Pest control in Murrieta, CA

Murrieta has a dry summer and a wet winter, with average daily highs above 83 degrees from late June to late September, August the hottest at an average high of 87, and most of the year's rain falling between late November and early April. That pattern sets the pest calendar. UC IPM notes that Argentine ants trail indoors in hot dry weather and again after rain, so expect ant trails indoors in the July heat and after the first winter storms. The long dry season pushes earwigs out of the mulch and into bathrooms and kitchens, and the irrigation that keeps Murrieta lawns green through September keeps the mulch beds damp enough to breed them. Western black widows build up through the warm months in garages and along block walls. Brown widows do the same under patio furniture and play structures, and mosquitoes breed in whatever standing water the irrigation and the plant saucers leave behind. Roof rats, which UC IPM notes live high in palms, trees and vines, travel along fences and utility lines into attics.

Murrieta started as sheep country. The City of Murrieta's own history records that Juan Murrieta brought about 100,000 sheep to the valley, that the railroad later linked the valley to its southern transcontinental route, and that the Murrieta Hot Springs Resort drew visitors for decades before the town settled into a quiet stretch and then grew into a city of more than 24,000 residents by the time it incorporated. Today it's a city of 53 parks and about 1,350 acres of trails, open space and parkland, with more than 20 miles of trails including the Murrieta Creek Regional Trail, and Los Alamos Hills Sports Park, the largest park at 40 acres, is home to some of the city's youth sports leagues. Interstate 15 runs up the west side of the city and Interstate 215 up the east, with Murrieta Creek winding southeast through the middle and Warm Springs Creek feeding into it. The open space along those two creeks connects southwest to the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, about 7,500 acres of oak woodland, chaparral and native grassland managed by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Block-wall tract neighbourhoods, irrigated landscaping and wild land along the edges are exactly what Argentine ants, western black widows, brown widows, earwigs and roof rats like.

Our office is at 29990 Technology Dr Ste 13, in the 92563 ZIP that Murrieta shares with French Valley, so Murrieta homes share a city with the people who answer the phone. We've been in California since 2011, and our owner, Jared Brown, started in pest control 27 years ago. In neighbourhoods like Copper Canyon and the streets around Historic Downtown, that means widows behind the patio furniture and along the block walls, Argentine ant trails into the kitchen in July, and earwigs under the bark mulch wherever the drip line runs against the stucco. Murrieta also has gated communities such as Bear Creek and Greer Ranch, and homes around the nature parks like Cole Canyon Park and Warm Springs Park back onto open land, which gives roof rats the trees, palms and fence lines UC IPM says they live in and travel along into attics. Dylan Reed handles that rodent work, setting traps first and quoting the sealing of the way in separately, and Tyler Williams handles the termite inspections and WDO reports when a Murrieta home goes into escrow. Brushing the eaves and clearing the cobwebs is part of every service visit. If pests come back before the next scheduled visit, we come back at no charge. On price, plans start at $45 a month, and the first visit on any of the three plans, Monthly, Every Other Month or Quarterly, is $49. Each plan is a 12-month agreement, and if you cancel early you pay back the $200 first-visit discount.

French Valley is the unincorporated community next door, and we cover it from the same office. It's a census-designated place in Riverside County with more than 35,000 residents at the last count, the most populous census-designated place in the county, and it shares the 92563 ZIP code with Murrieta, with the rest of it in 92596. French Valley Airport, the county-owned public-use airport on Highway 79, sits in the French Valley area. French Valley grew by more than 12,000 residents between the last two censuses, so much of the housing is new, with young landscaping, fresh bark mulch and heavy irrigation, which is the setup earwigs and Argentine ants like in summer, and open ground nearby, which gives rats and mice somewhere to come from. French Valley homes are on the same plans as Murrieta homes. Customers say they chose us for fast response, and one Yelp reviewer, Gabby K., had a technician out the day after calling about an ant invasion. Call (951) 535-4220 and tell Jenni whether you're in Murrieta or French Valley.