Pests We Control

We recommend a quarterly service for a minimum of one year. Although, most of our customers continue with quarterly service to keep their pest problems under control. Why? There may be other colonies and or other insects in or around your home that may continue to invade your home. It usually takes up to one year for all the eggs to hatch and all the ants to get into treatment. The colony is usually in inaccessible areas.

During the initial service, we will inspect your home to find the settlement. We will treat your home with a water base material where Carpenter Ants generally like to a nest, a dust material in void spaces, and bait materials where Carpenter Ants were. The water base material has a three-month residue and will help control most crawling insects spiders and wasps. We will treat any problems with insects that are covered under the service agreement at no additional charge between regularly scheduled services.

Because these ants have most likely made a nest or multiple nests in and around your home, it will take time to control this problem. These nests are difficult to find in your home as they live naturally around your house. Therefore, consistent treatment is your best solution. We recommend service every quarter for a minimum of one year. At the initial visit, the technician will ask for your help in identifying the areas you have seen the most activity.

Our ant control treatment includes an application of a water-based solution and use of insecticide dust or ant bait depending on the situation. These materials, while useful, will only last up to three months. By treating quarterly, we are confident the products will remain active to continue to keep them under control. Just remember, ants are naturally occurring pests that live outside and may try to enter your home again in the future. Continued quarterly service is your best prevention. The benefit of a quarterly service is not just the elimination of the odorous house ant problem but the control of most all crawling insects including spiders and wasps as well.

GUARANTEE: Occasionally a problem area needs retreatment before our next scheduled service. If you see more than an occasional ant inside after two weeks of our service, we may need to retreat. We guarantee our work and would be happy to assess if follow up treatment is necessary.

Since most of the colony is in inaccessible areas, it is virtually impossible to eliminate the colonies in, under and around your home/building, although our indoor ant control is effective. We would suggest a quarterly service for a minimum of one (1) year with continued service recommended.

We would treat with a water base material in the problem areas in and out as needed. Also, we would put our ant bait in specific known problem areas. The service will also help control spiders, wasps, and most crawling insects. For commercial buildings, we service monthly for best results. We will treat any problems with ants that are covered under the service agreement at no additional charge between regularly scheduled services.

We can treat with a water-based material on all the areas where you see the bees and areas where we know they like to nest. Particular attention will be given to the underside of decks, wood trim and wood eves. We also have insecticide dust or residual aerosol that we will inject into the holes that the bees have already made.

Because Carpenter bees will continue to build their nests for several months starting in the Spring we recommend monthly service to the exterior of your home for April thru September. Not only will the Carpenter bee issue be eliminated but the other pests that come along in the summer months like spiders and wasps will be controlled as well.

Our treatment plan will typically require two to three applications to eliminate a colony of honey bees because often the colony is well established before you discovered it and there will be several layers to this colony including honey. We will inject a residual powder into the nest entrance which the bees will get into as they come and go. We find this will eventually eliminate the colony. After we’ve removed the colony, you or a contractor should repair or plug the old entrance area; otherwise, a new colony may attempt to use that old nest in the future.

Their common name reflects the fact that they are a significant pest of Boxelder trees. Boxelder bugs are primarily a nuisance pest because they enter structures mainly in late fall to winter-over. The over-wintering adults emerge from hibernation when the Boxelder tree buds open, and they fly back to their host trees.

They first feed on the fallen Boxelder seeds and later move to the female Boxelder trees when the seeds form, feeding on the newly developed leaves. We also know Boxelder bugs to feed on seed-bearing Silver Maples trees and fruits of plum and apple trees. In the fall, Boxelder bugs congregate on the south side (sunny side) of rocks, trees, and buildings. After large masses gather, they fly to nearby buildings to hibernate for the winter.

Once inside the Boxelder bug is primarily a nuisance pest. However, their fecal materials may cause red stains, resulting in discoloration on curtains, drapes, clothing, or other resting places. Since Boxelder bugs can cause staining and are also known to bite, the best temporary relief is using a vacuum to remove the pests.

You killed a bug and wow did it STINK! Hence the name “stink bug.” The stink bug variety most common in West Michigan is approximately 1-inch long, brown with distinctive markings on the back of its wings.

Proper earwig removal involves the ridding of plant debris and objects such as firewood or boards, which hold moisture and harboring sites. A 60-day guarantee with a one-time application will eliminate the problem in and around your home for the season. Call us for full guarantee details. We would treat with a water base material in cracks and crevices in moisture areas on the interior of your home and crack and crevices on the exterior along with perimeter treatment of your home. This service will also help control most all crawling insects.

The first step of Van Den Berge’s mice control services is the inspection of entry points and plug openings. Then we place mouse bait in problem areas. For a minor problem, we can usually eliminate the problem with a single service with a 60-day guarantee; call us for full guarantee details.

