Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
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Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
Satisfaction Guaranteed • PHD in Customer Care
Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
PHD in Customer Care
Professional • Honest • Dependable
1850+ Reviews
4.9 Rating
Serving Midlands and Upstate, South Carolina
Satisfaction Guaranteed • PHD in Customer Care
Cricket control for Midlands homes and crawl spaces. Camel crickets in particular are a moisture signal,
so the durable fix usually involves the crawl space rather than repeat treatment.
Field and house crickets enter through ground level gaps in late summer and fall, drawn by warmth and light. Beyond the noise, they chew fabric, paper and stored goods.
Camel crickets are different. Humpbacked, wingless and silent, they live in crawl spaces and basements and they are one of the clearest indicators of a damp crawl space in Midlands housing stock.
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Modern Exterminating has been the longest-standing, local and family-owned pest control company serving the area since 1955. Now in its third generation, the company runs by a simple standard, a PHD in customer care: professional, honest, and dependable, on every visit.
Treat the perimeter and harborage, seal the ground level gaps, and correct the crawl space moisture supporting them.
We identify the species and find the harborage, which for camel crickets is almost always the crawl space or basement.
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Perimeter treatment for field and house crickets, moisture correction where camel crickets are the issue.
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Treatment along the foundation, at ground level entry points and in the crawl space where needed.
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Sealing ground level gaps and reducing crawl space humidity so the habitat stops supporting them.
Modern Exterminating stands behind every visit. If a problem returns within a reasonable time after treatment, we come back and address it at no extra charge.
Quick answers on which cricket you have, why they end up in the crawl space,
and what they actually damage.
Field and house crickets chirp and are drawn to warmth and light. Camel crickets are silent, humpbacked and wingless, and live in damp crawl spaces.
Camel crickets want dark, damp, undisturbed space, and Columbia crawl spaces run above 60 percent humidity for long stretches every summer.
Field and house crickets chew fabric, paper and stored goods. Camel crickets can damage stored textiles and cardboard in a crawl space or basement.
Male field and house crickets chirp to attract mates, and they are most active after dark. Camel crickets make no sound at all.
Crickets move toward structures in late summer and fall as outdoor conditions change. Field and house crickets come in through gaps at ground level, attracted by warmth and exterior lighting.
Camel crickets are the Midlands problem. Much of the local housing stock is crawl space construction, and a damp crawl space is exactly the habitat they want. Finding them is worth treating as a moisture signal, because the same conditions support silverfish, roaches and wood-destroying insects.
Sealing at ground level and drying the crawl space does most of the work.
Because we handle moisture control as well, the crawl space cause can be fixed through the same service relationship.
Almost certainly camel crickets, and almost certainly a humidity problem. They want dark, damp, undisturbed space, and treating them without drying the crawl space gets you a repeat visit.
They chew fabric, paper and stored goods, and in a crawl space they will work on stored textiles and cardboard. They do not damage structure.
Appointment length depends on the treatment and property. Our team will explain what to expect, provide an arrival window, and call on the way.
Modern uses low-toxicity, professional products and follows service-specific safety requirements. Some treatments require people or pets to stay out of treated areas until the materials are dry or for a specified period.