Meridian Pest Control

• ◆Built for Newer Construction Problems: Pest work on a five year old slab home is not the same as work on a century old house. The pressure comes from the perimeter, the irrigation, the garage seam, and the disturbed soil under the lot. Our Meridian technicians treat those points specifically instead of running a generic interior service.
• ◆Vole and Landscape Damage Experience: Voles are one of the most common Meridian complaints and one of the most misdiagnosed, since the damage shows up as dead turf runs and chewed bark rather than an insect you can see. We identify the runs, treat and monitor them, and flag the irrigation and ground cover conditions keeping the population going.
• ◆Environmentally Conscious Methods: We prioritize exclusion, sanitation, and targeted application over broad-spectrum spraying. The canals and laterals that cross Meridian carry water to everything downstream, and that matters as much as your family and pets do.
• ◆Transparent Pricing: Free quotes and pricing with no surprises. Quarterly plans are priced for the actual size and condition of your property, not a generic rate card. You will know the number before we start the work.
• ◆Responsive Scheduling: Pest problems are stressful, and we take them seriously. Our team works to get you on the schedule quickly and keeps you informed throughout the process, from initial assessment to follow-up treatment.
• ◆Pest FREE Guarantee: If pests return between scheduled visits, so do we, at no additional cost, until the problem is resolved.

• ◆Ant trails at the slab and landscaping seam – A steady line of ants where the concrete meets the bed, or coming through a weep hole, means a colony is established in the disturbed soil against the foundation, not just foraging through.
• ◆Surface runs and dead strips in irrigated turf – Narrow paths of chewed grass at soil level, often with small open holes, are vole runs. Chewed bark at the base of young landscape trees is the same animal and is the sign that gets noticed too late.
• ◆Droppings along the garage wall and shelving – Pellet shaped droppings behind stored items or along the garage wall are the first sign of mice, and the garage is the most common entry route on newer Meridian homes.
• ◆Gaps of daylight under the garage door – If you can see light along the bottom seal or at the corners, that gap is wide enough for a mouse. It is the single most common unsealed entry point we find in this city.
• ◆Ground holes with yellowjacket traffic – Repeated yellowjacket traffic into a hole along a fence line, in turf, or at the edge of a bed means a ground nest. These get aggressive late in the season and are worth handling before then.
• ◆Mud tubes at foundation edges and expansion joints – Pencil thin mud tubes at a slab edge, expansion joint, or utility penetration mean subterranean termites are working soil against the structure.
• ◆Earwigs indoors after irrigation runs – Finding earwigs in the house shortly after watering usually means the irrigated bed against the foundation is holding moisture right where the entry points are.
• ◆Spider webbing low in the garage and window wells – Strong, tangled webbing in low garage corners, window wells, and under stored items suggests black widows rather than common house spiders.

Early Detection Matters: If you notice any of these signs in your Meridian property, contact EcoGuard immediately. Early intervention prevents small problems from becoming major infestations and saves you time, money, and stress.

• ◆Fix the Garage Door Seal: Replace worn bottom seals and add corner seals where daylight shows. On newer Meridian homes the garage is the primary rodent entry, and a good seal plus a swept, decluttered floor removes both the door and the harborage in one afternoon.
• ◆Tune the Irrigation Away From the House: Adjust heads that throw water onto siding, repair leaking drip emitters in foundation beds, and set the schedule so the soil against the house dries between cycles. Wet foundation soil is what sustains ants, earwigs, and the moisture damage carpenter ants look for.
• ◆Keep a Dry Break at the Foundation: Leave a clear band of gravel or bare soil between the landscaping and the siding, keep mulch shallow, and trim shrubs back at least 18 inches. A dry break is the cheapest ongoing pest control a new home can have.
• ◆Watch the Turf for Vole Runs: Walk the lawn after the first mow of spring and again in fall, looking for narrow surface paths and small holes. Keeping grass trimmed at the edges, thinning heavy ground cover, and protecting young tree trunks reduces vole habitat considerably.
• ◆Drain Standing Water Weekly: Empty saucers under pots, refresh birdbaths, clear gutters, and check low spots and tarps after irrigation runs. Properties along laterals and drains benefit most from a weekly pass through the warm months.
• ◆Schedule Around the Two Pressure Peaks: The spring perimeter visit gets ahead of ants and wasp queens before colonies establish, and the late summer exclusion visit closes entry points before rodents move in. Quarterly service anchored on those two beats reactive emergency calls.