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You stop finding droppings near the baseboards. You stop hearing something moving in the walls when the house goes quiet at night. You stop wondering if that ant trail in the kitchen is the beginning of something bigger — because it’s been handled, completely, by someone who knows what they’re doing.
Davison’s older housing stock is part of what makes this community feel established and lived-in. It’s also part of why carpenter ants are such a persistent issue here. Mature trees, aging wood framing, and decades-old foundations give colonies exactly what they need to get in and stay in. A real fix means finding where they’re entering, treating the satellite nests inside, and addressing the source — not just spraying the trail you can see.
The same goes for the seasonal pressure that comes with living near the Genesee-Lapeer County border. Wooded terrain to the east pushes rodents toward Davison’s residential neighborhoods every fall. Mosquitoes breed near Lake Callis and Abernathy Park all summer. Ticks follow deer through the same corridors your kids and dogs use. When you have a pest control plan that’s built around where you actually live — not a generic regional template — you get results that hold.
We were founded on May 31, 2005 — which means two decades of treating real pest problems in real Davison homes. First Choice Pest Control is family-owned and led by Roger, who brings 26 years of hands-on experience to every job. This isn’t a franchise location. There’s no regional call center routing your request. When you call, you’re reaching a local exterminator who has been working in Davison and the surrounding area long enough to know exactly what homes here deal with, season by season.
One thing that sets us apart in a real, practical way: you get the same technician every visit. Not whoever’s available that week. The same person, who knows your home, your history, and what’s already been treated. That kind of continuity matters — especially in a community like Davison, where people actually know their neighbors and expect to be treated accordingly. We hold MDARD Pesticide Application Business License #250081, carry a Nuisance Animal Control License, and have earned awards through both Angie’s List and HomeAdvisor.
It starts with a conversation. Before anything gets scheduled, we want to understand what you’re dealing with — what you’ve seen, where you’ve seen it, and how long it’s been going on. That context shapes everything that comes next, because a mouse problem in a 1960s ranch home near M-15 gets approached differently than a carpenter ant issue in a newer subdivision closer to the county line.
From there, a licensed technician comes out to inspect your property. We’re looking at entry points, conducive conditions, and what’s actually driving the activity — not just what’s visible on the surface. In Davison, that often means checking the foundation perimeter on older homes, looking at wood-to-soil contact in landscaping, and assessing any moisture issues that attract pests in Michigan’s humid summers. The inspection informs a treatment plan that’s specific to your home, not a one-size-fits-all package pulled off a shelf.
Treatment is applied using Integrated Pest Management (IPM) methods — which means the least-toxic effective approach goes first, products are applied precisely where they’re needed, and your family and pets aren’t exposed to anything unnecessary. After treatment, you’ll know exactly what was done, what to expect over the next few days, and when a follow-up is needed. Our workmanship guarantee means if the problem isn’t resolved, we come back — no debate, no extra charge.
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We handle the full range of pests that Davison and Davison Township residents deal with throughout the year. That includes carpenter ants, pavement ants, cockroaches, bed bugs, mosquitoes, wasps and stinging insects, rodents, spiders, stink bugs, boxelder bugs, ticks, fleas, and moles. We serve both residential and commercial customers across the Genesee County area.
Our mosquito program is worth calling out specifically, because it includes flea and tick treatment at no extra charge. If your family spends time at Lake Callis, lets the dog run through Abernathy Park, or just uses the backyard regularly during Michigan summers, that bundled coverage matters. Most companies charge separately for each of those — we don’t.
For bed bug concerns, we’re one of fewer than 100 companies in the entire United States offering certified canine (K-9) bed bug detection. Our detection dogs find live bugs and eggs with 90–98% accuracy — inside wall voids, electrical outlets, mattress seams, and furniture that a standard visual inspection would miss entirely. Given that the Flint metro area carries elevated bed bug pressure, and that Davison residents frequently travel through Bishop International Airport, this level of detection isn’t an upgrade — it’s the right way to do it. Pricing is flat-rate and transparent, we match reasonable competitor rates, and discounts are available for seniors, veterans, and first responders.
