Pest Control on the South Side of Memphis, Tennessee

The interstate link and cross-line work

Interstate 55 is the road that connects Memphis South with Southaven, and a great deal of the commercial and personal traffic between the two runs along it. A business on the Memphis side that receives deliveries from the Mississippi side, or the reverse, carries its pest risk along that road. The survey looks at the loading dock and the back door, and the monitoring plan follows the deliveries.

A caller who lives on the Memphis side and works in Southaven, or who has a property on both sides, should say so at the first call. The technician can then keep a record for each state, and the work is booked under the right licence for each building.

Termites, timber and the Tennessee record

MSU Extension's 2006 newsletter says long-distance spread of termites is mainly through infested wood products. A pallet, a load of landscape timber or a stack of reclaimed lumber carried from one side of the line to the other is a route worth checking. A caller on the Memphis side who has such timber should say so, because the review records where it came from.

The treatment record for a Memphis South property is kept under the Tennessee licence that covers it. The report says which licence applies, and a copy goes to the property owner.

Interstate 55 and the Tennessee licence

Interstate 55 is the usual route between Memphis South and Southaven, and a technician who serves both sides plans the trip to avoid unnecessary crossings. A visit that needs both a Mississippi site and a Tennessee site is booked on separate days where possible, so each one is recorded under the right licence.

A Memphis South caller should expect the call line to confirm the Tennessee licence before any treatment is applied. The technician names the credential in the report, and the caller can ask for the licence details by phone at any time.

Some Memphis South properties sit close to commercial loading areas and busy roads, and a pest can move from a loading area to a nearby home along a shared hedge or a fence. The survey covers the boundary and the loading side, and the report says where any shared source is.