For a significant problem and if the home is located near farms or fields, we would suggest continued service once every four months for continued control. Commercial buildings we usually service monthly for continued protection. Any problems with our mice control service covered under our service agreement will be no additional charge between regular services.

It’s a beautiful thing now that we can treat for mosquitos and ticks! Newer products on the market have made our mosquito control service an effective solution to a growing problem. The treatment for both is the same. Using a fogger, we will treat your landscaping and around the perimeter of your mowed lawn. If you have areas of standing water, we will address those as well to help prevent mosquitos from hatching out. There are some things you can do to help reduce your mosquitos and ticks. Cutting back overgrown shrubbery and keeping your lawn cut short can help as can reduce the areas of standing water you may have. For the best results, we recommend treating monthly from May through September as the product will last approximately one month.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Yes, we can help make your next backyard party, graduation open house, family reunion, or any outdoor event more enjoyable with a one-time application done before your event. Call us for details.

We can eliminate a roach problem with a one-time application in most single-family homes, duplexes, and 2-family homes with a 60-day guarantee. It will generally take 4-6 weeks for any roach control companies to mitigate the issue. Why? It takes time for all eggs to hatch and all roaches to get into treatment.

If roaches infest multi-family homes, commercial buildings, restaurants, party stores, and grocery stores; you may need additional service for continued control. We regularly service monthly for these customers. We will treat any problems with roaches that are covered under the service agreement at no additional charge; call us for full guarantee details.

Since spiders have long legs, multiply rapidly and spend most of their time on their webs, it is challenging to achieve control. Therefore, we generally recommend a monthly service (April through September). Our initial spider control service can be performed inside and outside or just the exterior, based on your particular needs. We use a water base material to treat under eaves, decks, the siding, in bushes, and around the base of home and outbuildings.

Included in this service is wiping down unsightly webs. This service will also help control most crawling insects and wasps. This service is mainly for homes/ buildings that have severe spider problems. Households that do not have a severe spider infestation can be controlled effectively with a quarterly service. This service will also help control most crawling insects and wasps. We will treat any problems with insects that are covered under the service agreement at no additional charge between regularly scheduled services; call us for full guarantee details.

For effective management, Van Den Berge recommends treatment both inside and outside the home, especially in areas prone to moisture.

There are two different options for termite treatment. One possibility is treatment with a liquid in-ground barrier. Liquid Termiticide is injected in a trench around the perimeter of your home up to 4 feet in depth. This treatment also may require some drilling thru concrete steps or other active sites to enable complete treatment where termites may exist.

These materials should remain active about 15 years and will typically eliminate the entire termite colony in 2-3 months. Since there are more than likely other termite colonies in your property or neighborhood, we recommend professional inspections annually to verify no new termite activity exists and to keep our guarantee in force.

The second option for termite treatment is an in-ground perimeter baiting service. We place a preferred baiting material in the ground in concealed containers approximately 10 feet apart. Termites find the bait as they forage for food, communicate to other members of their colony where the preferred material is.

Our process eventually eliminates the entire termite colony in 1-2 years. With this service, we will also spot-treat with Termiticide to help speed up the process. We can guarantee that termites will not do any more damage to your home after six months of service.

We recommend to continue annual, quarterly inspections of your home and bait stations to guarantee continued protection from other termite colonies that exist in your property or neighborhood. If you would like to learn more about our services or receive a free inspection, contact us!

Using a fogger, we will treat your landscaping and around the perimeter of your mowed lawn. There are some tick control remedies you can on your own. Cutting back overgrown shrubbery and keeping your lawn cut short can help as can reduce the areas of standing water you may have. For the best results, we recommend treating monthly from May through September as the product will last approximately one month.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Yes, we can help make your next backyard party, graduation open house, family reunion or any outdoor event more enjoyable with a one-time application done before your event. Call us for details.

We have experienced that the only way to get good control is a monthly service (April thru September), otherwise, wasps will continue to build new nests in new locations during the entire summer. Since wasps are a flying insect, it is impossible to eliminate wasps from occasionally flying around the treated areas; although the material used has a residue that will help prevent new nests from being formed.

Van Den Berge’s wasp exterminator services can eliminate a wasp nest with a one-time application with a 30-day guarantee. You can expect complete results within 2-3 days. We will treat the entrance to the nest with a dust insecticide, which we inject into the nest. Any problems with Yellow Jackets that are covered under the service agreement will be treated at no additional charge within the 30-day guarantee.

WARNING: The most common mistake made by a homeowner to try and treat a nest themselves is treating with an aerosol product or plugging the entrance to the hive. Both forms of wasp exterminator treatment usually result in Yellow Jackets being very irritated and finding their way into your home or building.

Sealing cracks around foundations, windows, and doors can help deter weevils. However, once they're already inside, comprehensive in and out of home treatment is needed to mitigate the problem and recurring service is the best prevention.