ASK THE DOCTOR

Real Pest Questions. Expert Answers. Since 1936.

Have a question about pests in your home or business?

You Don’t Have to Diagnose It Yourself.

Not sure what you’re seeing—or just want a Pest Doctor to take a closer look?

Ask The Doctor.

For generations, A-1 Able Pest Doctors has helped Ohio homeowners and businesses identify pest problems, understand why they’re happening, and determine the right steps to help solve them.

Family owned and operated since 1936, our experience comes from working with real pest problems every day throughout the Miami Valley and Ohio.

Ask The Doctor is where we’re sharing that knowledge with you.

From termites, ants and bed bugs to rodents, wildlife, mosquitoes, stinging insects and commercial pest-management challenges, you’ll find straightforward answers to the questions our Pest Doctors hear every day.

Whether you’re protecting your family and home or responsible for a commercial facility, our goal is simple:

Help you understand the pest, why it’s there, what you can do—and when it’s time to call a professional.

What Pest Question Can We Help You Answer?

Pest problems aren’t always simple.

Why did mice suddenly appear this fall?

Are those flying insects termites or ants?

Why do carpenter bees return to the same house every year?

What's making that scratching noise in the attic?

Why does a clean restaurant have fruit flies?

How are rodents getting into a commercial warehouse?

These are exactly the kinds of questions Ask The Doctor was created to answer.

Ohio Residential Pest Questions

Protecting Your Home Starts With Understanding the Problem

Ohio homeowners deal with different pest pressures throughout the year.

Spring may bring termites, ants and carpenter bees. Summer brings mosquitoes, ticks and stinging insects. As temperatures fall, rodents, spiders, wildlife and overwintering pests begin looking for shelter.

Our Ask The Doctor Residential articles explain what you’re seeing, why it may be happening, what you can do to help prevent the problem, and when professional pest control may be appropriate.

Ohio Commercial Pest Questions

Pest Management for Ohio Businesses & Facilities

Commercial pest management involves much more than responding when someone sees a pest.

Prevention, inspection, monitoring, sanitation, exclusion, documentation and understanding the unique conditions of a facility can all play an important role in an effective pest-management program.

Our commercial Pest Doctors work with a wide variety of Ohio businesses and organizations, and Ask The Doctor Commercial shares practical information for business owners, facility managers and property professionals.

Ask The Doctor: Featured Questions

Real Questions. Straightforward Answers.

Recent Questions

Rodent Control in Winter Keeping Mice and Rats Out
Seasonal Pest Information for the Miami Valley

What’s Bugging Ohio Right Now?

Pest activity changes with Ohio’s seasons—and so should your prevention strategy.

This section of Ask The Doctor highlights the pests and wildlife currently creating problems for Ohio homeowners and businesses.

Whether it’s termite swarmers in spring, mosquitoes and stinging insects during summer, or mice looking for shelter as temperatures fall, our Pest Doctors explain what’s happening now and what you should know about it.

Pest-Control Knowledge Built Over Generations

Why Ask A-1 Able Pest Doctors?

There is a difference between information found online and knowledge gained from years of solving pest problems in the field.

A-1 Able Pest Doctors has been family owned and operated since 1936.

For generations, our team has helped protect Ohio homes and businesses from insects, rodents, wildlife and other pest pressures.

Today, that experience includes residential homes as well as commercial properties, schools, healthcare environments, restaurants, manufacturing facilities, warehouses and other complex facilities.

We’ve also been proudly recognized as Best Pest Control in Dayton for five consecutive years.

Ask The Doctor gives us an opportunity to share what we’ve learned so you can better understand what’s happening around your home or business.

Because sometimes the first step toward solving a pest problem is simply getting the right answer.

You Don’t Have to Diagnose It Yourself.

Have a Pest Question?

Not sure what you’re seeing? Hearing something in the attic? Finding unexplained droppings? Seeing insects you can’t identify? Dealing with a pest problem that keeps coming back?

Ask The Doctor—or let one of our Pest Doctors take a closer look.

A-1 Able Pest Doctors

Serving Ohio Homes & Businesses Since 1936

Family Owned & Operated | Ohio Residential Pest Control | Ohio Commercial Pest Control | Best Pest Control in Dayton – Five Years in a Row

All Our Patients Die.® Since 1936.