Otter Creek Pest Control, llc.

12/25/2020

Merry Christmas to All! I hope everyone is able to spend the holidays with the ones they love in good health and cheer!

12/04/2020

Gray Squirrel Exclusion work from earlier this fall.

12/04/2020

Starling Exclusion in a bathroom exhaust vent from early this summer.

12/04/2020

European Hornet Control at home from this past summer, this was a nice opportunity to capture some video of the species.

12/04/2020

An example of carpenter ant control earlier this year, this was late summer, and there was a wonderful example of a mature colony that I was able to capture on video. The ants were causing trouble in the house about 30 feet from the tree; there were regular sightings inside, and I was able to locate the source of the ants in the tree and control them. Carpenter ants located near a structure in trees like this will often form satellite colonies inside homes or move their colony into the structure if the tree is damaged. Carpenter ant control can be complicated at structures, and trees are always a part of the overall control program. Carpenter ants can forage for food up to 300 feet away from their colony, making many potential nesting sites in the range of structures. Dead insects, which often accumulate around the exterior of homes, provide a steady food source for carpenter ants; this is one reason they are often seen around the exterior of the structure and have the tendency to form satellite colonies at the structure.

10/27/2020

I wanted to share some of the latest information on the Asian Giant Hornet, which had caused quite a stir and controversy earlier this summer. The hornet is predatory to other insects and can eliminate an entire honeybee colony in a short amount of time. Entomologists have said that the hornet may never make it to the east coast. Still, I found the article particularly interesting because they’re using radio trackers attached to hornets they’ve captured to track them back to their nest. That’s an amazingly small transmitter, quite fascinating.

After weeks of trapping and searching, Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) entomologists have located an Asian giant hornet nest on a property in Blaine – the first ever such nest found in the U.S.

03/02/2020

Below is a copy of our commercial pest control flyer; we can provide full-service programs for your place of business. Contact us if we can be of assistance or offer a competitive quote.

08/16/2019

The fun part of pest control work! Things you cant always see from the ground too. I didn’t edit this video, I thought it might be interesting just as it was. The holes were later sealed to control entry in the future. These were not actively lived in by any creatures so they were sealed, in other cases devices have to be installed to allow Bats or Squirrels or Flying Squirrels to exit before the hole is sealed.