Serving Lake Magdalene
Mosquito and lawn pest control around Lake Magdalene
Bites on the back porch at sunset, and a lawn that yellows in July no matter how often it gets watered. Around Lake Magdalene, the summer pest list is mostly about the yard.
- Phones answered 24/7
- Office on East Busch Blvd, Tampa
- Area
- Lake Magdalene, Tampa
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Office
- East Busch Blvd, north Tampa
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
Lake Magdalene homes are 72.3% owner-occupied, and the yard pests homeowners there call about most are mosquitoes and chinch bugs. Hillsborough County's mosquito program traps, tests and sprays from the air, but the Aedes mosquitoes that bite by day breed in small containers in private yards. We treat the shady spots where they rest and walk the yard with you looking for standing water.
Local conditions
Lawns and mosquito season in Lake Magdalene
Lake Magdalene has about 32,083 residents, and 9,459 of its homes are owner-occupied, a 72.3% share, with a median build year of 1982. A neighborhood of owners is a neighborhood of lawns, and St. Augustine is where southern chinch bugs do their damage. Patches start on the hottest, driest parts of the yard, along the drive or a sunny side lot, and infestations peak in early July. We look at the turf at the edge of the yellowing before treating, because drought stress looks much the same from the street.
Mosquitoes are the other summer constant. Hillsborough County Mosquito Management Services runs traps, sentinel chickens and virus testing, treats larvae with Bti and sprays adults from helicopters after sunset or before sunrise. As of Sept. 18, 2026, the county had about 134 locally reported dengue cases, and it names Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus as the local carriers. Those two breed in containers close to the house, which is the part a yard visit can reach: the shady shrubs where they rest, and the buckets, saucers and clogged gutters that hold water.
Most called about
Lake Magdalene yard and house calls
Mosquito Control
Treating shady shrubs and checking for standing water around the house.
Chinch Bug Control
Yellow, spreading patches in sunny St. Augustine each summer.
Lanai & Pool Cage Pest Control
Webs, wasps and ants on screened porches and pool decks.
Fire Ant Control
Mounds popping up along walks and beds after heavy rain.
Lawn Disease Treatment
Patchy turf in damp, shaded corners of the yard.
General Pest Control
Roaches, ants and spiders kept outside on a quarterly schedule.
Getting to you
Visiting Lake Magdalene homes
Lake Magdalene sits just northwest of our East Busch Boulevard office. For mosquito visits, leave the side gates open and tell us about pets, fish ponds or vegetable beds we should keep treatments away from. Lawn calls go faster if you can say when the yellow first appeared and how often the irrigation runs.
Call (813) 471-5363Questions
Lake Magdalene questions about bites and lawns
What people in Lake Magdalene ask us on the phone.
Ask us on the phoneNot necessarily. The county names Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus as the dengue carriers, and they lay eggs in small containers around homes rather than in open lakes.
The county traps and tests mosquitoes, treats larvae and sprays adults from the air. Containers in your own yard, from pet dishes to plant saucers, are yours to empty, and we help you find them.
We keep treatments on the shrubs and shady spots where mosquitoes rest and stay off the shoreline. Tell us about fish ponds or bird baths so we work around them.
Published Florida figures for mosquito control run $150 to $400 one-time; $600 to $1,500 annual. We price your yard after seeing it, before any work starts.
Chinch bug infestations peak in early July and can pass for drought. We check at the edge of the patch, where live bugs feed, to tell the two apart.
Talk to a technician
Pests in Lake Magdalene? Call now.
Tell us what you found and where. We will tell you what it probably is and when a technician can be there.