Reno covers a lot of ground for one name. A 1920s bungalow in the Old Southwest, a student rental off North Virginia, and a five-year-old build in Damonte Ranch sit within twelve miles of each other and have almost nothing in common structurally, which means they don't have the same pest problems either. Treating them like one city is how you end up paying for a service that never touches the actual entry point.
The pattern that holds across all of it is the high desert. Reno sits around 4,500 feet with hot, bone-dry summers and hard overnight swings, and pests here move on water and temperature far more than on food. That's why activity spikes when your irrigation kicks on in May and again when the first cold nights arrive in September, and why the pests pushing into a Somersett garage in October are the same ones that were living happily in the sagebrush in August.
The other constant is the edge. Reno's neighborhoods run right up against open range, the Truckee River corridor, and the Peavine and Virginia foothills, and every one of those boundaries is a supply line. Homes on the last street before undeveloped land see materially more rodent, cricket, and spider pressure than homes four blocks in, and they need a perimeter built for it rather than a standard interior spray.
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Every Reno ZIP code, 89501 through 89523, on the same schedule.
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Neighborhood by neighborhood
What we see where in Reno
Reno isn't one pest problem, it's ten. Find your neighborhood below for the pressure we actually treat there.
Midtown & the Old Southwest
89509
Reno's oldest housing stock, with unsealed brick and stone foundations, crawl spaces, and mature trees overhanging the roofline. Ants get in through foundation cracks and tree limbs touching the eaves; fall brings spiders into basements that have never been fully sealed.
Downtown Reno
89501
Dense mixed-use blocks with shared walls, older plumbing, and restaurant neighbors. Cockroaches and mice travel between units through utility chases, so treating one unit in isolation rarely holds. We work the shared voids, not just the kitchen.
University & Old Northwest
89503
Aging rentals near UNR with high turnover and heavy foot traffic. Cockroaches, mice, and pantry pests move in with the boxes each August, and vacancy gaps between tenants are the window worth treating in.
Northeast Reno
89512
Rail-adjacent industrial and older residential, with warehouses and open lots feeding steady rodent pressure. Norway rats and roof rats are more common here than in most of the city, and exclusion matters more than bait.
East Reno & Hidden Valley
89502
Backs onto the Hidden Valley Regional Park and open sage on the east rim. Wolf spiders, crickets, and black widows come off that boundary hard in late summer, and widows settle into meter boxes, garages, and woodpiles year-round.
North Valleys, Stead & Lemmon Valley
89506
High, exposed, and prone to standing water after a wet winter. Lemmon Valley's flooding history pushes voles and field mice toward foundations in numbers you don't see in the core, and the open range on all sides keeps resupplying them.
Caughlin Ranch & the Southwest
89519
Riparian ground along the Truckee corridor with heavy landscaping and irrigation. Constant moisture means earwigs, ants, and spiders year-round, plus wasps in the mature trees and under deck framing through late summer.
South Reno, Callahan & ArrowCreek
89511
Foothill lots at the sage interface below Mount Rose. Rodents and crickets move down off the hill as nights cool, and the larger parcels and outbuildings out here give them plenty of staging ground before they reach the house.
Damonte Ranch & Double Diamond
89521
Newer construction on former wetland, tightly built but ringed by ponds and greenbelt. Sealing is usually good; the pressure is ants working in from the landscaping and wasps nesting in fresh eaves and vinyl fencing.
Northwest Reno, Somersett & Mogul
89523
The most exposed desert interface in the city, climbing the Peavine foothills. Crickets and wolf spiders arrive in waves each fall, rodents follow, and homes on the outermost streets need a perimeter treated on a tighter cycle than the interior blocks.
Don’t see your street? Call (775) 446-6199 and we’ll tell you straight what we see in your area.
The Reno calendar
When Reno pests actually show up
High-desert pressure is seasonal and it's predictable. Knowing which window you're in is most of knowing what to treat.
SpringMarch – May
Ants wake up with the irrigation
The first sustained warm stretch brings ant colonies back to the surface, and they follow water, so the week your sprinklers come on is usually the week trails appear along the foundation. Wasp queens are scouting eaves and vents for nest sites at the same time; a nest knocked down in April is a five-minute job that would be a real problem in August.
SummerJune – August
Everything moves indoors for water
Reno summers run dry enough that pests come inside for moisture rather than food. Ant trails peak, wasp nests reach full size around patios and trash enclosures, and black widows settle into garages, meter boxes, and woodpiles. Bathrooms, kitchens, and anywhere with a slow drip are where you'll see it first.
