General

• Residential Pest Control

Insects and Spiders

• Ants
  Wondering how to get rid of ants ? In recent years, Ants have become the #1 pest to invade your home. If you find ants have taken up residence in your home or business, contact Prodigy Pest Solutions promptly. Our ant removal services will be able to inspect your home, perform proper identification, and recommend an ant control and extermination solution.
• Spiders
  Spiders belong to a group of animals called “arachnids.”  All spiders are predatory eight-legged creatures. Depending on the type, some spiders like moisture and can be found in basements, crawl spaces and other damp parts in your home. Others like dry, warm and can be found in subfloor air vents, upper corners of rooms and attics.
• Termites
  If you don’t know you have termites, you could be facing hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars of damage. According to the US Department of Agriculture Research Magazine, more than half a million homes are partially destroyed by termites each year. In most cases, this damage is not covered by homeowners insurance.  According to some reports, termites cause more than 40 billion dollars worth of damage globally.
• Bed Bugs
  When you are looking for an experienced pest control company in the Chester County area to perform Bed Bug Heat Treatments, Prodigy Pest Solutions is the only choice. Prodigy utilizes Bed Bug Heat Treatments to efficiently and effectively eliminate all stages of the bed bug life cycle including the eggs, nymphs and adults. Privacy is of the utmost importance to us at Prodigy.  Therefore, we discreetly arrive without obvious signs of why we are there. Our vehicles are UNMARKED so that you and your family are not broadcasting to the neighbors, that you have bed bugs.
• Fleas
  Fleas are parasites that feed on the blood of any warm-blooded body. Although numerous animals, both wild and domestic, can have flea infestations, most homes only inherit flea infestation problems from contact with domestic dogs and cats.
• Cockroaches
  Cockroaches are considered one of the most adaptable pests on Earth and have been around for millions of years. Cockroaches can be found anywhere from sewers to homes to Philadelphia area restaurants and piles of leaves. They often enter structures through drains, pipes and are able to quickly invade the cracks and crevices of your home or business to build their own family.
• Bees
  There are more than 20,000 bee species globally, however, the carpenter bee is considered the most common pest infestation of its species in the United States and in the Philadelphia region.The carpenter bee, often mistaken for the American bumblebee, is a solitary bee that creates its nest inside of wood. Unlike their brightly colored cousin, they are mostly black with very little hair and their yellow neckline, their only burst of color.  But like the bumblebee, it is a prolific pollinator of a variety of plants and vegetables. Carpenter bees also have a mistaken reputation for eating wood. Rather, they use wood for constructing their nests by drilling perfect circle holes into fencing, wood decks, and around wooden window frames. They particularly like untreated and unpainted wood and will set up multiple nests year after year, if the infestation is left untreated, causing extensive damage to your property. Some indicators of carpenter bees include: witnessing the bees crawling out of the wood, holes in wood, with dust piles surrounding it, as well as a yellow or brown stained entrance around the hole, due to their fecal matter. Carpenter bees do not typically sting. Though the female has a stinger, it is not aggressive unless provoked, and males do not have a stinger at all.
• Wasps
  These wasps are named after the honeycomb shaped-paper-like nests they create from their saliva and pieces of wood.  They are also known as umbrella wasps because their nests look like one that is turned upside down.  Paper wasps live in colonies with a queen. They are dark brown in color with orange, yellow or red stripes across their abdomen. They are aggressive defenders of their territory that will sting repeatedly anything they deem a threat. Their nests can be found underneath eaves, attics, and in basements.
• Ticks
  Ticks are small spiderlike animals that bite to attach themselves onto the skin and feed on blood of animals and humans.
• Mosquitoes
  Mosquitoes are part of the same family as houseflies and fruit flies and breed in soft, moist soil or stagnant water. Mosquitoes can live in most environments, except for extreme cold weather areas. They favor forests, marshes, tall grasses, weeds and ground that is wet during parts of the year. Sources such as gutters, empty containers, old tires, pools, low-lying areas and birdbaths provide a perfect breeding site.
• Flies
  Though most spiders in the US, and the Philadelphia region, are not poisonous to humans unless the person is allergic, they are usually unwelcome guests. Our fear sometimes outweighs the benefits spiders have in combating other pest infestations like flies, ants, and grasshoppers.
• Hornets
  These stinging insects are part of the yellow jacket family. They have black bodies with white markings on the face and normally create their nests inside of tree hollows and in shrubs and bushes, off the ground. On property, the nest can typically be found underneath overhangs of rooftops. Bald face hornets construct their nests from saliva and wood particles, and they are well known for aggressively defending this territory. They are capable of stinging multiple times. They eat nectar, thereby pollinating plants and flowers and they are the natural predators of yellow jackets.
• Yellowjackets
  Yellow jackets are not bees, as so often thought. They are highly social wasps that live in colonies that are typically constructed on the ground under shrubs and bushes unless they find their way onto your property. Indoors they can be found in wall voids or attics. They will aggressively defend their territory by stinging their victims repeatedly. Unlike bees, yellow jackets do not pollinate. Other insects are their main source of food. They also are known to eat meat and sugary processed foods, which is why they are so often seen buzzing around trashcans and picnic areas.  Aside from the yellow jacket’s painful sting, they also can create serious property damage as they can eat through material like drywall, using it and the area to built nests. As their name suggests, these bees can be identified by their distinctive yellow and black jacket-like stripes.
• Stinging Insects
  Whether it’s a bee sting, wasp sting or hornet that inflicted the pain, it won’t be pleasant. Try eliminating the nest of any of these insects and you’re in store for pain a thousandfold. Eliminating stinging insects is dangerous and better left to professionals. Left on their own to forage and nest, these insects are harmless, but when attempts are made to eradicate them, extreme caution should be used. It’s highly recommended that professional exterminators be employed. Protective clothing, goggles, appropriate use of chemicals as well as the time of day and season are all critical considerations when eradicating stinging insect infestations.

Animal Control

• Bats
  Soft ticks often feed on bats and birds, while hard ticks feed on humans, pets and nuisance wildlife.
• Wildlife

Bird Control

• Birds

Rodent Control

• Rodents
  As their name suggests, these gray or light brown colored rodents are primarily found in residences. They are rapid breeding urban dwellers, reproducing 7 to 10 times per year with a litter of up to 7 pups and a lifespan of 1-2 years.
• Mice
• Rats
  Mice leave fecal matter near their nest. Not to be confused with rats, mice leave black rice-like droppings that if disposed of improperly can release the virus. Look for droppings near your food storage and near water sources.
• Squirrels
  Fleas feed off of mammals. Fleas like animals that are hairy, including mice, cats, dogs, rats, and squirrels, but they will also feed on humans. When their four-legged host is no longer available, they will jump on the nearest warm-blooded opportunity.