pets and wildlife