Orkin Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia Pest Pressure

Citizens of Columbia, SC, share their famously hot city with body heat-loving bed bugs. Homeowners unknowingly bring the insects indoors because they hide in the seams of clothing, luggage, and furniture. Infested hotels and thrift stores are some of the more common places to pick up the pests. Once inside, bed bugs bother residents with their nighttime feeding (or whenever their host happens to sleep) and stain blankets, clothes, and furniture with blood and feces. Although they do not spread diseases, their bites can cause itchiness or allergic reactions.

Year-round hot and humid weather also draws subterranean termites to Columbia homes. While the pests are helpful composters in nature, they can cause major building damage in residential neighborhoods. Their tunneling in wooden supports, walls, decks, and porches makes wood soft and incapable of doing the job of structural support. Termites can even chew through carpet, insulation, wallboard, and some plastics and rubber to reach their food source.