Pest Control in Louisiana

Louisiana pest pressure, metro by metro

Louisiana does not have one pest problem — it has one per metro, shaped by local weather:

• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (New Orleans)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Baton Rouge)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Lafayette)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Shreveport)

Across the state we cover 36 counties within these metro areas. Browse the metro pages below, or see the Louisiana county index for county-level coverage.

Louisiana coverage in numbers

Add the state up and coverage looks like this: about 3,760,553 people across 9 metro areas, 124 named communities, 345 ZIP codes and 36 counties — with New Orleans, the largest metro, carrying roughly 26% of the covered population. Annual average temperatures span from about 66°F around Monroe to 72°F around Houma, a spread that moves first-frost dates, termite pressure and tick seasons from one end of Louisiana to the other.

Read Louisiana through its largest metro: New Orleans homes have a median build year of 1973, with roughly 65% of the stock built before 1980 and 60% owner-occupied. Age like that means settled gaps at foundations, mature landscaping against walls, and crawlspaces that have hosted decades of seasons — the conditions the metro pest guides on this page are written around.

Louisiana metros at a glance

New Orleans — 970,849 residents, 7 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Baton Rouge — 888,699 residents, 10 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Lafayette — about 423,758 residents across 4 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Shreveport — 383,474 residents, 3 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Slidell — 279,108 residents, 1 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and mosquitoes — the pattern of a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Lake Charles — a metro of 244,655 across 3 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Monroe — about 222,390 residents across 4 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

Houma — a metro of 199,668 across 2 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.