Orkin Utica, New York

Troy Pest Pressure

Since Troy, NY, sits on the bank of the Hudson River, the city experiences warm, humid summers. Pests like mosquitoes are drawn to the area by the moisture. Most active during early morning and evening hours, mosquitoes swarm around people looking for blood meals. The pests leave behind itchy welts when they feed and may carry debilitating diseases such as West Nile or Zika virus. Another common warm season parasite is ticks. They hang out in grassy fields or areas of dense vegetation waiting to attach to hosts. Ticks spread diseases, like Lyme disease, while they feed.

Once temperatures begin decreasing during fall and winter, Troy homes are susceptible to infestations of rodents. Rats and mice breed quickly, steal food from pantries, leave their urine and droppings everywhere, and spread an array of diseases such as leptospirosis, salmonellosis, and rat-bite fever. They're also capable of causing structural damage to homes by gnawing on electrical wiring and wooden support beams inside walls.