Bedford's construction stock spans decades and styles. Older pier-and-beam homes in Harwood Road corridor, Bedford Boys Ranch have different pest profiles than newer slab construction farther out in Tarrant County.
Why the curb strip holds the most mounds
Fire ant colonies concentrate where automatic irrigation maintains consistent soil moisture. The maintained turf strip between sidewalk and curb is the densest mound zone on most Tarrant County properties — sometimes 6-8 mounds in a 40-foot stretch.
Properties that ignore this consideration end up with more expensive treatment cycles down the road.
Hidden water intrusion in Bedford homes
Carpenter ant galleries track water intrusion paths exactly. Find the gallery and you've located the moisture problem — a roof leak, a window flashing failure, or a hidden plumbing slow-drip that's been ongoing for months or years.
Detection at this stage gives treatment options that aren't available once activity has progressed.
When consumer-grade products stop working
Repeated consumer-grade ant spray applications select for pesticide-resistant individuals over generations. Within 12-18 months of monthly DIY sprays, the same product becomes substantially less effective against the population it originally killed.
This is one of the harder issues to catch early without a trained eye on the property.
Ant-moat dishes and feeding location changes
Outdoor pet food bowls on patios sustain ant colonies through dry summer weeks when natural food is scarce. Moving feeding indoors or using ant-moat dishes interrupts the resource subsidy that maintains nearby colony populations.
Properties that ignore this consideration end up with more expensive treatment cycles down the road.
Ant Extermination Coverage Across Bedford and Tarrant County
Iron Gate Pest Control technicians serve all Bedford neighborhoods and surrounding Tarrant County communities. Our crews respond to service requests with same-day or next-business-day availability for most Bedford-area appointments. View our full Texas coverage map for service in other regions.
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