Spring 2019

I really love springtime in New Mexico! The plants are all budding and the birds are chirping and the bees are buzzing. We had a very wet Winter by New Mexico standards and I anticipate a bumper crop of bugs and pests. Right now is the best time to start a pest control program or […]

I Love Barking Dogs

Today is National Dog Day! Nearly every family I serve has dogs and I have to say, I love, love, love a barking dog. I hear barking dogs all day long, every day. My own dogs start by barking at me in the morning. The neighbor’s dogs give me a goodbye bark as I pull […]

Make Your Bug Walk The Plank!

I love it when my BETTER BI MONTHLY clients refer to the pests they’ve seen in the singular! 🤣 “I saw an ant.” “I saw a dead roach in the garage.” “I think I saw a spider.” To me, that is a real confidence booster! Sometimes the critter in question isn’t really a pest at […]

On an Island in The Sea of Sands…

Your neighborhood is like an island of civilization in a sea of sand. I am the Pirate of Pests and have been fending off invading insects and marauding spiders and mutineering mice in Rio Rancho and Albuquerque for more than 20 years. This is our new blog and these are our adventures. Along the way […]

Pirate Pest Control

The Official Blog of Jay Lee, Captain of Pirate Pest Control in Rio Rancho, NM