Practical Guides
Pest and Property Guides
Find help with pest identification, California termite reports, and prevention planning for homes and managed properties. Each guide explains what a reader can observe, where uncertainty remains, and when an inspection can help.
The Guides
Find the guide for your next decision
Start with a pest, an inspection question, or a property management task. Each guide opens with a short answer and links to supporting references.
Termites
Use visible clues to plan a termite inspection, then compare treatment options against the written findings.
Plan a Bay Area and Central Coast Termite Inspection
Order the right WDO report, prepare access and turn written findings into clear next steps.
Wood-Destroying Insects
Carpenter ants, beetles and carpenter bees leave different evidence. Learn what to record and when to inspect.
Bed Bugs
What to inspect, what to record, and how to limit spread while a suspected bed bug is identified.
Silverfish
A moisture pest, not a wood pest. What silverfish damage looks like and how to dry out the rooms they breed in.
Ants
Why Argentine ant trails keep coming back in coastal homes, how to find the entry point, and what stops them.
Pest Prevention for Monterey Bay Property Managers
A building-wide workflow for resident reports, inspections, maintenance, records, and follow-up.
Published by 101 Exterminators
Based in Salinas, with service across the Central Coast and Bay Area counties listed on this site.
Specific questions and decisions
Understand signs, inspection limits, and the next step that fits your situation.
Sources you can check
Every guide lists its references and the date it was last updated.