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When a foreclosure notice goes on a door, someone usually moves out. Unwanted others, namely pests, have a way of moving in, Inland exterminators say.
Those pests are causing problems not only at the empty house but also at nearby dwellings, the exterminators say.
Sean Murray, branch manager in Colton for Orkin Inc., said he's seen a spike in the past six months among customers who have moved, including those taking up residence in once-foreclosed houses.
Now, he said, each of his 18 technicians is making 15 to 20 stops a day in Riverside, San Bernardino and Los Angeles counties.
Murray said the calls Orkin gets to foreclosed houses are primarily brought on by spider infestation. He said that everyday human activity tends to deny spiders a steady food source.
When the humans move out ...
"You'd be hard pressed to go anywhere and not find ants or earwigs," Murray said.
With abundant food and no humans patrolling the scene, he said, spiders are apt to multiply rapidly, leaving an unpleasant sight for whoever has to prepare the home for the next resident.
Murray said homes that are abandoned unkempt tend to result in rodent infestation.
"If someone has left debris and items behind, it gives rodents more space to hide and a better space to start a family," he said.
Pests often spread the word, said Earl Meggerson, owner of Megga Bug in Moreno Valley.
"Any time you have a vacant home, most of the time the landscaping is not being maintained," Meggerson said.
Pests arrive for the food and shelter the overgrowth provides, then migrate to neighboring homes that are occupied, he said.
"If your home is next to a home that's really attractive to pests, your home becomes really attractive," Murray said. "You get a lot of runoff, so to speak."
Meggerson said the attitude of many homeowners is to seek an exterminator after noticing a problem. He said the economy is causing some to forsake regular preventative service that could protect them from infestations.
Co-owner Craig Morris of Green Pest Solutions in Riverside said he's noticed more calls to neighbors of foreclosed properties, and the company focuses on protecting the client from overflow, though it can't visit the problem house without authorization.
The best course a homeowner near an unattended foreclosure can take, Morris said, is to call city government or the bank that owns the unoccupied house and ask to have things that attract pests hauled away.
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