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If you are seeing a lot of pests because you haven’t had any pest control for some time, all is not lost. Sometimes just by doing a general service, you can impact a large variety of unwanted pests, especially if you do consistent treatments. For our services, consistent doesn’t mean every two or three months. That’s rarely if ever needed if you get a thorough pest control service the first time. A thorough pest service…
Getting pest control typically means, at a minimum, treating around the outside of your home. But then how often should you do a treatment? If you’re treating outside, there is no reason to treat more than once every couple of months, at the most. Otherwise you are putting “product on top of product.” This means that there is product that is likely still working, so adding more doesn’t make it work any better. Being more…
If you are looking to really handle roaches or spiders coming inside your home, you should treat both the inside and outside of the house. Some houses just have more pests than others. They have more openings or gaps around doors and windows, they’re in a woodsier or more natural area or there are more conducive conditions like wood piles, rocks, debris or leaves collecting that can make pests show up more often. Either way,…
It’s been a mild winter, so far, but are there pests that become major problems when the temperatures drop? Most insects and bugs are more active in the spring, summer and early fall. But some pests like rodents, fleas and German roaches don’t need a “season” but can show up inside your home at any time. Sometimes ants and outdoor roaches show up inside, but much less frequently than during the hotter summer months. If…
If you’re wondering if you need to do inside or outside pest control, we typically do both if you have pests inside. A few people insist on just outside treatment. As a preventive measure, if you haven’t seen any bugs in your home, an outside treatment may be enough. But if you see roaches inside or sugar ants in your kitchen, you’ll of course want to treat indoors to handle those, along with that outside…
Have you moved to Austin recently or know someone who has? The odds are likely that one of those two is the case! With the number of people moving to Austin, it can help to know when it is “bug season.” Unlike northern areas, Austin can have warmer temperatures nearly all year. However, that doesn’t make this a tropical environment where creepy crawlies are seen each month. Some years are certainly warmer than others. This…
Exterminators are hit with a few jokes from customers each pest season, the most common being a request to take care of an unwanted and unexpected “pest” like a sulky teenager or a loud, poorly trained dog that eats slippers and jumps on guests. Silly stuff. Except, maybe those actually are pests? The word pest simply means “a destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc. or that can be a nuisance…
If you’re wondering when you need to get pest control done, the good news is it’s probably not as often as you think! Some people call us asking for information about “monthly” pest control. Unless you have a major infestation that has been ignored for years, you don’t need pest control every month. And even then professionals should be able to handle it quickly, without the need to charge you endlessly for it. Our services…
Is it possible to “pest proof” a house? Exhibit A: New homes with everything still sealed up well are likely to get fewer bugs than an older pier-and-beam house that may have gaps and openings all over. Exhibit B: Most bugs can crawl through millimeter-sized openings. For example an American roach can squeeze through just 3mm — about the size of two stacked pennies. Scorpions reportedly can get in through gaps as small as a…
A pest control company saying NOT to spray bugs? Yes! Here’s why: most consumer products for bugs are designed for an “instant kill.” It looks like the problem is solved with pests instantly killed so it’s very satisfying for a customer. Blast some on a gross moving bug and the bug is no longer moving (although probably still gross). But looks can be deceiving. In a few cases this isn’t a problem. For example you…
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We specialize in long-lasting treatments using products in a way that effectively kills bugs but has no impact on people. No contracts are needed. We treat more than once a year about as often as we skip years between treatments.
Aztec’s philosophy is to provide the most effective pest control service available, having the least negative impact on people and the environment here in Austin, Texas. We use a combination of the least toxic and most effective pest control products available.
We originally offered pest control using only natural, “organic” pest control products. While we still offer that service, we now combine those products with a low-toxicity, odorless, synthetic pyrethrin (crushed chrysanthemum flower), offering a longer-lasting residual effect.
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"All Around Awesome"
How refreshing to do business with someone who only sells you what you need! They did not try to get me into a big contract or scare me. Just fee for service, call us when you need us. I so appreciate them! Showed up on time too. All around awesome….
"Safe Effective Treatment"
This is the second time my family has used Aztec Organic Pest Service for our home. We have small children, so we wanted to make sure the treatment was not only effective, but also safe. Every aspect of working with Aztec was great. Scheduling was quick and easy, and the…
"I highly recommend Aztec Organic Pest Services"
After researching pest control on Yelp last year, I called Aztec and they were willing to work with me and very understanding (without even the slightest hint of eye-rolling I received from another company) about areas I did not want sprayed – I need the spiders and ladybugs around my…