Davison sits at the edge of Genesee and Lapeer Counties, and that geography shapes what homeowners deal with. In spring, carpenter ants are the most common call — they emerge early, establish satellite nests inside walls and window framing, and are especially active in the older ranch and Colonial-style homes that make up a large portion of Davison’s housing stock. Pavement ants, spiders, and stinging insects follow close behind as temperatures rise.
Summer brings mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks — particularly for families near Lake Callis or Abernathy Regional Park, where standing water and wooded trails create ideal breeding and habitat conditions. Fall is rodent season. As the wooded terrain along the Lapeer County border cools down, mice and rats start looking for warmth, and older homes with aging foundations give them plenty of ways in. Stink bugs and boxelder bugs also invade in large numbers in September and October. Bed bugs are a year-round concern, with pressure elevated across the entire Flint metro area.
For most general pest control services in the Davison area, you’re typically looking at somewhere in the $100–$275 range depending on the pest, the size of your home, and whether it’s a one-time treatment or an ongoing program. More involved treatments — like termite work — can start around $700. Bed bug treatment with canine detection will be priced based on the scope of the inspection and the extent of the infestation.
What matters more than the upfront number is whether the treatment actually works. A cheaper service that requires three callbacks costs more in the long run than a thorough job done right the first time. We offer flat-rate, transparent pricing and will match any reasonable competitor’s rate — so you’re not choosing between quality and cost. Discounts are also available for seniors, veterans, and first responders in the Davison community.
This is one of the most common questions, and it’s a fair one. Our technicians are trained in Integrated Pest Management (IPM), which is a science-based approach that prioritizes the least-toxic effective solution for each situation. That means products are applied only where they’re needed, in the amounts required to do the job — not broadcast-sprayed across surfaces your kids and pets come into contact with every day.
Before treatment, your technician will walk you through exactly what’s being applied, where, and what precautions make sense for your household. In most cases, standard re-entry times are short and straightforward. If you have specific concerns about a particular product or your pet’s sensitivities, bring it up during the initial consultation — that conversation happens before anything is scheduled, not after. The goal is a pest-free home that’s still safe to live in, and those two things aren’t in conflict when the work is done correctly.
Don’t wait, and don’t try to treat it yourself first. Over-the-counter sprays can scatter bed bugs deeper into wall voids and furniture, making a contained problem significantly harder to treat. The first step is a proper inspection — and this is where the method of detection matters more than most people realize.
We’re one of fewer than 100 companies in the U.S. offering certified canine (K-9) bed bug detection. A trained detection dog can locate live bugs and viable eggs with 90–98% accuracy in places a visual inspection simply can’t reach — inside walls, behind outlets, inside furniture seams. For Davison residents who travel through Bishop International Airport or have had out-of-town guests stay over, catching an infestation early is the difference between a manageable treatment and a months-long problem. If you’ve seen even one bug or woken up with unexplained bites, call for an inspection before doing anything else.
We offer both options, and which one makes sense depends on your situation. For a one-time issue — a wasp nest, a mouse that got in during a cold snap, a single ant trail — a targeted treatment is often enough. But for Davison homeowners dealing with recurring pressure, an ongoing program tends to be more cost-effective and more effective overall.
Genesee County’s four-season climate means pest threats shift throughout the year. What you’re dealing with in March is completely different from what shows up in July or October. A scheduled program accounts for those seasonal transitions — treating for carpenter ants and stinging insects in spring, mosquitoes and ticks in summer, and rodents in fall — so you’re not reacting to each new problem as it appears. We build programs around your specific home and history, and your assigned technician stays consistent throughout, which means they already know your property when they arrive each visit.
Yes, and there’s no complicated process to access them. If you’re a senior, a veteran, or a first responder living in Davison or the surrounding Davison Township area, let us know when you call — the discount applies to your service.
Davison is a community with deep roots. A lot of the families who live here have been here for decades, and many of the people who keep this community running — the teachers, the firefighters, the veterans who came home to Genesee County — are the same people calling about a mouse in the basement or ants in the kitchen. The discounts reflect that. We’ve been serving this area since 2005, and the people who’ve invested in this community deserve straightforward, honest service at a fair price. That’s what the discount is — no expiration date, no fine print.
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