Pest Control Maywood, NJ — Your Local Licensed Exterminator

Exterminator in Maywood, NJ: a small borough with close neighbors

Maywood is a compact Bergen County borough — mostly single-family homes on modest lots, with some two-families and small apartment buildings, tucked between Hackensack, Rochelle Park, Paramus and Lodi. A lot of the houses are capes, colonials and split-levels from the middle of the last century, with full basements, attached or detached garages and backyards that back right up to the neighbors.

That closeness is the key to most Maywood pest problems. When houses and yards sit tight together, a rat colony under one shed, a roach problem in one basement or a squirrel family in one attic can spread down the block. The freight rail line that runs through town (the old Maywood train station is now the Maywood Station Museum) and the busy roads around it — Route 17 just to the west, Maywood Avenue and Passaic Street — add food businesses and green strips that rodents use as highways.

So when we take a Maywood call, we look at the whole lot: the foundation, the garage door seal, the shed, the fence line and the trash area — not just the room where you saw the pest.

Bed bugs, termites, wasps, wildlife and mosquitoes in Maywood

Maywood doesn't have its own page for each of these yet, so here's what you need to know and where to read more on our New Jersey pages:

• Bed bugs: they ride in on luggage, used furniture and visitors and can move between attached units. We offer heat treatment and Aprehend, give you a prep list and come back to check — see bed bug treatment.
• Termites: subterranean termites are common across Bergen County. Watch for mud tubes on the foundation and swarmers in spring. We inspect, treat and repair damaged sill plates, joists and framing ourselves — see termite inspection.
• Wasps, hornets and bees: we treat yellow jacket, hornet and wasp nests, treat carpenter bees, and relocate honey bees with a local beekeeper — see bee and wasp removal.
• Squirrels and raccoons: we use one-way doors and seal the entries so the animals leave and can't come back; we don't trap and relocate. We also repair chewed soffits and fascia and install chimney caps — see wildlife removal.
• Mosquitoes and ticks: yard treatments for mosquitoes, ticks and fleas; mosquito treatment starts from $95 plus tax — see mosquito control.

A bad smell in the wall? Dead animal removal and cleanup

A sudden, sweet, rotten smell in one room — often after someone used poison bait — usually means a mouse, rat, squirrel or bird has died in a wall, ceiling or crawl space. In a tight neighborhood like Maywood, it can also be an animal that got into a garage or under a porch.

We do dead animal removal from attics, walls and around the property. Once it's out, we find out how the animal got in and seal it, and where needed we do odor control and HEPA cleanup, and remove and replace soiled attic insulation. That last part matters: droppings and nesting left behind keep attracting the next animal.

Read more on our dead animal removal page.