Pest control companies told NBC Bay Area Saturday that they are seeing an uptick in calls for help over the past few days with insects like cockroaches, black widows, ants, and pincer bugs.
EcoGuard Pest Management, which operates around the Bay Area, said they have seen a spike in calls over the past couple of days in the areas between San Jose and Walnut Creek. "What we are seeing record calls for — unprecedented call — are ants, cockroaches, spiders, earwigs," said Akoni Berman, the director of Quality Control of EcoGuard. He oversees several regions of California for EcoGuard including the Bay Area.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
"What’s really shocking is the sharp increase in calls for roaches from approximately San Jose to Walnut Creek and Brentwood, that whole area, partially due to how warm it is right now," Berman continued."Our roach calls are up — no kidding — several hundred percent." Other local pest control companies and East Bay residents told NBC Bay Area they are seeing the same thing.“If you feel like you’re baking to death outside, just about everything else living might be too, and maybe they want to come in and be comfortable just like you," Berman explained.“Which left the earth and our surrounding environment very soggy. And with so much water around, that means there’s gonna be a lot of life, once you apply a little heat to it,” he added.