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Pure Protection Plans
Pure Basic
Pests covered include:
- Cockroaches
- Ants (Excludes Carpenter & Odorous House Ants)
- Silverfish
- Bees & Wasps (main structure that can be serviced from the ground)
- Spiders (Excludes Brown Recluse)
- Centipedes
- Earwigs
- Millipedes
- Pill Bugs
- Crickets
- Inside termite inspection Nov-Feb
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•Initial inspection required

Pure Plus
Pests covered include:
- All pests from the Basic Plan
- Ants (including Carpenter & Odorous House Ants)
- Pantry Pests
- Fabric Pests
- Rats
- House mice
- Fleas (inside only)
- Bees and Wasps (entire property that can be serviced from the ground)
- Pill Bugs
- Ground Beetles
- Clover mites
- Sow Bugs
- Inside termite inspection Nov-Feb
•Initial inspection required

Pure Premium
Pests covered include:
- All pests from the Basic & Plus Plans
- Mosquitos (March-October)
- Ticks
- Gnats
- Camel Crickets
- Bees and Wasps (entire property that can be serviced from the ground)
- Lady Beetles
- Springtails
- Box Elder Bugs
- Saw Toothed Grain Beetle
- Spider Mites
- Inside termite inspection Nov-Feb
•Initial inspection required


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Pure Pest Can Help with Ant Control
If your home has been invaded by ants, you’re not alone— ants are among the most common household critter control problems. Unfortunately, they are also one of the most complex pest problems to solve since they come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and species, and each variety requires a specialized plan.
If you’re dealing with an ant infestation, Pure Pest can help. Our team members know how to identify exactly what kind of ant problem you’re dealing with, and are equipped to handle it for you right away.
“The Ants have Disappeared”
We’ve had a problem with ants for the past couple of years and have tried to take care of it by ourselves with no luck. Calling Pure Pest was the best decision.
– Ashley D.
St. Louis Ant Types
In order for an ant technician to effectively eradicate ants from your home or commercial building, they have to first identify the species they are dealing with. There are thousands of species of ants, however, there are four that are most commonly found in St Louis:
Carpenter Ants

Pavement Ants

Pharaoh Ants

Odorous House Ants

Help, I Need an Ant Exterminator!

Where Did the Ants Come From?
How do ants get into your home and then settle in so well you need a professional to get them out?
The scout ants identify the location of the “food” source that attracted them to your home. As they explore, they leave behind a scent trail that other ants can follow.
The rest of the ants, known as a colony, follow the scout ants’ trail. Depending on the type of ant, they may look for a good place inside your home to build their nest, or they may build a nest just outside and identify a good location for their nest.
Unfortunately, what makes a nest location good for ants are often times the things that make them bad for humans. They can be in hard to reach or invisible places like inside walls, in cracks in your patio or driveway, or under your floor. Ants can build a nest anywhere in or around homes.
Once you see ants in your home, odds are they’re still there even if you’ve gotten rid of the ones that are visible. Ant colonies are BIG: some have over 5,000,000 ants.
Moreover, they can repopulate! The queen can live as long as 30 years and worker ants normally live for around 7 years.
An ant infestation requires a multi-dimensional treatment approach. While there may be hundreds of ants visible, there may be thousands of others waiting in a nest outside the home. Our technicians not only destroy the ants that are visible, we track the colonies back to their nest and then take out the reserves with them. The idea is to eradicate the problem from root— and fast!

Some of our methods include:
Baits – These are helpful in getting rid of indoor ants, but the nest outside must be sprayed with insecticide. We also seal all cracks and crevices and scrub around entry points with detergent to eliminate pheromones, after which we spray a residual insecticide around them.
Nest Destruction – The most direct way to get rid of indoor ants is to locate and destroy the nest.

“Since we hired them, we have seen almost NO bugs anywhere in our house!”
Great great company! Awesome customer service. Since we hired them, we have seen almost NO bugs anywhere in our house! The one time I did find a spider after they recently sprayed, they came right back out and sprayed again in that area at no extra cost. Technicians are always punctual and professional. Highly recommend!
– Susannah N.
Homeowner Ant Treatment Tips
Our technicians are often asked “How do I get rid of ants in my house?” and the answer is that protecting your home from ants requires a combination of tactics:
Good sanitation
Removing pheromones
Caulking entry points
Destroying active nests
Nobody wants to share their home with ants, they are unwanted, pesky, and sometimes dangerous critters! We know that once you spot them, you’ll want to get rid of them right away! When it comes to getting rid of ants from homes and commercial buildings, we are the experts you can count on to get the job done, and done fast. Our trained and qualified technicians know how to identify the various species, where to look for their nests, and how to effectively eliminate these pests from your space.
