Termite Control & Inspections
Subterranean and Formosan termites treated at the source, plus CL-100 inspections and ongoing protection bonds.
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Pest Control in Longs, SC
Fire ants are what Longs actually calls about, and on a new lawn with children and a dog on it, mounds are not something to live around.
Local Pest Control for Longs, SC
Longs spreads along SC-9 and SC-905 about eighteen miles northeast of Conway, and the newer lawns are close to ideal for red imported fire ants: open, sunny, sandy and watered. A colony can push up a fresh mound overnight after rain, often in a play area or against a fence line where a child or a dog finds it before anyone else. Stings arrive in numbers because the whole mound responds at once, which is why this counts for more on a family lot than the size of any single mound suggests. Knocking one flat moves the queen a few feet and nothing more. Work here runs in two parts then: a broadcast bait across the entire yard so foraging workers carry it home, followed by direct treatment of whatever mounds remain. Getting that done before the deep summer heat gives the best result. Neighboring lots come into it as well, because a treated yard beside an untreated one gets fresh colonies walking back over the boundary inside the season.
Around Longs
- SC-9
- SC-905
- the area's new golf communities
- surrounding woodland
Longs at a glance
- Distance
- About 18 miles northeast of Conway via SC-905 and SC-9
- Housing stock
- New subdivision builds on leveled sand with broad open lawns, among older country houses
- Water nearby
- the Waccamaw River
- Call-out
- Urgent jobs seen the same day where possible
- First visit
- No charge to inspect and diagnose
Local Conditions
Why Longs Properties See Pest Pressure
The pests here are not random. These are the local conditions behind most of the calls we take in Longs.
What the housing stock means
Because Longs is largely new subdivision builds on leveled sand with broad open lawns, among older country houses, the same few weak points come up job after job: the seal around the air conditioning line set, the gap behind an outdoor tap, and the joint where a porch slab was poured hard against the wall.
Water table and wood pests
Anywhere close to the Waccamaw River, expect slow-draining sand and a damp space under the floor. Palmetto bugs, silverfish and spiders follow that moisture up into the house, so treating them without drying out the crawl space only books the same visit again.
Timing beats spraying
One warm wet week in spring, or the days right after a summer storm, and mounds are up across a yard again, and they stay active until the ground finally cools late in the year. Every stage has a window where treatment does the most good, and hitting that window is the difference between ending a problem and repeating it.
Pricing
Longs Pest Control Prices
Ballpark figures so you can plan. Nothing is charged until you have seen a written estimate for your own property.
| Service | Estimated cost |
|---|---|
| Termite Control & Inspections | an estimated $449–$1400 |
| Fire Ant Treatment | an estimated $89–$229 |
| General Pest Control | an estimated $99–$239 |
| Mosquito & Tick Control | an estimated $69–$139 |
Around Town
Local Landmarks & Neighborhoods We Cover in Longs
The SC-9 / SC-905 corridor
New lawns along the corridor are sunny and watered, which is the pairing fire ants build in fastest.
Surrounding woodland
Mounds cluster along the bright edge where a yard meets the tree line, so that boundary gets walked first.
Most Requested Here
Popular Services in Longs
Fire Ant Treatment
Clear painful fire ant mounds from your yard with proven baiting and mound treatment, and keep them out.
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General Pest Control
One program for the pests that never really stop here: palmetto bugs, ants, spiders and whatever the crawl space is breeding.
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Mosquito & Tick Control
Take back your backyard from mosquitoes, no-see-ums, and ticks with targeted barrier and misting treatments.
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Questions & Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Are fire ant treatments safe with children and a dog on the lawn?
Yes, with a short wait. Baits go down as granules at very low concentration and are taken underground by the workers, and mound drenches need the surface to dry before anyone walks on it. You get a re-entry time in writing for whatever is used, usually a matter of hours. Toys, bowls and chew items get picked up beforehand. Fenced dogs get penned away from the treated ground for the afternoon.
Why do mounds come back a few feet from where I flattened one?
Because the queen survived. Disturbing a mound makes the colony relocate, and a new mound appears nearby within a day or two looking like a fresh problem. Anything that does not reach the queen simply moves her. Bait works precisely because the workers carry it down to her, which is slower to watch and far more permanent. Repeat mound treatment on its own becomes an annual habit, not a fix.
How long before the yard is genuinely usable?
Surface activity drops within a day of mound treatment, but bait needs two to four weeks to work through the colonies, so judge the yard at the end of that window rather than the end of the week. On larger lots a second broadcast the following season keeps new colonies from moving in off the field edge. Marking the worst mounds before the visit saves time on the day.
Palmetto bugs came in after the rain. Can somebody reach Longs today?
If an animal is inside the structure or somebody is being stung, treat it as urgent and call now, whatever the hour or the date. Longs sitting About 18 miles northeast of Conway via SC-905 and SC-9 keeps the drive short. For mosquito rounds, mound treatment or a termite inspection, a planned visit costs less for exactly the same work.
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Pest problem in Longs?
Call now for a free inspection and honest recommendation. We serve Longs and the surrounding Horry County communities with fast, family-safe pest control.
Call (843) 896-1048