Our HOA maintains the landscaping. Can you still treat for ants?

Yes. Most of what we do for odorous house ants is baiting along the foundation and at entry points on your home, which doesn't disturb the landscaping. If the colony is clearly in a common area, we'll tell you where it is so you can bring it to the HOA. Carpenter ant nests in a shared greenbelt can be treated where access allows.

We back onto a greenbelt. Will we always have spiders?

You'll have more than a house surrounded by lawn, because the woods keep feeding insects to the spiders. What we can do is keep them off the house. Treating the perimeter, eaves and windows while knocking down webs and egg sacs keeps numbers down, and trimming vegetation back from the siding removes the easy bridges onto the house.

My house is only a few years old. Why would I get mice?

Usually because land nearby was cleared or a field was worked, and the mice living there moved. New homes can also have small gaps at utility lines, dryer vents and garage door seals that open as the house settles. Mice fit through a hole the size of a dime, so we find and seal those gaps, then trap what is already inside.

How quickly can you get to Redmond?

Someone will be at your door within 48 hours. Redmond is 55 min south of Lake Stevens HQ, and you get a text about 30 minutes before the truck arrives. Stinging-insect calls get priority on the schedule.

Is the treatment safe around kids and pets?

Yes. We use products rated for occupied homes and apply them where pests travel, not across your living space. The technician walks you through what goes down and where before anything is treated. If you keep bees, chickens or a vegetable garden, tell us and we work around them.

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Redmond is tech-corridor territory and mostly newer construction, so we see a lot of ants and spiders here and less of the rodent pressure that hits the older cities.

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Pest control in Redmond, WA

A lot of Redmond was built in the last 40 years, from the 1970s and 80s homes on Education Hill to the planned subdivisions of North Redmond and the apartments rising downtown and in Overlake. But the city also holds the Sammamish River valley, Bear Creek and Evans Creek, Marymoor Park, the north tip of Lake Sammamish and wide wooded greenbelts. Pest control in Redmond means dealing with newer houses set right against a lot of nature.

That combination explains the pattern. Newer construction closes off many of the deep structural problems older cities see, like carpenter ants in rotted sill plates. What replaces them is ants in fresh landscaping, spiders from the greenbelts and wasps under wide eaves. Rodents are less of a constant here, but they show up wherever land next door gets cleared.

Close-up of a black ant on splintered, Redmond, WA

Ant Control in Redmond

Odorous house ants and carpenter ants in Redmond's newer neighborhoods

The bark mulch, drip irrigation and freshly graded soil that come with Redmond's planned developments give odorous house ants a perfect place to start colonies right against the foundation. When the beds dry out in summer or flood in fall, the workers trail inside through gaps at door thresholds, window weep holes and utility lines. Carpenter ants are the other concern, especially on lots that back onto the wooded greenbelts of Education Hill, North Redmond and Bear Creek, where stumps and old logs hold parent colonies.

We identify the species first. Odorous house ants get baited, not sprayed, because spraying splits the colony into more nests and makes the problem worse. Carpenter ants get the parent nest and the satellite nests treated, which often means finding a colony in a stump or tree at the edge of the yard. Keep mulch pulled back a few inches from the siding. Watch for ant trails after rain and large winged ants indoors in spring.

More on our ant exterminator Guide: How to Get Rid of Ants (and Why the Spray Under Your Sink Makes It Worse)

A spider in its web against the siding of a house, Redmond, WA

Spider Control in Redmond

Spiders from Redmond's greenbelts and river valley

Redmond's greenbelts, the Sammamish River corridor and the wetlands around Marymoor Park and Bear Creek produce a steady supply of flying insects, and spiders follow the food. Homes that back onto woods or open space see webs rebuilt on the eaves, window frames and deck railings almost overnight by late summer. Late August and September bring the big orb weavers outside and giant house spiders wandering indoors as males look for mates.

We treat the foundation perimeter, eaves, window frames and other harborage points, and knock down existing webs and egg sacs at the same visit so they don't simply rebuild. Clearing stacked firewood, leaf piles and dense ground cover from against the house removes the hiding spots near entry points. Exterior lights with warm or yellow bulbs attract fewer insects, which means fewer spiders around the doors.

More on our web removal and spider control Guide: How to Prepare Your Home and Pets for a Pest Control Visit

Paper wasps clustered on their nest under a house fixture, Redmond, WA

Wasps & Bees in Redmond

Yellowjackets and paper wasps under Redmond's eaves

The newer homes in North Redmond, Education Hill and Grass Lawn often have deep eaves, soffit vents and covered porches, and paper wasps build under all of them. Yellowjackets nest in the ground under shrubs, in retaining walls and inside wall voids, and by August a colony can be large and aggressive around trash cans, decks and play areas. Lots next to greenbelts see more ground nests.

