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Welcome to Better Termite & Pest Control, Temple Hills’ premier full-service pest management provider since 1968. Our family-owned business, now in its third generation of Schulz family leadership, brings decades of trusted experience to your doorstep. We’ve built our reputation on providing effective, reliable pest control without binding contracts, delivering unlimited callbacks until your pest issues reach a stable baseline.
What makes our Temple Hills pest control service different? We’ve removed nine of the industry’s harshest chemicals from our treatment protocols, replacing them with reduced-risk products like Essentria, Borate, and EcoVia. Our comprehensive protection handles everything from ants and roaches to rodents, termites, mosquitoes, spiders, and ticks—all with your family’s wellbeing in mind.
When you choose Better Termite, you’re not just getting a service; you’re gaining a partner committed to keeping your Temple Hills home pest-free year-round.
Temple Hills presents unique pest control challenges due to its humid climate and clay-rich soil conditions. The mix of single-family homes and townhomes in the area creates diverse entry points and harborage areas for pests. Local homeowners frequently encounter subterranean termites thriving in the moisture-retentive soil, while house mice seek shelter in residential structures, particularly as temperatures drop.
The area’s stormwater management features contribute to seasonal mosquito pressures, making targeted quarterly treatments essential. Our Temple Hills pest control experts understand these local dynamics intimately. Each of our licensed technicians is thoroughly familiar with Temple Hills terrain and typical pest patterns.
Unlike many companies, we don’t route your calls through endless phone trees. When you dial 703-683-2000, you’ll speak directly with knowledgeable staff ready to address your specific Temple Hills pest concerns with solutions tailored to our region’s unique challenges.
Our Temple Hills pest management begins with our thorough 78-point home inspection, examining your property from foundation to roofline for pest activity and conducive conditions. This detailed assessment forms the foundation of our customized treatment plan.
Your initial service includes comprehensive interior and exterior treatments, creating immediate relief from existing pests while establishing protective barriers. We pay special attention to crack-and-crevice applications where pests hide and breed, combined with perimeter treatments to prevent new invasions.
Our quarterly follow-up visits maintain this protection, adjusting treatments based on seasonal pest pressures common in Temple Hills. Each visit includes proactive recommendations on eliminating conducive conditions like moisture issues or landscaping concerns that might attract pests.
All products we use have undergone rigorous evaluation by our in-house research team, ensuring they’re effective against pests while being appropriate for residential use. Our Temple Hills pest control service addresses an extensive range of common household pests, including:
Temple Hills residents know that mosquitoes can turn beautiful backyard spaces into uncomfortable, unusable areas. Our comprehensive mosquito control combines immediate relief with long-term prevention to help you reclaim your outdoor living spaces.
Our specialized technicians use backpack sprayers to apply targeted treatments to mosquito resting sites around your property. These applications include adulticiding agents that provide immediate knockdown of existing mosquitoes, along with growth regulators that disrupt their lifecycle and prevent new generations from developing.
We carefully target shaded areas, ivy patches, and dense vegetation where mosquitoes rest during daylight hours. Our technicians are trained to avoid blooming plants to protect essential pollinators while focusing on actual mosquito harborage zones.
For Temple Hills homeowners, we recommend a seasonal approach to mosquito control from April through October when mosquito activity is highest. Between professional treatments, we provide guidance on eliminating standing water in toys, planters, and gutters, plus lawn maintenance recommendations to reduce breeding sites.
For environmentally conscious Temple Hills residents, we offer the In2Care Mosquito Control System as an additional or alternative option. This innovative system uses strategically placed stations containing gauze strips treated with a larvicide and fungus that mosquitoes carry back to breeding sites. This creates a cascading effect, controlling mosquitoes beyond just your treated property while minimizing environmental impact.
Rodent problems in Temple Hills require a systematic, comprehensive approach. Our proven four-step protocol begins with a thorough inspection identifying activity hot spots like droppings, gnaw marks, and clutter areas where rodents hide.
Following inspection, we strategically place tamper-proof bait stations in key locations where rodents travel but pets and children cannot access the bait. Unlike typical quarterly pest control, our rodent protocol includes early follow-up visits at weeks one and three to assess activity levels and adjust our approach as needed.
For Temple Hills homes, we typically recommend starting with quarterly maintenance, though properties near high-activity areas may benefit from more frequent bimonthly or monthly service initially. Our technicians use different approaches for different rodents—snap traps for rats to prevent decomposition inside walls, and specialized smaller bait stations for mice.
