Serving Cross Creek
Termite protection and lawn pest care in Cross Creek
Bait station caps in the mulch that nobody has opened in years, and a yellow patch spreading from the driveway. Cross Creek houses are young by Tampa standards, but not young enough to skip termite checks.
- Phones answered 24/7
- Office on East Busch Blvd, Tampa
- Area
- Cross Creek, Tampa
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Office
- East Busch Blvd, north Tampa
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
Cross Creek has the newest housing of any Tampa neighborhood we list, with a median build year of 2003, yet two decades is plenty of time for any termite treatment the builder put down to wear thin. Chinch bugs in St. Augustine are the other common call. We find out what termite protection your house has, then look at the lawn.
Local conditions
Builder termite treatments and lawns in Cross Creek
Cross Creek is part of New Tampa, the 24-square-mile area Tampa annexed in 1988, which stayed mostly undeveloped until the late 1980s and boomed through the 1990s. Cross Creek came later still. Its median home was built in 2003, it has about 12,263 residents, and 2,738 of its homes, 61.6%, are owner-occupied. Whatever termite protection went in during construction, soil treatments break down over the years, and a bait system protects the house only while someone keeps checking the stations.
Lawns here are mostly St. Augustine, and that is the grass southern chinch bugs go after. Damage starts as rough yellow circles in full sun and water-stressed spots, often along the edges of the lawn, and the bugs keep going through the Florida winter. Myakka fine sand, Florida's state soil, runs wet in the June to September rainy season and droughty the rest of the year. Sandy, droughty ground is where chinch patches tend to begin, so we check the dry edges first.
Most called about
Cross Creek's most common requests
Termite Bait Stations
Taking over a builder bait system that has gone unchecked.
Termite Inspection
Finding out what protection a 2000s house still has.
Chinch Bug Control
Yellow patches spreading from sunny lawn edges.
Lawn Fertilization
Feeding planned around the Tampa ban from June 1 to September 30.
Mosquito Control
Biting in shaded backyards through the rainy season.
Lanai & Pool Cage Pest Control
Webs, wasp nests and ants inside pool enclosures.
Getting to you
Visiting Cross Creek
Cross Creek is northeast of our East Busch Boulevard office, out in New Tampa. Walk your foundation before you call and look for round station caps in the mulch or grass, then tell us how many you find and any company name on the lids. Paperwork from the builder or a past termite contract helps too.
Call (813) 471-5363Questions
Cross Creek termite and lawn questions
What people in Cross Creek ask us on the phone.
Ask us on the phoneOnly if someone is checking and servicing them. Stations left unopened for years may be empty, and we can inspect them and take the system over.
Yes. Subterranean termites go after any house with wood they can reach, and a preventive treatment from construction does not last forever.
Published figures put installation at $8 to $12 per linear ft, or $40 to $50 per station. With stations already in the ground, we check them first and price the takeover before any work starts.
Pavement edges dry out and heat up fastest, and chinch bugs start in those water-stressed, full-sun spots.
Tampa bans fertilizer from June 1 to September 30, so feeding is scheduled for spring and fall. Insect treatments can still go down in summer.
Talk to a technician
Pests in Cross Creek? Call now.
Tell us what you found and where. We will tell you what it probably is and when a technician can be there.