ABC Home & Commercial Services - Orlando

ABC Home & Commercial Services - Orlando ABC Home & Commercial Services is the leading provider in pest and rodent control in Orlando and the surrounding communities.

ABC Home & Commercial Services is a family-owned and operated business that was founded in 1949. ABC has established a reputation as a company known for reliable, professional home & commercial services. ABC is staffed by highly-trained entomologists and background-checked technicians who can quickly and effectively manage your pest or rodent problems. Visit our website to learn more about our services and schedule your FREE estimate.

Can't enjoy your own backyard at dusk right now? You're not imagining it. Central Florida's warm, wet season is prime ti...
09/14/2026

Can't enjoy your own backyard at dusk right now? You're not imagining it. Central Florida's warm, wet season is prime time for mosquitoes, because every afternoon storm refills the tiny pools of standing water they need to breed. The good news: the single most effective thing you can do costs nothing — get rid of the water.

Mosquitoes are "container breeders," and they don't need much. A bottle cap's worth of standing water is enough for eggs to develop, and in Florida's heat a new biting generation can emerge in about a week. That's why the yard, not the air, is where you win the fight.

Walk your property once a week and:
✅ Dump and scrub saucers, buckets, toys, and tarps
✅ Flush clogged gutters and empty anything holding water — even bottle caps
✅ Refresh birdbaths and pet bowls; drill drainage holes in stored containers

Because it takes roughly a week for larvae to mature, a weekly "tip and toss" routine can noticeably knock the population down around your home. For relief beyond the DIY basics, ABC's Orlando mosquito programs target breeding and resting sites across your yard.

Getting bitten on the porch at sunset but can't see a single bug? 🦟 In Central Florida, that's almost always no-see-ums....
08/27/2026

Getting bitten on the porch at sunset but can't see a single bug? 🦟 In Central Florida, that's almost always no-see-ums.

No-see-ums — also called biting midges or sand gnats — are tiny flies, most of them under a millimeter long. That size is the whole problem: they're so small they slip right through standard window and porch screens that stop mosquitoes cold. According to UF/IFAS, keeping them out takes true "no-see-um mesh" (finer than standard 16-mesh screen), which is why so many Florida homeowners feel the bites indoors and never understand how the bugs got in.

They're most active at dawn and dusk, they breed in damp soil, mud, and muck near water, and — good news for you — they're weak fliers. Here's how to take your evenings back:
✅ Run a fan on the porch or patio — even a light breeze grounds them
✅ Time outdoor plans away from dawn and dusk, when biting peaks
✅ Drain standing water and damp muck near the home to cut off breeding

DEET-based repellent helps when you're out during peak hours, but if no-see-ums are a recurring problem around your property, the lasting fix is reducing the moist breeding sites near your home and treating the areas where they rest. New to ABC? We've been protecting Texas homes for 75 years and bring that same calm, competent standard to Central Florida.

Found a little pile of winged insects on the windowsill or by a sunny door? 🪟 In Florida, don't assume they're just flyi...
08/25/2026

Found a little pile of winged insects on the windowsill or by a sunny door? 🪟 In Florida, don't assume they're just flying ants — they may be termite swarmers.

Swarmers are the winged, reproductive termites a colony sends out to start new ones. Here's the part every Central Florida homeowner should know: finding swarmers inside your home isn't a "they might come" warning — it means a mature colony is already established nearby, often in or under the structure. Our own guide on spotting active termites puts it bluntly: swarmers indoors mean an established colony.

The catch is that people brush them off as ants and lose months before the real damage is found. A quick way to tell them apart:
✅ Termites have straight, bead-like antennae, a straight waist, and four equal-length wings
✅ Ants have bent (elbowed) antennae, a pinched waist, and front wings longer than the back
✅ Termite wings break off easily — a scatter of equal-size wings on a sill is a classic sign

If you're not sure, don't spray — collect a few in a sealed bag and have them identified, because correct ID drives the right treatment. Florida's warmth and humidity keep termite pressure high year-round, which is exactly why professional inspection matters here. ABC's team has protected Texas homes for 75 years and brings that same standard to Orlando.

Central Florida homeowners: those thin, muddy lines running up your foundation aren't just dirt — they're one of the cle...
08/19/2026

Central Florida homeowners: those thin, muddy lines running up your foundation aren't just dirt — they're one of the clearest warning signs of termites. 🏠

Subterranean termites are the most destructive pest in Florida, and our year-round warmth and humidity keep them active in every season. Because they need constant moisture, they travel up from the soil to the wood in your home through pencil-width "mud tubes" they build along foundations, slab edges, piers, and interior walls. Finding one usually means a colony is actively foraging nearby.

Here's a simple test the pros use: break away a small section of the tube and check back in two or three days. If it has been rebuilt, the colony is alive and heading toward your home. If it stays broken and crumbly, it may be older activity — but it's still worth a professional inspection.

Other signs worth watching for:
✅ Discarded wings near windowsills or doors after a swarm
✅ Wood that sounds hollow when tapped, or gives way easily
✅ Bubbling, uneven paint or floors that feel soft and spongy

The catch with DIY: store-bought sprays only reach the termites you can see, never the nest underground, so the colony keeps feeding. Professional treatment is built to target the entire colony. If you've spotted mud tubes or swarmers, ABC's Orlando termite control team can inspect, confirm the activity, and stop it before it turns into thousands of dollars in damage.