FallSeptember – November
The big push off the desert
This is Reno's heaviest season. The first cold nights send spiders, crickets, and rodents off the open ground and toward warm foundations all at once, and box elder bugs mass on sunny south- and west-facing walls before working their way in to overwinter. Homes at the desert edge feel it within days of the temperature dropping.
WinterDecember – February
Quiet outside, active in the walls
Outdoor activity all but stops, but anything that got in during the fall is now living in your walls, attic, and crawl space with no reason to leave. Winter is when we hear scratching overhead and find the droppings, and it's the best window for exclusion work, sealing the entry points while nothing new is arriving.
What we treat
Protection for every pest problem
From the ants on your counter to the rodents in your walls, we handle the pests that come with high-desert living.
From high-desert spiders and scorpions to the ants and rodents that sneak indoors, our treatments are built for the bugs that actually live in northern Nevada.
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Do you charge more for Reno if your office is in Sparks?
No. Reno is our largest service area and we're in it every single day, so it's a routine stop on the route, not a trip charge. Our office at 1455 Deming Way sits about fifteen minutes from most Reno addresses, and pricing is based on the size of the property and what we're treating, never on which side of the line you're on.
Which Reno neighborhoods have the worst pest pressure?
The ones on the edge. Somersett, Mogul, ArrowCreek, Hidden Valley, and the North Valleys all back onto open desert or foothills, and that boundary keeps resupplying crickets, spiders, and rodents no matter how well the house is sealed. Older interior neighborhoods like the Old Southwest and Midtown see less volume but more entry, because the foundations and crawl spaces were never sealed to begin with.
Why do I suddenly have spiders every September?
That's the fall push, and it's the single most predictable thing about pest pressure in Reno. When overnight temperatures start dropping, the insects spiders hunt move toward warm structures, and the spiders follow them right to your walls and eaves. It isn't a sign anything's wrong with your home. A perimeter treatment in late August, before the swing, is what keeps it from becoming an indoor problem.
Are scorpions actually a problem in Reno?
They turn up, but they're not the everyday concern people expect. Reno's high-desert scorpions are most active on warm summer nights and shelter in cool, dark places by day, so garages, crawl spaces, and anything stacked against the house are where they show up. Homes at the desert interface see them far more often than homes in the core. If you find one, it's worth an inspection rather than a one-off spray.
Do older Reno homes need a different approach?
Usually, yes. Pre-war homes in the Old Southwest, Midtown, and the Old Northwest have unsealed stone or brick foundations, vented crawl spaces, and gaps around old plumbing penetrations, so pests have far more ways in than a modern build. On those properties we spend most of the visit on entry points and the crawl space rather than blanket interior application, because sealing the route in does more than treating what already got through.
Can you treat rental properties and HOA communities in Reno?
Yes, and we do a lot of it, particularly around UNR and in the newer south Reno HOAs. We can bill an owner or property manager directly, coordinate access with tenants, and handle multi-unit buildings where treating a single unit wouldn't hold. Call us and we'll put together a schedule that fits the turnover.
Do you service all of Reno?
Yes. We cover Reno and the surrounding Washoe County area, including ZIP codes 89501, 89502, 89503, 89506, 89509, 89511, 89512, 89519, 89521, 89523. We run out of our Sparks office, so Reno is a routine stop on our schedule, not a special trip. If you're just outside those ZIPs, call (775) 446-6199 and we'll tell you straight whether we can get to you.
How fast can you get to Reno?
In most cases, same day. Call before noon and we'll do our best to have a technician in Reno that afternoon; otherwise we'll almost always have you on the schedule within a day or two.
What pests are most common in Reno?
Reno is the largest city in northern Nevada and the heart of Washoe County. From Midtown and the Old Southwest to Somersett and the northwest valleys, homes here face ants, spiders, rodents, and the occasional scorpion, especially where neighborhoods back up to open desert or the Truckee River. Ants, spiders, and rodents are the three we treat most across Washoe County, with wasps and crickets picking up in late summer.
How much does pest control cost in Reno?
It depends on the size of the property and what we're treating, so we don't quote blind. Inspections and quotes in Reno are free, the price we give you is the price you pay, and there's no contract locking you in.
What products do you use around kids and pets?
We use EPA-registered products, applied precisely per label and only where pests travel, not where your family plays. We're happy to walk you through exactly what we use, along with any dry times and re-entry guidance, before treating.
What if pests come back between visits?
If pests come back between your scheduled visits, so do we. We'll re-treat your property free of charge. No trip fees, no arguing, no extra invoice.
Are you licensed and insured in Nevada?
Absolutely. Peak is fully licensed and insured in Nevada (license #7162). You'll always get a professional, background-checked technician at your door.
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