Pest Control in King of Prussia, PA

King of Prussia has no city government of its own, because it is a census designated place inside Upper Merion Township. The township sits in Montgomery County and also takes in Gulph Mills, Swedeland, Swedesburg and parts of Radnor and Wayne. The United States Postal Service office there has carried the King of Prussia name since 1837, well before the highways arrived. Your postal address says King of Prussia while your municipality is Upper Merion Township, and both are correct.

PA DEP places adult blacklegged ticks in forest edge habitat and understory vegetation, which is exactly what a wooded property boundary provides. Pennsylvania ranks number one in the country for reported Lyme disease cases, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. DEP puts the greatest risk of being bitten in spring, summer and fall, from a nymph or an adult female tick. Valley Forge National Historical Park separately documents deer overpopulation, estimated at 241 deer per square mile in 2009 and about 34 today. Tick treatment therefore concentrates on the shaded boundary of your property rather than the open lawn.

Commercial premises are covered, and that work is quoted separately because the reporting requirements are different from a house. The King of Prussia District represents 432 commercial, industrial and multi-family property owners inside a 1,935 acre boundary in Upper Merion Township. Commercial work includes a record of each visit, what was found and what was done, which is what an inspector asks for. Pennsylvania requires a pesticide application business license, and a certified applicator must be physically present unless every applicator on site is a registered technician. Tell us the premises type when you call and we will explain what the schedule would look like.

Penn State Extension puts the Pennsylvania swarm window between February and June, so late winter and spring is when most people first notice. Eastern subterranean termites reach wood through mud tubes running from the soil, so the inspection starts at grade level outside. Penn State singles out wooden posts, steps, door frames and trim embedded in earth or a concrete floor as especially susceptible. Look for pencil width mud tubes on foundation walls and a scatter of equal length wings near a window in spring. Reducing soil moisture near the structure is part of the fix, alongside anything that bridges the ground and the timber.