What is it that Customers Really Want or Expect?

January 26, 2010

This is one question that we at Invader Pest Management spend a lot of time on to ensure that our customers are happy.  This is a really tough issue when you get to the meat of it.  We do a lot of training with our staff and when they are asked this question, we use to [...]

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Here Comes the Rain Again & the Need for Weed Control

January 20, 2010

Where There’s Water there’s soon to be WEEDS! That’s the way it is in the desert.   In the metropolitan Phoenix area, our climate is much different than the majority of the country.  While much of the country is going through an extremely cold and snowy winter, here in the valley of the sun we have [...]

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Exterminators Are Not All The Same

January 18, 2010

Moving to the country was a welcome respite from life in a congested suburb — until mice took up residence in our home. Clearly, we needed a pest control service, but we were concerned about using pesticides — particularly around our children and pets. We didn’t want mice, but we also didn’t want to bomb [...]

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Invader’s Bee Removal Program

January 5, 2010

Bee removals are the part of the Invader Bee Management system we call “reactive” bee control. Reactive bee control is the solution to existing bee problems. Trained personnel utilizing Invader Bee Management techniques will solve any active bee problem in the fastest and safest manner possible. The two most common bee problems are dealing with swarms or an [...]

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Along Came a Spider

December 28, 2009

Along came a spider and sat down beside her . . . a popular nursery rhyme, but not so popular as far as pests are concerned. Spiders are consistently ranked in the top 3 things that are most scary to people and just by looking at this picture you can certainly see why they envoke the fearful [...]

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Home for the Holiday

December 17, 2009

All through the house, not a creature was stiring, not even a mouse.  Ok, a scorpion was my uninvited guest for the holiday – no it wasn’t stiring thanks to the cat, but it still scared the heck out of my wife when she almost sat on it.  Hard to believe it’s the middle of December [...]

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‘Crazy Ants’ – Could They be in Arizona Soon?

December 17, 2009

Swarms of foreign “crazy ants” are spreading through Texas and Florida, raising alarms that the tiny, frenetic bugs will rival the fire ants that have ravaged the South, costing billions of dollars in damages each year. Although the new pests don’t pack the powerful sting of fire ants, scientists say they can do as much [...]

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Invader in the Attic

December 2, 2009

Phoenix Exterminator – Invader Pest Management was in the attic today.  A long time customer and central Phoenix resident called in today because she stated she was hearing noises in her attic. No matter where your located, whether Scottsdale, Glendale, Mesa or Chandler, we can get to you quickly. We were at the Invader Pest [...]

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Are They Pests or Beneficial Insects?

November 24, 2009

In Arizona around 11,000 species of insects have been identified, a large percent of which (>95%) are either harmless or beneficial to humans. They live in an environment that is delicately balanced ecologically. The term pest is not the name of an ecological niche, but is more of a misunderstanding on the part of the human [...]

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LEED Certified Pest Management

November 12, 2009

Twenty First Century Pest Control is not the same as the old days. I recently attended the 76th Annual NPMA National Pest Management Association Pest World Convention, where we had the largest attendance at a pest control convention to date. The Pest Control industry really understands the importance of coming together as an industry and supporting one [...]

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