Local pest controller Edwin Darra is a very busy man. Photo by Susanna Basheir.
It’s a busy time of the year for local exterminator Erwin Darra as the weather turns colder.
Darra is on the road most of the time working as a pest controller helping
residents curb pests, rodent or bed bug infestations that come with the
changing season.
“At this time of the year we are busy with mice and rodent
infestations,” he said. “They are coming into homes through cracks in the wall for the heat and forage for food.”
Many people have rodents in or around their homes.
Darra has been operating a company called Entom-X for about six years and has a list of regular customers.
If it is not rodents, then he is tackling bed bugs, a huge problem, which stick around year round.
“We get calls for bed bugs all the time,” he said. “They are constant and in some homes year round.”
The bed bugs are treated a number of ways which usually means getting rid of where they live. They prey on humans or pets, Darra said.
He will visit your home or office and conduct a free inspection. This allows him to examine the affected areas by bed bugs or other issues and come up with the right approach to tackle the problem.
They use advanced heating treatment to eliminate the bugs from your home or commercial locations. It is safe and effective unlike chemicals that can cause damage to your property or be harmful to your health.
The dreaded bedbug feeds on humans and our pets.
“I have a good success rate,” Darra said. “We usually start
off with an inspection and may have to conduct multiple visits.”
On any given day, he may get called to take care of cockroach, wasps, hornets, ticks, ants, spiders, beatles and other infestations.
Regardless of whether you encounter sow bugs,
silverfish, ants, centipedes, or spiders, an Entom-X
professional can take care of your pests.
“These pests tend to follow the general human population,” said the exterminator. “They get into the home through humans, baggage or through the walls or vents.”
Every day is different since customers have different issues or pests in their homes.
“There is never a dull minute,” Darra said. “Each case is different since everyone has different sorts of
infestations.”
It usually cost customers by the job and the number of visits required to get rid of the pests.
Darra can be reached at 647-883-2789 or e-mail entomx@tutanota.com