Lake County, Indiana Pest Control & Exterminators

Pest Control Across Lake County

Lake County, Indiana stretches from the southern tip of Lake Michigan to the Kankakee River, and its northern and southern halves feel like different places. The lakefront cities of Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and Gary grew rapidly in the early twentieth century, filling with dense blocks of frame houses, brick bungalows and two-flats. Just south, Highland, Munster and Griffith developed with postwar ranches and split-levels, while Schererville, Dyer, St. John, Crown Point and Cedar Lake have added large subdivisions more recently. Beyond them, the land around Lowell and the county's southern townships is still largely farmland. Waterways weave through it all, including the Grand Calumet and Little Calumet rivers, Deep River, Wolf Lake and Cedar Lake. The dunes and woods of the national park reach into Gary's Miller area. That mix creates steady pressure from rodents, roaches and wildlife.

Older Lakefront Cities and the Calumet Rivers

In Hammond, Whiting, East Chicago and Gary, many homes are a century old or close to it. Settled foundations, wood-frame construction, alley garages and closely spaced lots create ideal conditions for Norway rats and house mice. Shared walls in two-flats and apartment buildings allow German cockroaches to move between units, and damp basements near the Grand Calumet River and Wolf Lake often host oriental cockroaches, house centipedes and silverfish. The Calumet river corridors and marshy lowlands support raccoons, opossums and skunks that travel into residential blocks at night. Pigeons and starlings nest on older rooflines and under eaves. Homeowners in these neighborhoods often benefit most from exclusion work paired with ongoing rodent control.

Postwar Suburbs and New Subdivisions to the South

Highland, Munster and Griffith filled in with ranch homes and split-levels after World War II, many with crawlspaces, attached garages and mature shade trees that now tower over rooflines. Those trees mean squirrels, and aging soffits mean more places for them to get in. The Little Calumet River runs along the edge of several of these communities, and its levees and floodplain draw rodents and moisture pests. Farther south, subdivisions in St. John, Dyer, Schererville and Crown Point have spread across former farm fields, bringing field mice into garages each fall and eastern moles into new lawns. Retention ponds in these developments keep mosquitoes, midges and spiders busy through summer.

Cedar Lake, Deep River and Rural South County

Cedar Lake is ringed by homes that began as summer cottages, many later expanded into year-round houses with crawlspaces and additions that leave small gaps. Mice, bats and spiders take advantage, and the lakeshore produces heavy insect hatches in warm months. Deep River winds through Hobart and Lake Station, and Lake George in Hobart adds more waterfront, so homes nearby see raccoons, muskrats and water snakes. Across the rural southern townships around Lowell and down toward the Kankakee River marshes, farmsteads deal with barn birds, deer mice, skunks and opossums. Eastern subterranean termites are active throughout the county, so older porches, decks and sill plates deserve periodic inspection by a licensed exterminator.