We use reduced-risk products at the lowest rate that works, placed in the cracks and along the foundation where pests travel and your family does not. If anything comes back between visits, so do we, at no charge.
Locally owned in Sycamore Valley since 2011. Two crews, one phone number, and Dale still answers it.
Exterior barrier along the foundation line. Cedar Bend, a Tuesday in June.Crew 1 · 7:40 am
Sycamore Valley and 20 minutes aroundTwo crews, since 2011Licensed PCO-118842Insured to $2M
What we treat
Eight pests, eight plain answers.
Every one of these has a method, and the method is never "spray everything." Here is what we actually do about each one. Something else in the house? Send a photo. We have probably met it.
01
Ants
Bait they carry home to the colony, not a spray that scatters them into three new trails. Gone in about a week.
02
Spiders
Webs cleared from eaves and corners, then a light exterior barrier. Fewer places to hang out, fewer spiders.
03
Roaches
Gel bait in the cracks and voids where they hide, plus a growth regulator so the next generation never hatches.
04
Rodents
We find the hole, seal it, and set snap traps inside. No poison indoors, ever. Then we come back to check the traps.
05
Wasps
Nests removed at dusk when they are home and slow. Nests inside a wall get dusted, then the gap is sealed.
06
Termites
Inspection first, always. Then bait stations or a liquid barrier around the foundation, depending on the house.
07
Mosquitoes
Standing water hunted down and dealt with, then a monthly treatment of the shady leaves where they rest all day.
08
Wildlife
Raccoons, squirrels, opossums. One-way doors so they leave on their own, then we close the way in for good.
Also on the route: earwigs, silverfish, fleas, carpenter bees and the occasional bat. Email a photo and we will tell you what it is before we tell you what it costs.
Plans and prices
Priced on the page, not after the visit.
Three ways to work with us. Quarterly is what most homes on our route choose, because pests do not take the winter off and neither does the barrier. No contracts. Cancel with a phone call.
One-time
For a nest, a trail, or a move-in cleanout.
$189
One visit, inside and out. A follow-up within 30 days is included if you need it.
Between scheduled visits on any plan, a re-treat is free and we are there within 48 hours. It has been the rule since 2011 and it is printed on every invoice, so nobody ever has to argue about it.
How a visit works
No surprises, starting at the door.
Same three steps every time, for a one-time wasp nest or the two hundredth quarterly visit. The report at the end is why the next visit starts where this one ended.
Step two, under a house in Millbrook. The joist was fine. The sill plate was not.
01
We text before we arrive.
Thirty minutes out, you get a text with your tech's name, their photo, and the truck. Your window is 8 to 10 or 1 to 3, and we keep it. If we are running late, you hear from us before, not after.
Texts come from (555) 555-0144. Save it.
02
Look first, then treat.
Your tech walks the whole property before opening a single container. Where they are getting in, where they are nesting, what is drawing them. Then product goes exactly there: cracks, voids, the foundation line. Not across your counters.
03
A report before we leave the driveway.
What we found, what we used and how much, where it went, and what to watch for next week. Emailed from the truck with photos, and kept on your file so the next tech knows the house before they knock.
Straight answers
The four questions everyone asks, answered honestly.
You should know exactly what is going into your house and yard. Ask your tech anything. Every product label and safety sheet is on the truck, and we will hand it to you.
Back on the lawn by lunch. That is the standard we treat to.
Is it safe for my dog?
Yes, with one rule. Keep pets off treated surfaces until they are dry, usually 30 to 60 minutes. Exterior barriers use low-rate pyrethroid products. Indoors we lean on baits in stations a paw cannot open, and we never place rodent bait anywhere a pet could reach.
Tell us about fish tanks, reptiles and birds. We cover the tank and skip that room.
And my kids?
Same rule, same drying window. Inside, product goes into cracks, behind appliances and under sinks, never on floors, counters or toys. Baits sit in tamper-resistant stations. Your tech shows you exactly where everything went before leaving, and it is all in the report.
Will you spray my vegetable garden?
No. Vegetable beds, herb pots, fruit trees and the compost pile are off-limits by default and marked on your file. Around them we use baits, barriers and exclusion instead of sprays. If the problem is in the garden itself, we talk before anything is applied.
How long do we have to stay out?
Usually you do not. Exterior-only visits: come and go as you please. A standard interior treatment: about 30 minutes, until surfaces are dry, and we will open a window. A liquid termite treatment or a heavy roach cleanout: two to four hours, and we tell you when you book, not on the day.
Ask for the product listPregnant, immunocompromised, or just cautious? Say so. We have a baits-only program for that.
The crew
Two crews, two people you can look up.
Every license number on this page is searchable on the state board. Ask for either of us by name and you will get the person, not a dispatcher.
Dale, on a porch in Harlow, writing up a carpenter ant job.
Dale Okafor
Owner and lead technician · Crew 1, north route
License PCO-118842
Started Mantis in 2011 with one truck, a borrowed sprayer and a strong opinion about carpenter ants. Still runs the north route four days a week and still answers the phone on the fifth.
Priya Sandoval
Technician, termite certified · Crew 2, south route
License PCO-204317
Seven years with us and the person you want when the problem is in a crawlspace nobody else will go into. Keeps the cleanest truck in the county and the most thorough reports.
Both crews carry the same products, the same stations and the same report template. The only difference is which side of the river you live on.
Two summers of carpenter ants in the deck. Dale found where they were coming in under the slider, baited it, and they were gone in nine days. The report had a photo of the entry point.
Marguerite L. · Sycamore Valley, quarterly since 2019
Priya texted before she came, covered the fish tank without being asked, and told me what she was using and why. Our beagle was back on the lawn by lunch.
Tom and Aisha R. · Cedar Bend, one-time visit, now quarterly
Service area
Sycamore Valley and about twenty minutes around it.
Two crews, north and south routes, so most addresses see the same tech every visit. Not on the list? Call anyway. We go a little further for termite work.