Seeing large black ants marching across the kitchen counter after dark, Central Florida? 🐜 You may be dealing with carpe...
08/17/2026

Seeing large black ants marching across the kitchen counter after dark, Central Florida? 🐜 You may be dealing with carpenter ants — and they're often a clue to a bigger problem hiding in your home.

Here's what surprises most homeowners: carpenter ants don't actually eat wood. Instead, they hollow out soft, damp, or already-damaged wood to build their nests. So where you find them, there's usually a hidden moisture issue nearby — a slow plumbing leak, a clogged gutter, condensation around a window, or framing that stays wet after Florida's daily afternoon storms. Their main nest is often outdoors in a stump, tree, or fence, with satellite nests tucked inside your walls.

A few signs to look for:
✅ Large black (or black-and-red) ants, most active in the evening and overnight
✅ Small piles of what looks like sawdust — actually "frass" — near baseboards, windowsills, or door frames
✅ A faint rustling in the walls, or winged swarmers showing up indoors

Why DIY sprays fall short: wiping out the trail you can see doesn't reach the nest, so the colony simply keeps working behind the scenes. The lasting fix is two-part — treat the nest AND correct the moisture that invited them in. ABC's Orlando pest control team finds and solves both, so the ants don't come back. New to Orlando, backed by over 75 years of doing this right.

See a faint trail of tiny pale ants marching across the kitchen counter? In Central Florida, that's usually ghost ants.T...
08/14/2026

See a faint trail of tiny pale ants marching across the kitchen counter? In Central Florida, that's usually ghost ants.

They're barely 1/16 of an inch, with dark heads and nearly translucent bodies, and they love sweets and moisture — kitchens and bathrooms especially. Here's the catch: a single ghost ant colony spreads across many nesting spots at once, so spraying the trail you can see often makes it worse by splitting the colony into new ones. Slow-acting liquid bait that workers carry home is what actually clears them. Seeing trails? Let's knock it out at the source.

Afternoon storms are a mosquito's best friend. Aedes mosquitoes, the aggressive daytime biters, are "container breeders,...
08/06/2026

Afternoon storms are a mosquito's best friend. Aedes mosquitoes, the aggressive daytime biters, are "container breeders," which means they only need about a quarter-inch of standing water to lay eggs.

After every rain, walk your yard and empty anything holding water: plant saucers, kids' toys, buckets, tarps, and clogged gutters. Because these mosquitoes stay close to where they hatch, most of the ones biting you were born in your own yard — so refreshing birdbaths and pet bowls weekly makes a real dent. Save this as your post-rain checklist.

Source: University of Florida IFAS.

They don't march in a line — they scatter. 🐜 Tawny crazy ants are one of Central Florida's most frustrating invaders: th...
08/05/2026

They don't march in a line — they scatter. 🐜 Tawny crazy ants are one of Central Florida's most frustrating invaders: they swarm by the thousands, nest inside outdoor outlets and A/C units, and can actually short out electrical equipment. Worse, store-bought sprays barely dent them, and clearing one yard doesn't help if the colonies next door keep moving in.

This is a job for a coordinated, professional approach — often across a whole neighborhood.

Seeing ants everywhere at once? Let's get ahead of them.
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ere's the Florida mosquito fact that surprises most Orlando homeowners: it doesn't take a pond. 🦟 Many of the mosquitoes...
07/08/2026

ere's the Florida mosquito fact that surprises most Orlando homeowners: it doesn't take a pond. 🦟

Many of the mosquitoes biting you were born in your own yard.

In water no deeper than a bottle cap.

Mosquitoes are "container breeders." A film of standing water in a plant saucer, a clogged gutter, a kids' toy, a tarp fold, a bromeliad, or an old bucket is all it takes, and in Central Florida's warm, rainy summer, eggs can go from water to biting adult in roughly a week.

Daily afternoon storms keep refilling those hiding spots, which is why mosquito pressure feels relentless from June through the fall.

The single most effective thing you can do costs nothing — "Tip and Toss" once a week:
🪣 Tip out or remove anything holding water after every rain.
🌿 Clear gutters and downspouts so they drain fully.
🏊 Keep pools, fountains, and birdbaths circulating or refreshed.
🚪 Repair torn screens to keep them outside where they belong.

For the standing water you can't eliminate — and the adult mosquitoes already active around your home — professional mosquito control makes the difference. We treat breeding sites, apply targeted barrier treatments to the shady spots where mosquitoes rest, and keep pressure down through peak season. It also matters for your health: mosquitoes in Florida can carry West Nile and other viruses.

📞 Cut mosquito breeding at the source — schedule Orlando mosquito control with ABC.

Want fewer mosquitoes around the house? Start by dumping the water. Aedes mosquitoes are "container breeders" — just a q...
07/03/2026

Want fewer mosquitoes around the house? Start by dumping the water.

Aedes mosquitoes are "container breeders" — just a quarter-inch of standing water in a saucer, kids' toy, or clogged gutter is enough to start a population. Walk your yard once a week and tip it all out.

For everything the weekly walk can't fix, that's where we come in.

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