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MANAGE STINGING AND BITING PESTS OUTSIDE

Fleas, ticks, mound-building ants, and other bloodsucking pests can quickly ruin outdoor time with painful stings or dangerous bites. The Mosquito Squad® Squad Yard Defender package is the ultimate solution for protecting your yard from over 20 types of crawling, biting, and stinging pests—including fleas, ants, fire ants, and ground-burrowing wasps. Our targeted treatments focus on shaded areas where fleas and ticks primarily hide and use specialized methods to help control ant mounds and help deter new colonies.

The foundation for our Squad Yard Defender package is our Barrier Treatment Plus, which eliminates up to 90% of mosquitoes and other pests and continues to protect your yard for up to three weeks. Our technicians will then apply a combination of baits and additional products to help combat the pests that can burrow and hide beneath the surface of your yard.

When you sign up for the Squad Yard Defender package, you receive:

A combination of flea and tick treatment for yards, prescriptive baiting, and ant mound-drenching techniques
Core Barrier Treatment Plus package, designed to guard against common insects like mosquitoes, ticks, flies, and spiders
Essential Botanical Insecticide Repellency: Made with plant-based technology, our proprietary, water-based insecticide combines five essential oils to create an extra layer of defense, helping effectively target, repel, and reduce pests in your yard for up to 21 days.

HOW OUR COMBINED OUTDOOR ANT, FLEA, AND TICK CONTROL WORKS

Our 3-step Squad Yard Defender approach:

Inspection – Knowing that fleas and ticks prefer moist, shady, and cool places, our trained professionals look for these areas in your yard. We also inspect tall grass, natural areas bordering managed turf, and low-lying areas that are especially damp. Mound-building ants tend to be most visible after heavy rains when colonies are excavated.
Treatment – Our EPA-registered flea and tick yard spray can kill pests on contact, disrupts flea and tick lifecycles, and continues to deter fleas and ticks for up to 21 days. We periodically apply granules to help control immature stages of these pests and disrupt the lifecycle to help protect your yard. To treat ants, we combine targeted mound drench applications with granular ant bait applications to help eliminate and prevent future mounds.
Ongoing management – After your initial treatment, we recommend keeping up with continued services to manage small ant hills and use specialized baits to help prevent them from becoming massive colonies. Tick and flea populations can be controlled through granular treatment applications in the spring and late summer as well as targeted barrier applications in “tick zones.”

The Potential Dangers of Biting and Stinging Pests

Ticks and fleas are both vectors of disease that feed on the blood of their host. Fleas can pass along harmful parasites, such as tapeworms, and bacterial disease, such as Typhus. Common diseases transmitted by ticks include Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Q fever.

Mound-building ants, such as pavement and fire ants, can leave you with painful and itchy spots that blister. They can also harm your property as they destroy nearby vegetation and negatively impact landscaping.

Fire ants commonly build their mounds in damp soil and grass which can lead to many small biting insects in areas where children and pets play. These bites can cause infections or even anaphylactic shock.

Schedule a Professional Combined Ant, Flea, and Tick Yard Treatment

Protect yourself and your loved ones from bites and stings and enjoy your yard in peace! Make the management of dangerous pests easy with the help of our Squad Yard Defender. Call today at (877) 332-2239 or contact us online for a free quote.

SQUAD YARD DEFENDER DISCLAIMER: Service packages may vary by location. Please check with your local Mosquito Squad to confirm what services are available in your area. Essential Botanical Insecticide (EBI) may not be available in all locations. Please contact your local mosquito Squad for more details.

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Preventing Pests

Take a closer look at how to keep specific pests out of your home

Preventing fire ants

Though most ants aren’t dangerous, fire ants can be a serious nuisance and danger to you and your pets. Mosquito Squad is here to protect you from invasion, but you can also follow some simple steps to help keep the ants at bay as a precaution.

Learn About Fire Ants

Preventing spiders

It's essential to seal potential entry points and reduce clutter where spiders might hide in your home in order to keep them from invading. Maintaining a clean environment and managing outdoor vegetation can also help deter them from approaching your living spaces.

Learn About Spiders

Preventing cockroaches

To prevent cockroaches from entering your home, ensure that all potential entry points are sealed and maintain a clean environment to eliminate food sources. Regularly inspect and address any plumbing leaks or standing water, as these can attract pests.

Learn About Cockroaches

Preventing scorpions

To protect your home from scorpions, ensure that potential entry points are sealed and maintain a tidy outdoor environment. Regularly remove debris and keep vegetation trimmed to reduce their hiding spots and discourage them from approaching your home.

