Many Floridians willingly open their doors throughout the season to visitors seeking respite or repast. However, those visitors generally have either two or four legs, not six. When the six-legged ones show up, most sun seekers call out for help from Plant City pest control experts. Why? Signs of six-legs scurrying across the floor generally mean one thing this time of year, palmetto bugs.
The prehistoric looking creatures are hard-wired to seek areas where heat and humidity reign. Scientists widely agree that most species prefer living areas that are at least 70 degrees and boast 50% relative humidity. Normally, these conditions are not hard to find in Plant City. However, the winter months traditionally mark a drop in both humidity and temperature.
As a result, these outdoor insects’ survival instincts kick in. Afterward, it’s inevitable they’ll go running through Plant City buildings’ open doors and any other unfettered recesses that they manage to find. Once inside, they’ll be looking for more than just places to rest, drink and eat. Finding places where they can defecate, urinate, mate and leave egg casings behind will be on their tiny agendas too.
Like many species of insects, the females may deposit as many as four, viable casings per month. The casings normally contain a baker’s dozen worth of offspring, which will typically hatch within the month. Once they hatch, the healthy offspring will take advantage of their human hosts’ living environment to gain size and strength before mating. In the process, they’ll be contaminating the Plant City home or office with their bodily excretions.
Plant City pest control professionals are experienced at finding palmetto bugs’ egg casings, molted exoskeletons and fecal remains. Once found, they’ll remove the casings and live bugs. Afterward, homeowners may focus on sterilizing environmental surfaces for continued use and setting up barriers to prevent further entry. To learn more about Plant City’s palmetto bug population and what services pest control companies provide year round, please contact us.
