Life in Florida certainly isn’t without its pest problems. Among the worst, though, is the whitefly. You’ve probably heard plenty of media coverage about this fairly common pest problem, and one of the reasons so much attention is being paid to this tiny nuisance is that the problem is about to get worse. As a homeowner, the single best thing you can do if you have a whitefly problem is to contact a Brevard County pest control professional immediately for help. It will not only protect your ornamental plants, but those of your neighbors as well. Wondering why you should care? Here are three big reasons:

  1. They’re Going to Damage Your Yard: No matter what you have growing in your yard, the chances are good that the whitefly will damage it. They will feed on thirty different kinds of plants, and they significantly reduce the quality of the plant or even kill it. If you want dead plants, your single best bet is to ignore a whitefly  problem from the outset.
  2. They’re Going to Make a Mess: Imagine someone spilled a huge can of soda across the entire surface of your property. That’s exactly what a whitefly infestation might seem like on your property. Once the eggs they’ve laid hatch, they leave a sticky goo over almost everything in their path. Whether it’s your deck, patio furniture, or even your car, you can count on a huge mess.
  3. They’ll Kill Your Fruit Trees: They may just weaken those gorgeous ornamentals in your yard, but they aren’t going to stop there. The newest invader, the Spiral Whitefly, will go after your fruit trees and any vegetables you’ve planted. It can blacken the entire plant, leaving it to rot. If they can do that on a small scale in your yard, imagine what they can do to the agricultural industry in the state.

Fortunately, there are actually a number of things you can do to prevent and deal with whiteflies in your yard. One of the things you can choose not to do, though, is to randomly spray the first pesticide you see on hardware store shelves. The whitefly isn’t going to be the only pest that suffers in that case. In fact, you may very well end up killing some of its natural predators in the process, which would be a sore loss to the state as a whole. Instead, one of the best first steps you can take is to contact a professional Brevard County pest control company. They’ll not only be able to rid your yard of whiteflies, but they will do so in an ecologically responsible manner to help eliminate the pest without harming the other insect populations in the process.