Flea & Tick Control
Flea and Tick
Control That Sticks
Serving Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Scottsdale, and Tempe. $99 initial visit, free re-services between visits on every plan.
Licensed · AZ Office of Pest Management
Free re-service between visits
Prices published — no mystery quotes
Same-day service when booked by 1pm
Fleas are a numbers game, and the numbers are against you. The adults biting your dog are maybe five percent of the infestation — the rest is eggs, larvae, and pupae loaded into your carpet, pet bedding, and shaded yard soil, hatching in waves for weeks. That's why a flea bomb feels like a win on Tuesday and a lie by Sunday.
Ticks in Arizona are a different and more serious story. The brown dog tick is the tick here, and it has a nasty trick most ticks don't: it can complete its entire life cycle indoors, infesting homes and kennels outright — climbing walls, packing into baseboard cracks and dog runs. It also transmits Rocky Mountain spotted fever, which has hit Arizona communities hard and is exactly as serious as it sounds.
NEARPEST treats the whole system — yard, interior, and the life cycle itself — and we coordinate with what your vet is doing for the pets, because the animals and the house have to be treated in the same window or the infestation just ping-pongs between them.
What we do
IGR-based program
Insect growth regulators stop eggs and larvae from ever becoming biting adults. Adulticide kills today's fleas; IGR cancels next month's.
Yard and interior together
We treat shaded soil, pet runs, and patio zones outside plus carpets, pet bedding areas, and baseboards inside. Half-treatments fail.
Brown dog tick expertise
Arizona's resident tick can infest the home itself, not just the dog. We treat the cracks, walls, and kennel areas where it actually hides.
Vet coordination
We time our treatment with your pet's vet-prescribed flea and tick treatment, so the house and the animal get clean together.
Breaking the flea life cycle for real
Flea pupae are the reason infestations rebound: they're nearly impervious to insecticides and can wait dormant for weeks, hatching when they sense warmth and vibration — meaning your home repopulates itself on a delay. Any honest flea program plans for that.
Ours pairs an adulticide for the biting population with an insect growth regulator that sterilizes the cycle: eggs don't hatch into viable larvae, larvae don't reach adulthood. We treat interior flea zones — carpet edges, under furniture, pet sleeping areas — and the outdoor shade where larvae develop, because flea larvae die in direct Arizona sun and concentrate exactly where your pet naps.
Expect stragglers for a couple of weeks as pupae hatch into treated territory and die. That's the program working, not failing — and if anything genuinely persists between visits, re-service is free.
The brown dog tick: Arizona's home invader
Most ticks need humidity and wild hosts. The brown dog tick thrives in dry heat, feeds almost exclusively on dogs, and will happily run its whole egg-to-adult cycle inside your house — which is why East Valley tick problems show up as ticks climbing interior walls and packed into kennel joints, not just ticks on the dog.
It matters beyond the gross-out factor: brown dog ticks are the vector for Rocky Mountain spotted fever in Arizona, a disease that has caused serious outbreaks in the state and demands fast medical attention. A home tick infestation is a health issue. Treat it like one.
We treat the structure's cracks, wall lines, pet areas, and yard harborage, and repeat on schedule to catch each emerging stage. Pair that with vet-directed tick prevention on the dog, and the cycle breaks. Call (480) 555-0199 to get started.
Plans & pricing
Covered on a plan, priced in public.
Shield
Every 90 days
$35/mo
$105 billed quarterly
Year-round coverage for the common desert pests.
Start with ShieldShield+
Every 60 days
$45/mo
$90 billed every 2 months
Our scorpion plan. Bi-monthly visits tuned to AZ scorpion pressure.
Start with Shield+Max
Monthly
$59/mo
$59 billed monthly
Maximum pressure control — monthly visits plus seasonal mosquito.
Start with Max$99 initial visit — One-time initial visit — full interior + exterior knockdown service. Often discounted with an annual plan.
Questions, answered
Why do fleas come back after I treat the house?
Flea pupae resist treatment and hatch on a delay — for weeks after treatment, new adults emerge from cocoons that were already in your carpet. Our program expects this: the IGR and residual treatment kill them as they emerge, and the cycle dies out.
Do I need to treat my pet too?
Yes, through your veterinarian — pet treatment is medicine, and that's their lane. We coordinate timing with your vet's flea and tick treatment so the home and the animal are cleaned up in the same window. Treating one without the other fails.
Can ticks really infest the inside of a house?
In Arizona, yes. The brown dog tick completes its entire life cycle indoors and infests homes and kennels directly — you'll find them climbing walls and tucked into baseboard cracks. It's the dominant tick here and the main reason indoor tick treatment exists.
Is Rocky Mountain spotted fever actually a concern in Arizona?
It's rare but real and serious — Arizona has seen significant RMSF cases transmitted by brown dog ticks, and untreated infections can be fatal. Controlling ticks on dogs and in homes is the prevention. If you've had tick bites and feel ill, see a doctor promptly.
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Call now or book online. If pests show up between visits, so do we — free.