Pest Control in Reedley, CA

Reedley calls itself the World’s Fruit Basket, and the stone-fruit industry that earns the nickname shapes its pest work more than anything else. Peach, plum and nectarine orchards press against the town on every side, and the packing and cold-storage sheds that grade and ship that fruit are magnets for rats and mice — fallen and culled fruit, cardboard, pallets and quiet corners give rodents food and harborage year-round. Those operations need documented commercial rodent programs with exterior stations, interior monitoring and sealing, not a one-time trap-out, because the orchards next door keep resupplying the pressure.

The Kings River runs along the southeast edge of town, and homes near the bottomland live with its two gifts: a long mosquito season off the slackwater and backwater through the hot months, and the riparian cover that shelters rodents and spiders. Irrigated orchard ground keeps Argentine ant colonies huge, and in summer their trails push indoors toward kitchens and bathrooms. When the Valley cools, roof rats move from the orchard canopy and river brush into attics and garages during the winter rat season. Older houses near the historic downtown add drywood-termite and settling issues on top of all of it, so a Reedley plan usually has to cover more than one front at once.