Pest Control Consultants-Iowa

Pest Control Consultants-Iowa The premier choice for pest control in Iowa & Illinois. Join the Pest Gone Club today and enjoy peace of mind year-round!

Here at Pest Control Consultants, we offer a wide variety of residential and commercial pest control services to homes and businesses located in Iowa and Illinois. Currently serving over 4,000 customers, PCC is a third-generation family-owned business that you can trust to get the job done right!

A stink bug lands on your windowsill and your first instinct is to swat it. Don't.That smell isn't an accident. It's a d...
08/31/2026

A stink bug lands on your windowsill and your first instinct is to swat it. Don't.

That smell isn't an accident. It's a defensive compound the bug releases when it feels threatened, and crushing it is the fastest way to trigger it. You go from one bug on the sill to a smell in the room.

Ease it into a cup of soapy water instead, or vacuum it up and empty the bag or canister outside right away. No contact, no compound, and the vacuum handles a whole cluster if one shows up on a warm afternoon.

One more thing worth knowing: they don't breed indoors. The ones getting in this fall are just riding out winter, not building a population.

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This is the note we look forward to reading every week."Great service, prompt and listened to our concerns and explained...
08/29/2026

This is the note we look forward to reading every week.

"Great service, prompt and listened to our concerns and explained to call back if there were future concerns."

Thank you, Dave. Every technician gets held to the same standard on every visit, whether or not anyone's writing about it afterward. And that call-back invitation is real; if something comes up between visits, we want to hear about it. If your home hasn't had that kind of experience yet, let's change that.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Seeing a stink bug or two on your siding this week? That's not the problem. That's the scout.Once a stink bug finds a wa...
08/28/2026

Seeing a stink bug or two on your siding this week? That's not the problem. That's the scout.

Once a stink bug finds a warm, sunny spot on your south or west wall, it releases a scent that tells every other stink bug nearby "this spot works." One bug becomes a crowd fast, usually through September.

You've got about a month before that happens. Right now is when checking window screens, weatherstripping, and gaps around vents actually pays off, well before the wall fills up.

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Tick activity has been running strong this season, and a quick glance in the mirror after yard work or a trail walk isn'...
08/27/2026

Tick activity has been running strong this season, and a quick glance in the mirror after yard work or a trail walk isn't enough to catch what's actually there.

Ticks head for tight, warm spots: behind the knees, along the waistband, the hairline, around and behind the ears, between the toes. Run your fingers over these areas instead of just looking. Check kids the same way, and check the dog too. Their ears and paws are where ticks burrow into fur unnoticed.

Found one? Remove it and keep an eye on the spot. Talk to your doctor if a rash, fever, or flu-like symptoms show up in the days after.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Every so often a review lands on exactly what we're trying to build with quarterly protection, and this is one of those....
08/26/2026

Every so often a review lands on exactly what we're trying to build with quarterly protection, and this is one of those.

"He also made the service time very convenient for my work schedule."

Thank you for that, Priscilla. A visit that fits your schedule is one part of a bigger plan built around coming back before pests get the chance to settle in again, and we're glad it's showing.

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Fall is when stink bugs, boxelder bugs, and lady beetles start scouting your siding for a way inside before winter hits....
08/25/2026

Fall is when stink bugs, boxelder bugs, and lady beetles start scouting your siding for a way inside before winter hits. Mice are doing the same thing at ground level.

The quarterly visit that lands now puts your exterior barrier up while they're still looking, not after they've already found the gap. It won't stop every one of them. Scouts still land, and a few will always slip through somewhere. But it cuts down how many make it in, and it gets our team's eyes on the access points before the real wave shows up.

Pest Protection Club members get that barrier refreshed on schedule, plus free re-service between visits if anything gets through.

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You walk out for coffee and there's a web spanning the porch that wasn't there yesterday, with a spider bigger than anyt...
08/24/2026

You walk out for coffee and there's a web spanning the porch that wasn't there yesterday, with a spider bigger than anything you've seen all summer sitting dead center.

Nothing about that spider is new. It's been growing since spring, and by late August it's reached full size, building its biggest web of the year to catch enough food before egg-laying season.

Flying insects are peaking around the porch light overnight too, so a bigger web pays off right where you happen to walk through.

Knock it down and there's a good chance a new one shows up in the same spot by morning. Same anchor point, same reasons it worked the first time.

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Sherri put into words something we hear a version of a lot, and it's worth sharing."He is nice and friendly and will tal...
08/22/2026

Sherri put into words something we hear a version of a lot, and it's worth sharing.

"He is nice and friendly and will talk to you and answer any questions you have."

Getting to that point takes more than one visit. It's the quarterly rhythm doing what it's supposed to do, catching new activity between visits before it becomes a bigger problem again. Thank you for trusting us with your place, Sherri.

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A mature August nest can hold dozens of workers packed in layers, sometimes hundreds. A can of aerosol spray only reache...
08/21/2026

A mature August nest can hold dozens of workers packed in layers, sometimes hundreds. A can of aerosol spray only reaches what it hits directly: the workers on the outer layer.

The queen and the workers deeper in the comb never get touched. What's left is an agitated cloud of survivors with one target left standing, the person holding the can.

That's the mismatch. A nest that size doesn't behave like a small one just because it looks similar from ten feet away.

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If you feel like you're spotting more spiders than usual right now, you're not imagining it, and it's not a new problem ...
08/20/2026

If you feel like you're spotting more spiders than usual right now, you're not imagining it, and it's not a new problem showing up out of nowhere.

Most of what you're seeing hatched back in spring. They've spent the summer growing, and by late August they're full size, easier to notice, and out hunting whatever prey is still active this time of year. Bigger spider, more visible, same spider that's been around all along.

One sighting, or even a few scattered ones, is just that time of year. What's worth paying attention to is seeing the same thing happen week after week in the same spot. That pattern usually means something's feeding them nearby, not that spiders are taking over.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

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2215 Manufacturing Drive Building 1A
Clinton, IA
52732

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Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
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