Pest Control in Galena, OH

Hoover Reservoir water and the mosquito and tick season

Hoover Reservoir is a large body of water that holds shoreline vegetation, standing pockets and humid air through summer. Mosquitoes breed in any water that sits for several days, from a birdbath to a clogged gutter, so neighborhood yards near the reservoir often see them early.

Ticks wait in tall grass and leaf litter along wooded edges. Trimming the lawn and clearing brush back from play areas helps, and our page on mosquito and tick control describes what a yard treatment involves and what we ask about first.

From Zoar to Galena: Big Walnut Creek and the reservoir shore

The village was platted as Zoar in 1816, and a post office has carried the name Galena since 1834 (Wikipedia). It sits in Berkshire Township. The population was 305 in 2000, 653 in 2010 and 924 in 2020.

Hoover Reservoir was built from 1953 to 1955 by damming Big Walnut Creek, and it supplies water to Columbus. It covers 3,272 acres and runs up to 8 miles long and a mile wide (Wikipedia). That much open water shapes the summer around Galena, with humid air, shaded shoreline and wet low ground.

Those facts shape the work in two ways. The newer subdivisions on old farm and wood edges meet ants, wasps and mice at the foundation, and yards near the shoreline add mosquitoes and ticks. When you call, tell us whether you are on the water side or inland, and we will plan the visit with that in mind.

Pest control services Galena homeowners ask for

A 2004 home in a growing Delaware County village

The median Galena house dates to 2004 (ACS 2019-23). These homes have fewer settling cracks than 1950s houses, so the entry points are smaller and more specific: the gap where a hose bib or gas line passes through siding, the weather seal on a garage door and vents in the soffit.

Finding those entry points matters more than the product we apply, because pests return through anything we miss. Exclusion simply means closing the openings.

The 19 mile drive to Galena

Tell us the address and the problem when you call. Galena is among our closer villages, so same-day stops can happen when the schedule allows, and otherwise we find the next opening. Pricing depends on what we find, and we explain it before work begins.

We ask about allergies, pets and kids at the visit and apply products per label directions. If a follow-up belongs in the plan, we schedule it before leaving.

Galena, Hoover Reservoir and the towns around it

Boydes has worked central Ohio since 1990, and the north end of Hoover Reservoir is an easy 19 miles from Dunning Rd. Sunbury is a neighboring village we also cover, along with Westerville, Huber Ridge, New Albany and Centerburg.

Galena's median home is from 2004 and only 13% of homes are rented, so most calls come from owners with a yard, a deck and an eave to worry about. Tell us whether the problem is inside or out and we will plan the visit around that.