Ants can be a huge household nuisance, invading spaces quickly and often quite efficiently. Their small size allows them to carefully maneuver through crevices in your home and eventually into different food sources around your house. Additionally, ants come in large numbers. Often when you spot several ants, there are hundreds lurking in hidden spaces, […]

  Parasites such as fleas are becoming much more common in the low country. These nuisance pests tend to target wildlife and our beloved pets, and love to hide out in small crevices throughout your home. At Palmetto Exterminators, we are convinced there must be something in the air welcoming these parasites with open arms, […]

Choosing a pest control company is a serious matter. After all, you want to be confident that the people you are allowing into your home are trustworthy, qualified, and will take care of your pest control problems. It isn’t always easy to select a pest control company, though. Especially when you know you have pest […]

The hubspot for all activity inside your home tends to revolve around the kitchen. This is not only the case for the human and pet residents of the house, but also for the pests that may have snuck in through a crack. Nobody wants to open a cabinet and see a cockroach staring at them, […]

The Carolinas are home to thirty-eight native species of snakes. Out of all of those slithering reptiles, just six species in South Carolina and five species in North Carolina are venomous.

You step out your front door and take a deep breath. There, a short distance away – are those flying ants you see? Gnats? No, it’s much worse. Those are termite swarmers.

There’s a good deal of information about pests going around that simply isn’t true. The more misinformation that exists, the more pest control problems people will continue to have. Nobody wants a home overrun by bugs, rodents, or other undesirable creatures, so we’re busting the 5 biggest pest control myths. Myth 1: If you can’t […]

It’s almost impossible to ignore the bed bug epidemic that’s sweeping the nation. As 97 percent of pest control companies have treated various facilities for bedbugs in the last couple of years and 71 percent of those cases thought the issue was a flea infestation, there’s no question that the lack of knowledge surrounding bedbugs […]

This pest remains at the top of our list of the most annoying insects and for good reason. The bed bug received their name from their ability to feed on humans in while sleeping from the comfort of their own bed. For bed bug awareness week, the team at Palmetto Exterminators wants to spread the […]

It’s that time of year again in the Lowcountry: termite swarmers have returned in full force. Termite swarmers typically begin appearing in early spring and their activity peaks around Memorial Day. On warm and calm evenings, you can often find hordes of these flying insects hovering around sources of light. If you haven’t encountered them […]