CHARLOTTE, N.C. – As temperatures climb into the triple digits this weekend, pest control experts across North Carolina are seeing a surge in calls from homeowners reporting unwelcome visitors—of the insect variety.
Economy Exterminators, a local pest control company operating for decades in Charlotte, says the extreme heat is forcing pests indoors in search of food, water, and shelter.
“It goes from getting maybe 10 calls in January or February to 70, 80, even 100 calls a day,” said Robert Dyson, branch manager at Economy Exterminators.
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