Pest guides for Miami-Dade homeowners and renters
Plain-language guides on reading a termite quote, tenting versus no-tent, roof rats, mosquitoes after the rain, and Florida's pest control licensing.
Roof rats in a Miami attic: why poison is the wrong first move, and what works
The scratching over the bedroom is almost always a roof rat, and it got in from a tree, a palm, or the power line. The order that works (trap, seal, trim) and why the bait box the hardware store sells makes it worse.
Tent or no tent in Miami-Dade: what the termite species on the quote decides
Two companies looked at the same house. One quoted a fumigation, the other a much smaller spot treatment. Both can be right. Miami-Dade's own termites, the West Indian drywood and the Asian subterranean among them, and the evidence and warranty a proposal should show.