Serving Northdale
Fire ants and lawn pests in Northdale yards
A fire ant mound in the middle of the yard after a storm, and a yellow patch by the driveway that keeps growing. Northdale is mostly owner-occupied homes with lawns, which is right where these two pests do their work.
- Phones answered 24/7
- Office on East Busch Blvd, Tampa
- Area
- Northdale, Tampa
- County
- Hillsborough County
- Office
- East Busch Blvd, north Tampa
- Phones
- Answered 24/7
Northdale yard calls are mostly fire ants and lawn insects such as chinch bugs. Fire ants nest in lawns, under slabs and along driveways, and after heavy rain colonies may move to higher ground, so mounds appear suddenly after summer storms. We treat single mounds or broadcast bait across the lawn, depending on how many there are.
Local conditions
Northdale lawns through the rainy season
Northdale has about 25,710 residents, and 72.8% of its homes, 6,905 of them, are owner-occupied, with a median build year of 1986. That adds up to a lot of private lawns, and red imported fire ants nest in exactly those spots: open turf, patio slabs, sidewalk and driveway edges, and electrical boxes. Tampa's rainy season runs from late May through October, with storms almost every afternoon, and after heavy rain colonies may move to higher ground or indoors. That is why mounds seem to appear overnight in July.
The grass has its own pest. Southern chinch bugs leave roughly round yellow patches on hot, sandy, full-sun ground, and they keep feeding through the Florida winter. Resistance is a real issue: Floratam St. Augustine was released in 1973 as a chinch-resistant grass, and that resistance broke down within about 12 years. Some chinch populations also resist insecticides, so we confirm the bugs are present and rotate what we apply instead of repeating the same product every visit.
Most called about
What Northdale yards need most
Fire Ant Control
Mounds in lawns, along walks and in utility boxes after storms.
Chinch Bug Control
Yellow patches on sunny lawn edges in early summer.
Sod Webworm & Armyworm Control
Night-feeding caterpillars thinning St. Augustine from spring to fall.
Lawn Weed Control
Sedges and broadleaf weeds moving into thin, stressed turf.
Mosquito Control
Biting in shady backyards through the wet months.
General Pest Control
Quarterly service that keeps ants and roaches from following the rain indoors.
Getting to you
Northdale visits from the office
Northdale is north and west of our office on East Busch Boulevard. Lawn treatments go smoothly when the dog is inside and the gate is open, and we tell you how long to keep pets and kids off the grass once we finish. Mention any mounds near the AC pad or a utility box, since fire ants in electrical equipment need careful placement.
Call (813) 471-5363Questions
Northdale fire ant and lawn questions
What people in Northdale ask us on the phone.
Ask us on the phoneAfter heavy rain, colonies may move to higher ground, so a mound can appear in a new spot almost overnight. Often the colony has simply relocated.
A few mounds can be treated one at a time. Once they keep popping up across the yard, a broadcast bait reaches colonies you cannot see yet.
Published Florida figures put fire ant treatment at $100 to $300 one-time; $300 to $600 annual. We price your yard after we see how many mounds there are.
Yes, with care around the equipment. Fire ants commonly nest in electrical boxes, and we choose products and placement suited to that spot.
Yes. They stay active through the Florida winter even though damage peaks in early July, so a lawn check makes sense any month.
Talk to a technician
Pests in Northdale? Call now.
Tell us what you found and where. We will tell you what it probably is and when a technician can be there.