Why Didn’t We See So Many Ticks in Tennessee Back in the ’80s?
You saw a tick now and then in the ’80s, but nothing like today. The deer comeback, growing suburbs, and spreading tick ranges explain why there are so many ticks in Tennessee now.
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Field Report: Same Truck, Same Family, Six Years Later
In 2020, the year she joined U.S. Pest Protection, Pest Pro Leah took a photo of her two daughters beside her service truck. This fall, Facebook brought it back as a memory, so the family recreated it, with a little brother in the lineup. Both photos show the same CH#482, our state pest control charter…
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Fire Ants in Tennessee: What Homeowners Should Know
As temperatures cool into the 70s and below, fire ant mounds start appearing in yards across Middle Tennessee. Worker ants come to the surface to forage and collect food and nutrients before the colony goes deeper underground for winter. Mounds pop up in inconvenient places — lawns, driveways, public green spaces — and stepping on…
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Field Report: The “Rats” in a Gallatin Ceiling Turned Out to Be a Robin
Staff at a city office building in Gallatin heard scratching and movement in the drop ceiling of their basement, and everyone assumed rats. Pest Pro Larry went up into the ceiling and found no signs of rodents at all. He kept looking and found the real source of the noises in the ceiling: a robin….
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Spotted Lanternflies in Middle Tennessee: What Homeowners Need to Know
Have you spotted a unique bug with black spots and bright red wings? Before you brush it off as just another insect, take a closer look. You may have found a spotted lanternfly, an invasive pest that Tennessee homeowners should know about. Our Pest Pros are keeping an eye out, too. Recently, one of our…
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Field Report: Six Pests, Three Towns, One Morning With Alejandro
One Tuesday morning in October, before lunch, Pest Pro Alejandro from our North office saw six different pests in three towns. At customers’ homes in Springfield and Joelton, he found the usual fall pests: crickets, stink bugs, lady beetles, weevils, and a tick. In Adams, he found bed bugs, and an elderly couple who needed…
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Why Didn’t We Worry About Bed Bugs in Nashville Back in the ’80s?
Bed bugs nearly disappeared after DDT, so they weren’t a worry in the ’80s. Here’s why they came back, why bed bugs in Nashville are worth watching, and how to keep them out of your home.
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Field Report: A Hard Call From a Nashville Auto Shop, and the Wasps Mistaken for Bees
This week we got a call no one wants to make. A mechanic at a Nashville auto repair shop had been swatting at what he thought were bees when he fell and hit his head. He did not survive. His employer asked us to clear the insects before his family came to collect his tools….
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U.S. Pest Ranked #15 Among Nashville’s Largest Woman-Owned Businesses for 2026
The Nashville Business Journal ranked U.S. Pest Protection #15 among Nashville’s largest woman-owned businesses for 2026, our seventh year on the list.
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Field Report: A Spotted Lanternfly on a Hermitage Porch, and Where Our Pest Pros Are Seeing Them
Pest Pro Evan found a spotted lanternfly on his porch near Hermitage, and Pest Pro Troy has seen them near Mt. Juliet. Here’s how to recognize one, why pests from Asia keep showing up in Tennessee, and how to report a sighting.
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