Mount Prospect, IL Pest Control & Exterminators

Pest Control in Mount Prospect, IL

Mount Prospect was a small farming village along the Chicago and North Western tracks until the 1950s, when its population exploded and subdivisions spread in every direction. The result is a town dominated by postwar homes, from compact Cape Cods to long brick ranches and bi-levels, with a pocket of older 1920s homes near downtown and Busse Avenue, and apartment and condo buildings along the busier roads. Weller Creek winds across the village and has flooded homes on its banks more than once, while parks like Melas Park and Lions Memorial Park break up the grid. With so many homes now past their sixtieth birthday, the most common calls here involve mice, ants and moisture pests, with raccoons and skunks following the creek corridor.

Mount Prospect's postwar Cape Cods and ranches

A Cape Cod from 1955 has an attic that most owners never see: the knee-wall spaces behind the upstairs bedrooms. Mice and squirrels love those tight, insulated spaces because nobody disturbs them. Brick ranches from the same era tend to have crawl spaces, original wood soffits and garage doors that no longer seal at the bottom. When temperatures fall, house mice slip in at these points, and droppings behind the stove or in a kitchen drawer are often the first sign. Local pros usually recommend a whole-house seal of garage, foundation and roof penetrations, then indoor trapping, rather than repeatedly buying traps each winter.

Weller Creek and water in Mount Prospect basements

Weller Creek crosses Mount Prospect from west to east on its way to the Des Plaines River, and homes near it have dealt with overbank flooding and sewer backups during major storms. Even in normal years, the soil around the creek stays wet. That keeps millipedes, earwigs and house centipedes abundant and pushes them indoors during rain or late summer. Raccoons and skunks use the creek banks as travel lanes, so yards along it see more nighttime digging and garbage raids. Clearing mulch from the foundation, adding door sweeps and capping chimneys cover the basics for creek-side homes.

Downtown condos and Mount Prospect apartments

Downtown Mount Prospect has added mid-rise condos near the Metra station, and older apartment complexes line roads such as Algonquin, Golf and Busse. In stacked buildings, German cockroaches move along plumbing risers, so an outbreak two floors down can become yours. Early signs include small brown roaches near the dishwasher at night and pepper-like droppings in cabinet corners. Baits and insect growth regulators placed in cracks usually outperform sprays, which can scatter roaches. Good results also depend on the building: property managers who treat neighboring units and trash rooms at the same time shorten the problem considerably.

Areas served in Mount Prospect: Downtown Mount Prospect, Busse Avenue, Weller Creek, Melas Park, Lions Memorial Park, Kensington Road area.