High-quality products control current infestations and protect you in the future. Pest specialists start with a careful inspection. Treatments every season means you’ll feel at-ease knowing you’re covered all year. Aptive’s pest control solutions ensure peace of mind. We use only the best application methods, coupled with well-trained professionals and passionate commitment to homes in Nashville and nationwide. Call today to book your first appointment and start living without pests.

If you see rodents or insects starting to explore your compost bin, realize that they can quickly become an infestation. Here are some top tips to guard your compost bin from annoying pests: Block the opening to your compost bin with rocks or wire to make it less appealing to pests. Mask the smell of composting food by covering it with dried leaves or dirt. Storing animal products, like bones and dairy, in airtight containers until you can take them to a composting facility lowers the risk of insects or rodents investigating.

You might be surprised to learn that some insects are helpful for composting. Slugs and pill bugs, for example, leave behind natural fertilizer that helps the chemical reactions. They also aerate the organic material as they move through it.

However, if you see spiders, wasps, earwigs or fruit flies around the compost bin, call Aptive Environmental Nashville to make an appointment with a pest specialist. Be cautious about “helpful” insects, too: they have a tendency to move onto other plants in your garden. An Aptive professional will make sure that they’re controlled before they have a chance to damage your plants.

Ants will begin to migrate out of their winter homes as soon as the air begins to warm—and this can mean outside and inside your house. Bees or wasps that nested in an attic or similar space over the winter might also start to buzz around indoors.

Wet and dry periods in summer result in different pests coming near your home. Ants will seek to relocate their colonies to dry places during heavy rains. Meanwhile, hot, dry spells force these insects and others, including earwigs, millipedes and pill bugs to search for water inside homes.

Rodents and spiders both start to look for places to hide indoors for the winter. This can lead them into basements, attics, garages and other little-used storage areas.

Carpet beetles feed on natural fabrics, including fur, wool, silk and leather. Pet hair also attracts them to a home. Clothes moths eat similar fabrics and will try to take shelter indoors from the cold.