We treat nests at dusk or dawn when the colony is inside and calm, then treat the void or entry so a new queen doesn't settle there again next spring. Honey bees are never killed; if a swarm lands on your property, we refer you to a local beekeeper. Watch for wasps flying in and out of a single gap in the siding, which usually means a nest in the wall.

More on our wasp nest removal Guide: How Much Does Pest Control Cost in Snohomish County?

From the call to the follow-up

Hiring a Redmond exterminator

Calling Pure Guard as your Redmond exterminator starts with a short conversation about the house and what backs up to it, whether that's a greenbelt, a creek, a farm field in the valley or another row of homes. Someone is out within 48 hours, with a text about 30 minutes before arrival. The tech inspects, identifies the pest, treats and explains what to watch for. If it comes back inside the warranty period, the re-treatment is free.

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What changes the job here

Newer subdivisions, older hillside homes and apartments in Redmond

Education Hill and Grass Lawn are mostly 1970s and 1980s split-levels and two-story homes, many over crawl spaces, on lots with mature trees. By now their original vapor barriers and vent screens are aging, which opens the door to the rodent and moisture problems newer homes don't have yet. North Redmond and parts of Bear Creek hold larger subdivisions built in the 1990s and 2000s, with HOA landscaping, wide eaves and greenbelt tracts behind many back fences.

Downtown and Overlake are dominated by apartments and townhomes, where one unit's problem often starts in a shared wall. In the Sammamish Valley, farm fields and open land sit close to homes, and harvest or clearing pushes mice toward the nearest garages and crawl spaces.

Across Redmond

Redmond neighborhoods and what they deal with

Education Hill: Established 1970s and 80s homes on treed lots near greenbelts see carpenter ants, spiders and, as crawl spaces age, more rodents.
North Redmond: Newer subdivisions backing onto wooded tracts get ants in the HOA landscaping and wasps building under wide eaves.
Grass Lawn: Residential blocks with mature trees and older crawl spaces call more about ants and occasional rodents than the newer parts of town.
Idylwood: Homes near Idylwood Park and the north end of Lake Sammamish deal with lakeside moisture that feeds spiders and mosquitoes.
Sammamish Valley: Farmland and the Sammamish River corridor mean mice move toward homes and outbuildings when fields are worked in fall.
Downtown and Overlake: Apartments and townhomes share walls, so ants and rodents move between units and building-wide treatment works better than one unit at a time.

Through the year

The Redmond pest year, season by season

Spring: Odorous house ants start trailing indoors from fresh landscaping beds, and paper wasp queens begin new nests under the eaves.
Summer: Yellowjacket colonies grow fast near greenbelts and around decks, and ants trail inside when irrigated beds dry out.
Fall: Spiders peak on eaves and railings near Marymoor and the river valley, and mice leave the Sammamish Valley fields for garages.
Winter: Rodents look for crawl spaces in the older Education Hill homes, and it is the time to seal gaps before spring ant season.

Questions, answered

Pest control in Redmond, the common questions.

Our HOA maintains the landscaping. Can you still treat for ants?: Yes. Most of what we do for odorous house ants is baiting along the foundation and at entry points on your home, which doesn't disturb the landscaping. If the colony is clearly in a common area, we'll tell you where it is so you can bring it to the HOA. Carpenter ant nests in a shared greenbelt can be treated where access allows.
We back onto a greenbelt. Will we always have spiders?: You'll have more than a house surrounded by lawn, because the woods keep feeding insects to the spiders. What we can do is keep them off the house. Treating the perimeter, eaves and windows while knocking down webs and egg sacs keeps numbers down, and trimming vegetation back from the siding removes the easy bridges onto the house.
My house is only a few years old. Why would I get mice?: Usually because land nearby was cleared or a field was worked, and the mice living there moved. New homes can also have small gaps at utility lines, dryer vents and garage door seals that open as the house settles. Mice fit through a hole the size of a dime, so we find and seal those gaps, then trap what is already inside.
How quickly can you get to Redmond?: Someone will be at your door within 48 hours. Redmond is 55 min south of Lake Stevens HQ, and you get a text about 30 minutes before the truck arrives. Stinging-insect calls get priority on the schedule.
Is the treatment safe around kids and pets?: Yes. We use products rated for occupied homes and apply them where pests travel, not across your living space. The technician walks you through what goes down and where before anything is treated. If you keep bees, chickens or a vegetable garden, tell us and we work around them.

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