The Bug Guy
January in Phoenix: Where Pests Think It’s Spring Break
Yes, I’m serious.” The exterminator isn’t even surprised anymore. They’ve seen it all. In fact, January is prime time for discovering that your “heated” garage is actually a luxury resort for spiders. And let’s talk about those adorable pack rats that decide your attic insulation makes the perfect winter nesting material. While other rodents are sensibly burrowed underground somewhere in Minnesota, our local rats are renovating. They’re probably up there right now, hanging pictures and arguing about whether the space needs more natural light. The silver lining? At least our pest control professionals don’t have to work in a blizzard. They can spray, trap, and seal in perfect 68-degree weather while wearing shorts. It’s the most Phoenix solution to a very Phoenix problem. So if you’re new to the Valley and wondering why your neighbors are still getting monthly pest service in winter, welcome to the desert. Where the weather is always beautiful, the sunshine is endless, and the bugs didn’t get the memo about seasons. Submitted by Larry Cash, of Estrella Mountain Pest Control.
While the rest of the country is battling polar vortexes and ice storms, valley residents are dealing with a different kind of winter problem: explaining to our insect population that January is supposed to be cold. Apparently, nobody told the cockroaches. You see, in most parts of America, January means pests are hibernating, frozen solid, or at least having the decency to take a winter vacation. But here in the Valley of the Sun, our bugs are out there living their best life, probably wearing tiny sunglasses and sipping margaritas by your pool. The snowbirds aren’t the only ones who think 70 degrees in January is paradise. Scorpions are still doing their terrifying glow-in-the-dark routine under black lights, crickets are hosting nightly concerts outside your bedroom window, and the occasional roach will scurry across your patio like it owns the place. Because honestly? In January, it kind of does. The most Phoenix thing ever is calling a pest control company in the middle of winter and having to explain, “No, really, I have ants. I know it’s January.
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