Arden Termite & Pest Control    

Arden Termite and Pest Control provides a complete line of services for termite inspections and pest control in the greater Sacramento area.

Alert: Bed bugs are infesting more and more apartments, hotels, motels and homes in the Sacramento area. If you or your tenants are finding strange insect bites or skin rashes, you may have bed bugs. Call us today to schedule an inspection and if needed, a discreet treatment. Your neighbors will never know!

This is termite swarm season. Winged termites can suddenly appear inside your home. You will often find them on window sills and near other light sources. While they look like flying ants, they are most likely termites here in the Sacramento area. Call us immediately to schedule a free inspection to be sure. Save a sample insect in a plastic baggie. Spray the rest with Raid or some other household pesticide. It won't kill the termite colony but it will slow them down until we can treat your home with Termidor, the most effective guaranteed termite treatment. If you see mud tubes on your foundation or while remodeling or cleaning the garage, it means you have termites! No matter how old your home is, where it's located, or how it's constructed, it is susceptible to being attacked by termites. Every year they cause billions of dollars of damage in the United States alone - damage that homeowners insurance won't cover. Chances are you will never see evidence of termites or termite damage until it's too late. We offer a 20% discount off the written estimate of any other pest control company's bid or current contract for subterranean termite treatments. We perform termite inspections, treatments and fumigations for the control of subterranean termites, drywood termites, wood boring beetles and other wood destroying pests. We perform termite inspections and certifications for real estate transactions. We service Sacramento, Placer, El Dorado and Yolo counties. We are fully licensed by the California Structural Pest Control Board. All of our inspectors and applicators are licensed by the state of California and receive continuing education to stay informed of the latest pest control technology. We recommend Termidor for subterranean termite control. We recommend Vikane for fumigating houses for drywood termites. We recommend Timbor as an alternative to fumigating houses. We recommend other local Sacramento pest control companies for the control of ants, bees, carpet beetles, earwigs, fleas, mice, rats, roaches, silverfish, spiders and other household pests.

Pavement ants are 1/16- to 1/8-inch long with a dark body and lighter colored legs. They have two small spines on the back portion of the thorax, two nodes in their petioles, and their bodies are covered with stiff hairs. Pavement ants are easily identified by the narrow, parallel grooves on their heads and thoraxes.

Biology: Little is known about the biology of this species. The developmental time (egg to adult) is 36 to 63 days. Indoors, swarmers emerge anytime, and they emerge outdoors in June and July.

Habits: Pavement ants are commonly found in metropolitan areas in the eastern and central United States and in California. They nest outdoors under flat stones, under sidewalks, along curbing, under concrete slabs, etc. They invade structures in search of food and are a particular problem in areas where slab-on-grade construction is prevalent. Inside structures, they nest in walls, insulation, floors, and near heat sources during the winter.