Optimum Pest Control LLC

11/02/2025

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02/22/2025

We truly enjoy what we do. We appreciate each and everyone of the customers that join our family here at Optimum Pest Control.

02/21/2025

We offer a comprehensive inspection of your home or business. When you have a pest concern and want to protect your home from future invaders, we identify the root of your problem and implement a solution made expressly for your home. During each visit, you can count on a highly trained professional to investigate, protect, report and follow up to maintain our service standard.

Proudly serving York and Adams County Pennsylvania. Just recently added Carroll County Maryland and Frederick, Maryland. 

Call us today! Optimum Pest Control 717-746-6686

09/06/2024

Thank you very much. It was our pleasure!

Gotta have folks on speed dial! ☎️

Thank you to Dennis Reever Plumbing for coming out immediately and opening up a clogged main sewer line. We were back up and running in no time 😎
And, thank you to for removing a huuuuge yellow jacket nest that grew through an old stone foundation on one of our buildings 🐝
You're only as good as the people around you 💪

I Buy Houses. 833-CYA-HOME 🇺🇸

03/11/2024

Boxelder bugs are pests of the boxelder tree, a species of maple native to the Midwest. As the boxelder tree was introduced to other areas of the United States and Canada, boxelder bugs followed. The western boxelder bug is present from New Mexico, Utah and Idaho westward to the Pacific coast and up into British Columbia.

Since boxelder bugs prefer to feed on seeds, they are mainly found on female boxelder trees. They will also feed on other maple and ash trees. However, they are not considered major pests because they don’t tend to cause significant damage to valuable ornamentals or agricultural crops. Boxelder bugs are mainly a structural pest in the fall when adults aggregate outdoors on the sunny sides of buildings in search of overwintering sites. On warm winter days and at the start of spring, adults may be found inside buildings as they try to make their way outdoors again.

01/09/2024

Little critters wreaking havoc in your home? Call us now and receive $50 off your service. 717-746-6686

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

10/26/2023

Lady bugs are very active right now.

09/25/2023

Spotted lantern fly

08/24/2023

Leaf Footed bugs:

We are seeing an increase of this pest as more people are planting there own vegetable gardens in their yards.

Host Plants:
On Crops: Tomatoes, cucumbers, artichokes, and occasionally other vegetables and grains, as well as pomegranates, pecans and citrus fruits.

Where Found:
Native to North America, most common in warmer climates.

Description:
Adult leaf-footed bugs are usually seen in late summer, and sometimes in winter when they come indoors. So-named because their rear legs are slightly flattened, like leaves, the large gray-brown bugs can be 1 inch (2.5 cm) long, and usually have a white zigzag across their backs. Leaf-footed bugs overwinter as adults, and survival rates can be high following mild winters. When the weather warms in early summer, some adults may fly into the garden and lay eggs on vegetable crops. The bright orange nymphs with black spots feed in large groups on unlucky plants.

Damage:
Leaf-footed bugs feed by piercing moist vegetables with sharp mouthparts to feed on their moisture. Wounds made by feeding lead to uneven ripening and may invite disease.

Preventing Problems:
In areas where leaf-footed bug nymphs are a recurrent problem, eliminate overwintering sites near the garden such as wood piles. Thistles are a preferred host plant, and can be used as a trap crop in spring. Sunflowers and sorghum (millet) make effective trap crops when grown near tomatoes.

08/23/2023

Sweat bees(Hover Flies)