Learn About Scorpions

Real Reviews – Written by real people like you

Customer Reviews of Mosquito Squad

4.92 avg

(12062 reviews)

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Thank you so much awesome job!!!', u'author_name': u'Nicholas Johnson', 'datetime': datetime.datetime(2025, 3, 27, 16, 38, 11), 'review_rating': 5, 'review_author': u'Nicholas Johnson', u'author_url': u'https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/112129233209617019605/reviews', u'relative_time_description': u'in the last week', u'time': 1743093491, u'translated': False, u'original_language': u'en'}, {u'rating': 5, u'profile_photo_url': u'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjVjqCM88HSU28APD6X8kIyJiZepoVVSaegdGxObd7B4qAGAjpG-=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo', u'language': u'en', u'text': u'Best customer service of any local business in Phoenix EVER! They do a great job. Dramatic difference so we can sit outside with no pests!', 'review_content': u'Best customer service of any local business in Phoenix EVER! They do a great job. Dramatic difference so we can sit outside with no pests!', u'author_name': u'Karen Pierce', 'datetime': datetime.datetime(2025, 3, 27, 15, 57, 26), 'review_rating': 5, 'review_author': u'Karen Pierce', u'author_url': u'https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/103520567548098381720/reviews', u'relative_time_description': u'in the last week', u'time': 1743091046, u'translated': False, u'original_language': u'en'}, {u'rating': 5, u'profile_photo_url': u'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocK03Tr6dTw0vBQzaUjxAD-IOSMxqmCgRLy-4chdOpFsqvZ5Vg=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo', u'language': u'en', u'text': u'Mosquito Squad has been wonderful to work with! They arrive on time , are very courteous, listen to concerns, and generally work beyond expectations. If mosquitoes show up more than usual they have come back out to resolve the problem. Highly recommended!', 'review_content': u'Mosquito Squad has been wonderful to work with! They arrive on time , are very courteous, listen to concerns, and generally work beyond expectations. If mosquitoes show up more than usual they have come back out to resolve the problem. Highly recommended!', u'author_name': u'Robert Zila', 'datetime': datetime.datetime(2025, 3, 27, 2, 12, 27), 'review_rating': 5, 'review_author': u'Robert Zila', u'author_url': u'https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/111645708558144205534/reviews', u'relative_time_description': u'a week ago', u'time': 1743041547, u'translated': False, u'original_language': u'en'}, {u'rating': 5, u'profile_photo_url': u'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ACg8ocLjDxYtciyoNxF20a-7dnsoZH4HpXqD1lMk93YKJ11EItfcTQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo', u'language': u'en', u'text': u'Payton was very friendly, informative and thorough. Thank you for getting us started off right this season!', 'review_content': u'Payton was very friendly, informative and thorough. 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This is our first treatment so we will see how it goes.', u'author_name': u'Katelyn McCarthy', 'datetime': datetime.datetime(2025, 3, 26, 15, 38, 19), 'review_rating': 5, 'review_author': u'Katelyn McCarthy', u'author_url': u'https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/109366090911384796177/reviews', u'relative_time_description': u'a week ago', u'time': 1743003499, u'translated': False, u'original_language': u'en'}, {u'rating': 5, u'profile_photo_url': u'https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a-/ALV-UjVtpFi3L0Axf2NHF4O5eyUbYuNOD9wKy3v7tDnC4Sjpxe-b1dyz=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo', u'language': u'en', u'text': u'Payton is fantastic! Thorough, personable, just great! Thanks so much for keeping me mosquito free!', 'review_content': u'Payton is fantastic! Thorough, personable, just great! 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Keep my family safe.', u'author_name': u'ALEX CASTRO', 'datetime': datetime.datetime(2025, 3, 24, 18, 5, 3), 'review_rating': 5, 'review_author': u'ALEX CASTRO', u'author_url': u'https://www.google.com/maps/contrib/117860377063057825501/reviews', u'relative_time_description': u'a week ago', u'time': 1742839503, u'translated': False, u'original_language': u'en'}]

Shamorro

"They Came out and sprayed my house. Prices are reasonable. The young man that sprayed did it quietly and safely. Danlion Belton is the name he gave me I believe! I highly recommend."

Nicholas Johnson

"Always a great experience and always the most professional people I deal with who take care of my yard. You guys are awesome even when I’m acting out of pocket!! Thank you so much awesome job!!!"

Karen Pierce

"Best customer service of any local business in Phoenix EVER! They do a great job. Dramatic difference so we can sit outside with no pests!"

Robert Zila

"Mosquito Squad has been wonderful to work with! They arrive on time , are very courteous, listen to concerns, and generally work beyond expectations. If mosquitoes show up more than usual they..."

Tamra Rich

"Payton was very friendly, informative and thorough. Thank you for getting us started off right this season!"

Katelyn McCarthy

"The guys were very friendly and knowledgeable. They were quick and efficient. This is our first treatment so we will see how it goes."

Rikki Moss

"Payton is fantastic! Thorough, personable, just great! Thanks so much for keeping me mosquito free!"

Abigail Jensen

"We love mosquito squad! We’ve used them for 4+ years now and have had significantly fewer bugs than neighbors. Payton came today to do our first treatment of the season and was so kind and..."

darlene price

"Brandon and Josh did a great job. Unbeknownst to us I had put some sticky mouse traps out in the garden it trapped three mice so they very kindly dispose of those for me. They did a super job on..."

ALEX CASTRO

"Mosquito squad to the rescue, the technician showed up & Was on it, Great customer service the technician was really professional, thank you for helping. Keep my family safe."