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!

Thank you for trusting us with your home.Some reviews say a lot in a few words, and yours did exactly that. The work we ...
06/17/2026

Thank you for trusting us with your home.

Some reviews say a lot in a few words, and yours did exactly that. The work we do is mostly invisible when it works, so when a customer takes the time to mention it out loud, we notice.

If you've been thinking about pest service for your own home, this is the kind of follow-through we try to bring.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

The morning after a rain, walk your yard before you do anything else.You're looking for water sitting where it shouldn't...
06/16/2026

The morning after a rain, walk your yard before you do anything else.

You're looking for water sitting where it shouldn't: gutters that dammed up, plant saucers, kids' toys, bird baths, the trash can lid left right-side up. Anything holding water for more than 48 hours can produce a full generation of mosquitoes in under ten days.

Empty what you can. Drill drainage holes in what you can't move. Flip the lids.

That single walk, done right, can cut mosquito pressure more than almost anything else you do before guests arrive. The yard prep that works is mostly about sequence and timing, not products.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Most people think about mosquito treatment sometime around July 1. By then, the window for getting service in before the...
06/15/2026

Most people think about mosquito treatment sometime around July 1. By then, the window for getting service in before the holiday is already closed.

Peak season schedules fill fast. A call made on July 1 does not translate to a treated yard on July 3. The math does not work that way.

If your family is planning to be outside for the holiday, the time to book is now. The booking window for July 4 coverage closes around June 28.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

That single hole in the lawn looks like nothing. What's underneath is a 3D tunnel system with one colony inside it.Homeo...
06/13/2026

That single hole in the lawn looks like nothing. What's underneath is a 3D tunnel system with one colony inside it.

Homeowners try gasoline, boiling water, foam down the opening. Each one fails for a specific reason. Gasoline triggers an immediate, aggressive defense response before it can do any damage. Boiling water cools before it reaches the chamber where the colony actually lives. Foam into the entrance misses the side tunnels that branch off at angles underground.

The exit is one hole. The nest is not.

A June colony carries a few hundred workers. Leave it until August and that same hole is protecting a few thousand. Ground nests are one pest problem where waiting always makes it worse.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Ground-nesting yellow jackets don't care about the noise. They care about the vibration.When a mower passes over a burie...
06/12/2026

Ground-nesting yellow jackets don't care about the noise. They care about the vibration.

When a mower passes over a buried nest, it triggers the colony's defensive response instantly. Dozens of workers pour out of that hole within seconds. Most homeowners had no idea the nest was there until that moment.

Here's the part that surprises people: the nest was probably there for weeks. They walked past it. Mowed near it. Sat in the yard above it. Ground nests blend in. A small hole in the lawn is easy to miss until it isn't.

If you've had a stinging incident while mowing, there's a good chance the colony is still active.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Not every stinging insect warrants the same call.The bald-faced hornet has a black body with ivory-white markings on its...
06/11/2026

Not every stinging insect warrants the same call.

The bald-faced hornet has a black body with ivory-white markings on its face and tail tip. No yellow. It builds that large, enclosed gray paper nest hanging from trees or eaves. That one is almost always a call-us situation.

Yellow jackets are the bright yellow-and-black ones. They nest in the ground or inside wall voids, and a passing lawn mower over the wrong spot can pull dozens of workers out at once.

Paper wasps are slender with long legs that dangle in flight. Their nests are small, open combs, no enclosing paper. Leave them alone if they're out of the way. Move them if they're not.

Species tells you the urgency. When you're not sure which one you've got, that's what we're here for.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Thank you for the kind words.When someone takes the time to write a review, it usually comes after a stretch of frustrat...
06/10/2026

Thank you for the kind words.

When someone takes the time to write a review, it usually comes after a stretch of frustration that finally got fixed. We don't forget that part. Every visit ahead of us is somebody else's version of the same story, and your review reminds us how much it matters to get it right.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Most homeowners buy one product and wonder why they still get bitten. The reason is that "mosquito protection" is actual...
06/09/2026

Most homeowners buy one product and wonder why they still get bitten. The reason is that "mosquito protection" is actually two different problems wearing the same label.

The first is protecting your body while you're outside. Only an EPA-registered repellent does that. Yard sprays, plants, and zappers do nothing for the person standing in the middle of the yard.

The second is reducing the mosquito population in the space itself. Only yard treatment does that. Personal repellent on your skin does nothing for the air around you.

Pick one without the other and you're only halfway covered.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

Citronella plants contain a real oil. The marketing around them is less real.The oil is in the leaves. To get any effect...
06/08/2026

Citronella plants contain a real oil. The marketing around them is less real.

The oil is in the leaves. To get any effect, you'd have to crush them and rub them on your skin. A potted plant sitting on your patio releases almost no oil into the surrounding air. It's essentially decorative.

This isn't a knock on anyone who bought one. The packaging makes it sound like passive protection. It's not.

Mosquitoes don't care about the plant. They care about standing water, warm air, and a yard with nowhere to go but toward you.

Real mosquito control addresses where they breed and where they rest. That's a different job than a pretty pot on the porch.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

German cockroaches don't care how spotless your kitchen is.They want three things: stable temperature, moisture, and foo...
06/06/2026

German cockroaches don't care how spotless your kitchen is.

They want three things: stable temperature, moisture, and food residue. Your air-conditioned home delivers all three better than the summer heat outside. The AC condensate dripping, a pet bowl left out overnight, the humidity that builds in a closed cabinet. That's what draws them in. Not your housekeeping.

The shame around cockroaches is the reason people wait. And waiting turns a June sighting into an August infestation.

If you've spotted one in the kitchen, the population is almost certainly larger than what you saw. That's just how German cockroaches work.

Schedule your service: (815) 284-4101

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2215 Manufacturing Drive Building 1A
Clinton, IA
52732

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Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Saturday 8am - 12pm

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