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A wood-destroying organism report, also referred to as a wood-destroying insect report, is a document that outlines the threat presented to a property by carpenter ants, termites, powderpost beetles, and other insects that damage wood. At All-American Pest Control, we help home buyers and sellers by creating this report. Our licensed service professionals inspect Middle […]

We have a lot of ants in Hendersonville. Have you noticed? They create ant hills in our lawns. They create ant hills along our driveways and walkways. They scale our exterior walls. They get into our exterior trash cans. Rarely a day goes by where we don’t see ants if we take a moment to […]

Fleas can be mysterious and incessant pests. If an infestation takes root in your Nashville home, it can plague you for months, and have you expending a lot of energy and time, only to continue to have those fleas bite you and your pets. Why? Because fleas are hard to eliminate, especially if you try […]

All spiders have fangs, and all spiders have venom, but there are only two spiders in the United States that are considered to be a serious medical threat. You can probably name them. They are both infamous. Today, we’re going to forego talking about black widow spiders and focus our attention on the spider that […]

In our Hendersonville service area, there are a few stinging insects we commonly see on the properties we treat: yellow jackets, paper wasps, mud daubers, and carpenter bees. Yellow jackets and paper wasps are social insects that can swarm in defense of their nests. Mud daubers are solitary wasps that aren’t as dangerous as social […]

There are fifteen species of ticks found in Tennessee. The ticks that are common to our Brentwood service area are the American dog tick, the brown dog tick, and the Lonestar tick. Each of these tick species presents unique threats to our pets and to our health. We’re also learning that there is another dangerous […]

By now I’m sure you’ve heard about the giant hornets in Washington State decapitating bees and wiping out their colonies. But have you heard that these giant hornets also kill approximately 50 people in Japan every year? It sounds like something made up or something out of a horror movie, but it’s all true. Murder […]

Mike Pitt is a true All-American! He has worked with us at All-American Pest Control for over six years. Prior to All-American he had a long, quality career with Comcast. Mike is one of the people that created the infrastructure for the technology so many of us rely on for business and personal communication today! […]

There are many ways you can work to prevent termites from targeting and damaging your Hendersonville home. You can remove wood sources from your yard such as scrap wood, firewood, and wood debris. You can address moisture issues, such as faulty grading, flashing drainage issues, and plumbing leaks. And you can do routine inspections to […]