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Cicero Pest Control Learning Center
Straight, local answers on the pests Cicero actually produces, from the alley rats and the German cockroaches in two-flats to the fall boxelder bugs on the brick and the bed bugs in apartments, and how to think about them before you call.
Pest NotesKeeping rats out of Cicero bungalows and alleys
If you have found a burrow behind the garage or droppings in the basement, you are dealing with the Norway rat, the animal built for the Cicero alley. Keeping rats out of a bungalow is less about traps alone and more about denying them the food, water, and harborage that the alley network hands them.
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Pest NotesGerman cockroaches in Cicero two-flats and apartments
German cockroaches are the small tan roach that turns up in kitchens and bathrooms, and in Cicero they spread through the two-flats, courtyard buildings, and apartments that share walls and plumbing. Understanding how they move between units is the difference between clearing them and chasing them.
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Pest NotesFall boxelder bugs and cluster flies on Cicero brick
Every fall the black and orange boxelder bugs appear on the sunny brick of Cicero bungalows, and by winter cluster flies are waking at the upstairs windows. Both are overwintering insects, and both key on the same thing: the warm south-facing brick that this neighborhood has in abundance.
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Pest NotesBed bugs in Cicero multi-unit buildings
Bed bugs are a special worry in the two-flats and apartments that fill Cicero and nearby Little Village, because shared walls give them a way to move between units. Spotting them early and understanding how a shared building spreads them is the key to getting ahead of a problem.
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