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Pest Identification

Protecting Your Family's Health and Property Since 1941

At Ford's Hometown Services, the Worcester based pest control experts, we've developed and perfected new concepts in pest control for residential homeowners in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Large communities of insects, rodents and wildlife live outside your home. Our pest control services will protect your structure with the most modern and effective methods of pest management.

FHS also offers commercial pest control for businesses, schools, health care facilities, hotels and food-handling establishments. Please click here to visit our Commercial Pest Control Services page to learn more.

What's Bugging You?

Ants

Carpenter Ants

Pavement Ants

Pharaoh Ants

Allegany Mound Ants

Small Black Ants

Citronella Ants

Bats

Bats

Bee, Hornets, Wasps

Yellow Jackets

Paper Wasps

Bald-Faced Hornets

Honey Bees

Carpenter Bees

Ground Bees

Blood Feeders

Bed Bugs

Bat Bugs

Tick Prevention

Mosquitos

Fleas

Mites

Cockroaches

German Roaches

American Roaches

Oriental Roaches

Pennsylvania Woods Roach

Fabric & Paper Pests

Indian Meal Moths

Carpet Beetles

Clothes Moths

Saw Tooth Grain Beetles

Flies

Cluster Flies

Drain Flies

Fruit Flies

Fungus Gnats

Blow Flies

House Fly

Lawn Damaging Pests

Moles

Voles

Sod Webworms

Chinch Bugs

Occasional Invaders

Common house spider

Ground Beetle

Crickets

House Centipede

Millipedes

Earwigs

Silverfish

Clover Mites

Ladybugs

Boxelder Bugs

Brown Stink Bug

Cluster Flies

Conifer Seed Bug

Rodents

Mice

Rats

Moles

Voles

Spiders

Common house spider

Stored Product Pests

Indian Meal Moths

Carpet Beetles

Clothes Moths

Saw Tooth Grain Beetles

Termites

Termites

VA/FHA Inspections

Wildlife

Bats

Raccoons

Skunks

Opossums

Squirrels

Flying Squirrels

Common Garter Snake

Voles

Groundhogs (Woodchuck)

Wood-Infesting Insects

Powder Post Beetles

Old House Borers

Termites

Carpenter Bees

Carpenter Ants

VA/FHA Inspections

Rest Assured, You Are In Good Hands

Our knowledgeable technicians will provide a thorough inspection of your home and alert you to any pest activity that is discovered. You will also be notified of any conditions in or around your home that may be conducive to insect infestations. Eliminating these conditions is important to prevent pest populations from thriving. This is an important step in Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

IPM is an ecosystem-based strategy that focuses on long-term prevention of pests and the damage they cause through biological control, habitat manipulation, use of pest resistant plant/crops, and modifying cultural practices. Using IPM strategies, along with minimal chemical use, will help to create a pest-free home!

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