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What (National) pest control company would you recommend?

I have used Orkin for the last year and a half and have been unsatisfied with their results. We've had lots of black widow spiders in the yard and Orkin has been unable to control the problem. I watched the tech spray a storage bin with their products and within a week I found a black widow living right where he applied the product. I am looking to hire a new company and am curious if you have been especially satisfied with a company. Obviously local companies wouldn't apply unless you live in the Northern Virginia area. To respond to the previous poster- my yard, house and grass is immaculate. There is no clutter or unkempt brush piles of any type in the yard. The problem is I have 2 small dogs who stick their noses in everything, and every time I kick over a rock or slide a rubber storage bin there is a black widow web residing underneath it. Are you saying there are no pest control companies that can greatly reduce the number of potentially deadly spiders from my yard?

Public Comments

1. no matter what company you hire you will have a chance for spiders to be found in an area that had been recently sprayed. They are not insects, they will be killed by the insecticide when directly hit but do not go through the same grooming ritual insects do and which the insecticides are designed to take advantage of. Best thing to do is make sure there is no clutter and tall grass in the yard.