Pest Control in Lithopolis, OH

Newer builds near the Wagnalls Memorial: why ants show up first

The median Lithopolis home dates to 2004 (ACS 2019-23). A house that young is tight, but not tight enough. Builders leave soil freshly graded, mulch beds sit against the siding and landscaping holds moisture next to the foundation, and ants treat all of that as an invitation.

A perimeter treatment, which is a band of product applied around the outside of the house along the foundation, usually does more for ants than spraying the ones in your kitchen. Our page on ant control covers the species we see and how follow-up works.

Columbus Street, a stone library and a village that tripled in size

Lithopolis began as Centerville, laid out in 1815, and was renamed for the nearby stone deposits (Wikipedia). The Wagnalls Memorial Library at 150 E. Columbus St was built from local freestone and dedicated on May 30, 1925. The village had 600 residents in 2000, 1,106 in 2010 and 2,134 in 2020.

That growth explains the pest picture. A compact historic center sits around the library, and most of the rest is housing built in the last twenty-five years, with freshly graded lots, young trees and new mulch beds. A house in the old center and a 2004 two-story have different foundations, so we inspect each for what it actually has.

The new lots matter for scheduling too. Ants and wasps peak between May and September, so a call placed in April about last year's trails gets the outside treated before the colony is established.

Wasps under the eaves of two-story Lithopolis houses

Newer two-story houses have deep soffits, vented eaves and covered porches, all places where paper wasps and hornets start nests in spring. A nest the size of a golf ball in May can be far larger by late summer.

Stay a safe distance from any nest and keep kids and pets back. Our notes on wasp nest removal explain when a nest is worth leaving alone and when it is not.

Pest control services Lithopolis homeowners use

Scheduling a 30 minute trip from Dunning Rd

Tell us the address and what you have found. Because Lithopolis is a half hour out, we can usually fit a stop into a run through the southeast side, and same-day visits are possible when the schedule allows. We ask about allergies, pets and kids at each visit and plan around the answers.

The price follows the type and extent of the problem, and you hear it before any work begins. Follow-up visits are biweekly, monthly, bimonthly or as needed, depending on what we find.

Lithopolis within the Canal Winchester and Pickerington circle

Boydes has worked central Ohio since 1990, and the villages southeast of Columbus are a familiar part of our map. Lithopolis is 19 miles from the shop, and Canal Winchester, Pickerington, Groveport, Carroll and Blacklick Estates are all on our list of covered towns.

A median house from 2004 and a 14% rental share describe a village of newer owner-occupied homes. That puts most of the work outside the house in spring and summer, so tell us when you first saw the ants or wasps and where.