Pest Library
Learn More About Common Pests Greater Toronto Area
If pests get into your home or business, it helps to know what you’re dealing with. Our pest library provides information on the most common pests to invade Toronto residential and commercial properties.
Ants
Carpenter, pavement and pharaoh ants can be a major problem in homes and institutions such as hotels, hospitals or apartment complexes. They nest in warm locations that are hard to reach such as walls, subfloor areas, wall sockets, attics, cracks and crevices and behind baseboards and furniture.
Cockroach
German cockroaches are the most common household insect. They typically infest kitchen and bathrooms but will live anywhere inside heated structures where there is food, water and harborage. To help control cockroach populations, its imperative to eliminate the food, water they require for survival. Cleanup to remove food residue around appliances. Removing clutter can prove effective to help reduce cockroach populations within your home or office.
Pigeon
The rock dove, commonly referred to as a pigeon is approximately 13 inches long, with its colour varying from white to black and can live from 4 to 12 years. Pigeons prefer flat and smooth surfaces, such as roof tops, for resting and feeding. Their acidic droppings can cause significant damage to equipment, painted building surfaces, marble, limestone and other material surfaces.
Fly
Flies can become serious nuisance pests when populations spike around homes and businesses. They contaminate food with pathogens spread by landing and regurgitation/defecation habits. Flies reproduce rapidly and maggot infestations can develop from eggs laid on trash, manure, and carrion.
Fleas
Fleas thrive when allowed to proliferate on pets and wildlife near homes. Their bites cause irritatingly itchy welts. Fleas transmit bacterial and viral diseases and may cause allergic reactions and anemia in extreme infestations.
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