Pest Control and Exterminator Service in Nottingham, PA

Serpentine barrens, woods and 1990s lots

Tall grass and woodland edges near the county park and the farmland around Route 1 are prime tick habitat. Low wet spots and ponds hold water for mosquitoes.

On 1990s homes the original termite treatment has worn out, and mice from surrounding fields test garage doors and vents each fall.

Serpentine bedrock gives the barrens their thin, rocky soil, and it is the reason so much of the land near the park stayed in grass, pine and scrub instead of crops. That open, sunny ground suits ground-nesting yellow jackets, and the pitch pine and oak woods around it supply the dead wood that carpenter ants colonize before they move into a nearby deck.

The houses themselves are mostly late-1980s and 1990s single-family homes on large lots: vinyl-sided colonials and ranches on poured or block basements, with wood decks, attached garages and wells or septic systems out back. About 87% are owner-occupied, so pest work here is about protecting the structure and the yard, not shared walls. Long driveways and deep lawns put the house well back from the road and close to the tree line, which is where most of our attention goes.

The Route 1 drive from Media to Nottingham

It is Route 1 nearly the whole way, past Kennett Square to the Oxford area. Thom or a team member starts with the lawn edge and foundation, then checks the garage and basement. Nothing is treated until you've had the free inspection and approved a written quote.

Nottingham near Oxford and the Maryland line

Nottingham lies in East Nottingham Township along Route 1, a short drive from Oxford and close to the Maryland border. Route 272 meets the Route 1 expressway at Nottingham, so the community works as a crossroads between Oxford, Rising Sun across the state line and the Lancaster County farm roads to the north. Nottingham County Park protects part of the State Line serpentine barrens, where chrome ore was mined in the 1800s and an old quarry pit now holds water. Local children attend the Oxford Area School District. Most of what we do here is outdoor and structural: tick and mosquito treatment for yards that back onto park woods or grassland, mice in garages and basements after harvest, wasp and yellow jacket nests in summer, and termite and carpenter ant checks on decks built in the 1990s.