Nipomo residents play an important role in protecting the public health of their community and should take simple steps to reduce the risk of mosquito-transmitted diseases in their neighborhood.

Chances are good that at some point you'll have to deal with termites if you own or rent any living space in Nipomo that involves wood as part of its construction. Getting to know and understand these pests a little better can help you avoid serious damage to your structure.

We decided to take a look around online and see what kinds of creepy pest control stories we could find to entertain our Nipomo clients. We think you'll enjoy them -- there's just something about a good pest horror story!

Argentinian Ants are a serious late summer pest for humans, invading our residences to find food and water. Nipomo residents may feel a familiar sense of despair as they see the small foragers returning for their annual invasion of our kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms.

Do you take a Do-It-Yourself approach to challenges, preferring to use your wits, common-sense, and the internet to solve problems? Do you have a pest problem in your Nipomo residence?

We enjoyed a recent article in the LA Times (see below) that briefly gives a history of plague outbreaks in California in the last century and details the eradication measures taken that effectively stopped the deadly disease in its path.

Nipomo residents should know that swarming honeybees have gorged on their honey stores before departing their nest and are so full of honey that it is difficult for them to sting, even if they wanted to!

Here at O'Connor Pest Control in Nipomo we consider lizards to be pest control experts in the best sense: they feed upon many of the insect pests that sting or bite humans and they do so completely naturally.

At O'Connor Pest in Nipomo, we know just how adaptable and smart rodents are -- and we know that we have to keep alert and vigilant as we observe and monitor rodent presence and behavioral patterns. Each of our Nipomo clients presents a unique pest situation and we pride ourselves on effectively predicting and preventing rodent damage before it occurs.

Removing the brown seed pods, dried grasses, fallen twigs, coastal live oak leaf litter and other signs of abundant summer growth feels intuitively right. After all, this is how we clean our homes. But does this practice really "clean up" garden pest problems?