Pest control in Gobles, MI
VexGuard Pest Control serves Gobles and the lake and farm country around it, about half an hour from Kalamazoo. With the Kal-Haven Trail through town, Pine Creek’s swamp woods to the east and small lakes in every direction, the calls here are ticks, mosquitoes, mice and carpenter ants.
Woods, lakes and the Kal-Haven Trail
Hi, I’m Scott. Gobles is a small town with a lot of woods and water around it. The Kal-Haven Trail runs right through the business district at M-40 and Depot Street. East of town, the trail passes through swamp hardwood forest along Pine Creek. To the northeast, Pine Grove Township is dotted with small lakes like Brandywine, Clear and North Lake.
Ticks on wooded and trail-side lots
If you live near the trail, the woods or a field edge, you’re living next to tick habitat. Ticks wait in the tall grass and brush where your yard ends. Yard treatments through the season, focused on that edge, cut down what you and your dog carry back inside.
Mosquitoes around the lakes and swamp woods
Swamp forest and small lakes hold standing water most of the summer. Mosquito treatments every 21 days, April through September, keep the shaded parts of the yard usable in the evening.
Mice and carpenter ants in rural homes and lake cottages
Rural homes, outbuildings and lake places see mice every fall, and the oak woods around here are carpenter ant country. A lake cottage with an old deck or damp crawlspace is a common place for me to find a carpenter ant nest. Home Defense covers both, or you can book a one-time carpenter ant treatment.
Gobles service details
Drive from Kalamazoo: About half an hour west
County: Van Buren
Water nearby: Pine Creek and the small lakes of Pine Grove Township, including Brandywine, Clear and North Lake
Busiest months: May–July for ticks and carpenter ants; June–September for mosquitoes; fall for mice
Areas I cover: The city of Gobles, Pine Grove Township, Kendall, and Bloomingdale Township
What Gobles homeowners call me for
Mosquito and tick control
About nine yard treatments, every 21 days, April through September.
Mosquito and tick controlThe Home Defense plan
For a year-round house or a lake place, Home Defense means a quarterly treatment, a winter service, and free callbacks between visits. Carpenter ants are covered, and mice get snap traps and bait plus two garage bait stations at the first visit. It’s billed monthly.
See the Home Defense planGobles pest control questions
Is Gobles in your service area?
Yes. Gobles is about half an hour from Kalamazoo, and the city, Pine Grove Township, Kendall and Bloomingdale Township are all part of my regular route.
We live near the Kal-Haven Trail. Will tick treatment help?
Yes. Most ticks in a yard are along the edge, where lawn meets brush, woods or tall grass. That’s where I treat. Keep the grass short in that strip, and check yourself and your pets after time on the trail.
Do you treat lake cottages that sit empty part of the year?
Yes. I don’t need you there for outside work. Before you close up for the season, I can set traps and bait for mice and check the deck and crawlspace for carpenter ants.
Can you treat a barn or pole building for wasps?
Yes. Barn rafters, eaves and sheds are where paper wasps and yellow jackets build out here. I treat the nests and can look over the rest of the building while I’m there.
Nearby towns I serve
Also nearby: South Haven, Paw Paw, and Otsego.
VexGuard Pest Control is based in Kalamazoo and serves Kalamazoo, Portage, Battle Creek, South Haven, Three Rivers, Paw Paw, Plainwell, Gobles, Mattawan, Schoolcraft, Texas Corners and Otsego. Also serving Allegan, Vicksburg, Climax, Scotts, Oshtemo, Cooper Township, Comstock Township, and Kalamazoo Township.
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