We draw clear distinctions between short-term control and long-term rodent proofing. While our treatments address active rodent populations, we also provide guidance on structural modifications that may prevent future infestations, creating a comprehensive solution for Temple Hills homeowners facing rodent challenges.
Temple Hills sits within the second highest termite risk zone in the United States, making effective termite protection essential for homeowners. We offer both proactive and curative termite solutions tailored to your specific situation.
Our proactive Sentricon baiting system uses Recruit HD stations containing noviflumuron, a compound that disrupts the termite molting process. When foraging termites discover the bait, they share it throughout the colony, ultimately eliminating the entire population including the queen. This system provides continuous protection with minimal environmental impact and requires only annual inspections.
For active infestations, our liquid barrier treatments create a protective zone around your Temple Hills home. This involves trenching around the foundation and applying termiticides, with additional drill applications through slabs where necessary to reach active colonies. These treatments create an immediate barrier against subterranean termites.
For new construction in Temple Hills, we offer pre-construction borate wood treatments that provide long-lasting protection against termites and wood-destroying fungi. These treatments come with renewable one-year builders’ warranties, offering peace of mind for new homeowners.
The high clay content in Temple Hills soil creates ideal conditions for subterranean termites, making preventative treatment particularly valuable in this area. Our termite specialists can help you determine whether the non-invasive, environmentally focused Sentricon system or traditional termiticide barriers would better protect your specific property.
For over five decades, the Schulz family has led Better Termite & Pest Control, building deep roots in the Temple Hills community. This third-generation leadership brings unmatched local expertise and commitment to every service we provide.
We believe in earning your business through results, not contractual obligations. You can cancel your service anytime with just 30 days’ notice—you’re never locked into a plan you don’t need.
If pests return between scheduled visits, we return at no additional cost. We’ll keep coming back until your pest issue reaches a stable baseline—that’s our commitment to your satisfaction.
Our consistent top ratings on Google demonstrate our reliability and customer satisfaction throughout the Temple Hills area. These reviews reflect our dedication to exceeding expectations with every visit.
Our research team has systematically removed nine harsh chemicals commonly used in the industry. Instead, we utilize products like Essentria, Borate, EcoVia, and Alpine that effectively target pests while considering environmental impact.
When you call Better Termite & Pest Control, you speak directly with experienced, licensed experts—never overseas call centers or confusing phone trees. Our technicians understand Temple Hills’ unique pest pressures and are ready to help.
We use reduced-risk, lower-impact products designed with families in mind. All treatments are applied according to EPA guidelines with careful attention to application methods that minimize exposure while effectively targeting pests. Our technicians provide specific post-treatment instructions to ensure everyone stays protected.
No. Our expertise is focused specifically on insects, termites, mosquitoes, and rodents. For wildlife removal services like raccoons, squirrels, or other larger animals, we recommend consulting with specialized wildlife management companies in the Temple Hills area.
No. We focus our expertise on common household pests, mosquitoes, ticks, termites, and rodents. For bed bug treatments, we recommend contacting companies that specialize in this unique pest challenge.
Yes. In most Temple Hills areas, we can dispatch a technician within one business day. For urgent pest situations, contact our office immediately at 703-683-2000 to check current availability for expedited service.
We cover American roaches, Brown-banded roaches, German roaches, Oriental roaches, Smokybrown roaches, Carpenter ants, other ant species, termites, mosquitoes, ticks, mice, rats, spiders, silverfish, clover mites, box elder bugs, ladybugs, stink bugs, centipedes, millipedes, sow bugs, pill bugs, earwigs, springtails, camel crickets, field crickets, fleas, cigarette beetles, drugstore beetles, ground beetles, rice weevils, Indian meal moths, hornets, yellow jackets, Carpenter bees, and more.
Most Temple Hills service requests receive next-business-day scheduling. We prioritize urgent callbacks for active issues, especially those involving rodents or stinging insects, to provide prompt relief for our customers.
We’ve eliminated nine high-risk pesticides from our treatment protocols. Our current lineup includes Essentria pyrethrin formulations, Alpine aerosols, Sentricon Recruit HD, Borate wood treatments, and EcoVia botanical solutions—all selected for their effectiveness against pests while offering reduced risk profiles.
Call 703-683-2000 or email [email protected] to speak with a licensed technician for a custom quote tailored to your Temple Hills property. In most cases, we can offer same-day or next-day booking depending on current schedule availability.
