Posts by Dan Peifer
How to Keep Wildlife Out of Your Home: A Chicagoland Exclusion Guide
A wild animal will repeatedly enter your home if you do not block its path. Professional wildlife exclusion seals these gaps to protect your home or business. This process stops future invasions and gives you lasting peace of mind. Protecting Your Chicagoland Home from Wildlife Hearing local wildlife scratching in your walls is very unsettling.…
Read MoreWhat Are These Bugs? A Chicagoland Spring Pest Identification Guide
Waking Up to Spring Pests in Northern Illinois The snow melts and the ground thaws across the Chicago area. You open your windows to let in the fresh air and enjoy the spring blooms. Suddenly, you notice a line of tiny black bugs on your kitchen counter. You might also spot a large spider in…
Read MoreWhat’s The Noise Coming From My Attic?
Signs raccoons are living under your roof Do you hear scratching noises coming from the attic? Knocking noises coming from the roof or inside the walls? Chittering, growling, or screeching? Is the activity mostly present at night? These are signs that one or several Raccoons might be living somewhere inside your house or nearby, maybe…
Read MoreHow To Deal With Skunks
Keeping Up With Bats
Are Bats Living Inside A Problem?
Safety and Removal of Bat Infestations Bats are flying mammals that come in all shapes and sizes. They feed mostly from insects or fruits and while there are over 1,400 species of bats around the world, in Illinois we can mostly encounter Big Brown and Little brown bats. These bats are nocturnal and they emerge…
Read MoreShould I Feed Squirrels?
Why it might not be a good idea So, you want to know whether or not it is a good idea to put some food out for the squirrels you’ve seen around the neighborhood.The answer to this question may seem pretty straightforward because, let’s face it, it is hard not to root for them, especially…
Read MoreCan Wildlife Damage My House?
Can Wildlife Damage My House?
Read MorePavement Ants
These ants are known for constructing big colonies underground and occasionally nest indoors.
Read MorePharaoh Ants
Pharaoh ants are a very small (approximately 2mm in length), yellowish-brown, harmless species of ant.
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