Pest Control Consultants-Iowa

Pest Control Consultants-Iowa The premier choice for pest control in Iowa & Illinois. Join the Pest Gone Club today and enjoy peace of mind year-round!

Here at Pest Control Consultants, we offer a wide variety of residential and commercial pest control services to homes and businesses located in Iowa and Illinois. Currently serving over 4,000 customers, PCC is a third-generation family-owned business that you can trust to get the job done right!

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience.Reviews like yours are part of how new neighbors find us, and the...
06/03/2026

Thank you for taking the time to share your experience.

Reviews like yours are part of how new neighbors find us, and they keep us honest about every visit we run after this one. We don't take that for granted.

If you've had pests on your mind and haven't called yet, we'd be glad to help.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Most homeowners never look inside the corrugated black pipe running from their downspout into the yard. It looks like dr...
06/02/2026

Most homeowners never look inside the corrugated black pipe running from their downspout into the yard. It looks like drainage doing its job.

But those ridges on the inside? They trap water indefinitely. Every ridge is a pocket. After a rain, the water in a smooth downspout clears in hours. The water inside ribbed pipe can sit for weeks.

That's enough time for a full mosquito breeding cycle. The larvae are invisible at that stage, and the pipe is half-buried, so nobody checks it until the biting starts.

If you have that style of pipe, replace it with smooth-walled drain pipe. It's one of the more common active breeding zones in a typical yard, and it's almost never on anyone's list.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

June doesn't give you a breather between spring and summer pests. Three problems are moving at once.Mosquitoes hatched t...
06/01/2026

June doesn't give you a breather between spring and summer pests. Three problems are moving at once.

Mosquitoes hatched through May and populations are compounding now, with new batches emerging every week as standing water warms. Yellow jacket queens who started nests alone in April are crossing the threshold where worker populations make the colony genuinely dangerous. And ticks are transitioning out of their spring deer-tick peak into sustained summer pressure through wooded edges and tall grass.

Each of these is easier to address now than in July.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

A mouse can get in through a gap the width of a pencil eraser. Finding every spot a mouse is thinking about takes patien...
05/30/2026

A mouse can get in through a gap the width of a pencil eraser. Finding every spot a mouse is thinking about takes patience and a careful eye.

Jath walking Chad through exactly where and how is the part of the job that actually keeps pests out. It's also the part most people don't realize they're paying for until they see it done right.

Thanks, Chad. You made Jath's day.

Get started with year-round coverage: (815) 284-4101

What does an early pest problem actually look like? Five signs most homeowners walk past.A small pile of fine wood shavi...
05/29/2026

What does an early pest problem actually look like? Five signs most homeowners walk past.

A small pile of fine wood shavings near a windowsill is carpenter ant frass. They tunnel through wood to nest and push the debris out as they go.

A pencil-width tube of packed mud on your foundation wall is a termite mud tube. That one is not a "keep an eye on it" sign.

A greasy smudge along the baseboard at knee height is a mouse rub mark. It only develops on a route used repeatedly.

Small tan casings near carpet edges or inside closets are shed skins from carpet beetle larvae. The larvae are what damage wool, silk, and natural fabrics.

Early means catchable. By the time pests are obvious, the problem is already established.

Sign up for quarterly protection: (815) 284-4101

Tan, hollow, bristly shells in the back of your closet? Those are carpet beetle cast skins. The most useful clue this pe...
05/28/2026

Tan, hollow, bristly shells in the back of your closet? Those are carpet beetle cast skins. The most useful clue this pest leaves behind.

Larvae shed their skins as they grow, so finding these means something's been feeding in that spot for a while. Look along carpet edges, under furniture, deep in closets where nothing gets disturbed.

The biology behind them: adult beetles come inside to lay eggs on natural fibers, then head back out. The larvae stay behind and chew quietly through wool, silk, pet hair, and feathers. By the time you notice holes in a stored sweater, the larvae have usually already moved on.

Ready to get this under control? Give us a call: (815) 284-4101

Moving homes usually means starting fresh with every service provider. Donna brought PCC with her.That's a choice we don...
05/26/2026

Moving homes usually means starting fresh with every service provider. Donna brought PCC with her.

That's a choice we don't take lightly. It tells us the relationship is actually working, not just the service.

Thank you for the trust, Donna. Both houses.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

First real cookout of the season. Here's how to keep the uninvited guests off the patio.Thirty minutes before your guest...
05/25/2026

First real cookout of the season. Here's how to keep the uninvited guests off the patio.

Thirty minutes before your guests arrive, walk the yard with one thing in mind: standing water. Dump anything that's collected: plant saucers, the lid tossed on the grill cover, a kid's pool that hasn't moved since last weekend. Mosquitoes need almost no water to breed.

While you're out there, flip any toys or buckets that gather rain. Glance at the eaves and the grill cover for small wasp nests. Queens are building solo right now, and a nest the size of a golf ball is much easier to deal with than one in July.

Run a patio fan on low. Mosquitoes are weak flyers. A little airflow goes a long way.

Have a good Memorial Day. Questions? (815) 284-4101

One 21-day rotation through the summer covers roughly 5 visits. Mosquitoes rebuild that fast.That's why a single spray w...
05/23/2026

One 21-day rotation through the summer covers roughly 5 visits. Mosquitoes rebuild that fast.

That's why a single spray won't hold. Our Mosquito Yard Treatment uses eco-friendly products on a 21-25 day schedule, targeting the spots where mosquitoes rest and breed in your yard. Five visits across the season is the difference between a weekend outside and the rest of summer.

It's an add-on to your existing plan or a standalone service. Residential yards only.

Sign up for quarterly protection: (815) 284-4101

Memorial Day morning. You're firing up the grill. You've got about 72 hours before the backyard turns into a mosquito pr...
05/22/2026

Memorial Day morning. You're firing up the grill. You've got about 72 hours before the backyard turns into a mosquito problem.

Mosquito control is split between two jobs, and they don't overlap.

Your job is standing water. Clogged gutters. Plant saucers. Tarps that sag after rain. A mosquito can breed in roughly a bottle cap's worth of water. Walk the yard and remove every bit of it. No treatment replaces this step.

The yard treatment handles the rest. Mosquitoes spend most of the day resting in shaded spots along fence lines, under decks, in dense shrubs. A treatment program on a rotating schedule hits those areas before each new generation has a chance to take hold.

Both jobs matter. Skip the water, and the treatment is fighting uphill all summer.

Get started with year-round coverage: (815) 284-4101

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2215 Manufacturing Drive Building 1A
Clinton, IA
52732

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

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