Mosquito & Tick Control in Highland Park, IL
Residential Mosquito Control
Highland Park Mosquito Control
Highland Park sits on a 100-foot bluff above six miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, cut by wooded ravines that reach as far as a mile inland. That landscape is what makes the city beautiful, and it is also why so many Highland Park yards stay buggy all summer: the ravines are cool, shaded and damp, which is exactly where mosquitoes spend the day and where blacklegged ticks wait.
Skeeter Beater is a family-owned company based in Hawthorn Woods, and we have treated North Shore yards since 2003. We treat Highland Park homes and businesses for mosquitoes, ticks and fleas. If you have been relying on tiki torches and citronella, a ravine lot is where they fall shortest.
Guaranteed Results in Highland Park
Every treatment carries our 10-day guarantee. If mosquitoes come back inside 10 days, we come back at no charge. Our barrier treatment is derived from chrysanthemum extract, kills mosquitoes on contact and delivers roughly 90% mosquito knockdown, with a residual that keeps working between visits.
Our product is odorless once dry. We ask that people and pets stay off treated areas until the application has dried, usually about an hour.
Skeeter Beater Mosquito Control Treatment in Highland Park
We treat the places mosquitoes rest during the day: shaded ground cover, dense shrubs, the undersides of leaves and, on a ravine lot, the wooded slope and the damp ground at the bottom of it. On Highland Park's ravine and bluff properties we usually treat every 10 to 14 days, because that shade and moisture rebuild mosquito numbers faster than an open lawn does. Flatter, sunnier lots west of the ravines can often stretch a little longer between visits.
Why Highland Park Homeowners Choose Skeeter Beater
Family-Owned Since 2003
We are a local, family-owned company, and more than 1,000 families trust us with their yards. We know the difference between a ravine lot and a flat lot a few blocks west, and we treat them differently.
Ticks and Fleas on the Same Visit
Tick and flea treatment is a separate product from our mosquito barrier treatment, applied on the same visit and aimed at the ravine edges, leaf litter and brush where ticks actually wait.
A Real Guarantee
Unlike homemade mosquito traps and other DIY fixes, our work is guaranteed. If mosquitoes come back within 10 days of a treatment, we re-treat at no charge.
Honest About Limits
No treatment seals a ravine off. A barrier treatment cuts the mosquito population on your property, and the ravine below will keep producing more. That is why ravine lots are on a shorter cycle, and why we will always tell you what to expect.
Highland Park Residential Mosquito Control
Skip the bug spray at your next barbecue. Our residential mosquito control comes in a few forms, depending on your yard:
Bi-Weekly Treatments
Our most popular plan. The bi-weekly package suits most Highland Park lots away from the ravines.
Weekly Treatments
For ravine and bluff properties where mosquito pressure stays high all season, the weekly package keeps populations down between visits.
One-Time Event Spraying
Hosting a garden party, graduation or wedding at home? A one-time event spray, applied a day or two before, protects your guests without a season-long plan.
Why Highland Park Yards Get Hit Harder
Highland Park is defined by its ravines: deep, wooded corridors that reach nearly a mile inland from the Lake Michigan bluff. The Park District calls them the signature feature of the city's Lake Michigan watershed. They give Highland Park its character, and they make its yards tougher on mosquitoes and ticks than a flat inland lot.
Reclaim Your Ravine-Lot Yard
Cool, shaded and moist, ravines hold seasonal standing water and dense canopy, prime nurseries for the mosquitoes a backpack sprayer never reaches. Our truck-mounted equipment treats up to 25 feet into the canopy, so you can grill, host and enjoy your yard through the season.
Near the Lakefront and the Preserves
Homes near the bluff and Rosewood Beach, along the ravines the Park District manages, or around the 97-acre Heller Nature Center sit beside some of the densest woodland habitat on the North Shore. A homemade mosquito trap cannot come close to what that habitat produces; a professional barrier treatment on a short cycle can keep up with it.
Ravines Are Tick Highways
Highland Park's ravines are corridors for deer and white-footed mice, the animals behind blacklegged ticks and Lyme disease. Our tick treatment is a separate product applied on the same visit, aimed at the wooded edges where that pressure comes from.
Highland Park Commercial Mosquito Control
We also protect Highland Park businesses and organizations with commercial mosquito control. If your property has an outdoor side (patio dining, event lawns, a pool deck or a campus), we treat it the same way we treat a ravine lot: the shaded edges first. We work with event centers, wedding venues, HOAs, golf courses, summer camps, corporate campuses, community centers and parks.
Tick Control in Highland Park
Blacklegged ticks become active once temperatures reach about 40°F, so on the North Shore they can be out on warm days in late winter, weeks before the first mosquito. The nymphal stage, small enough to miss, peaks in late spring and is the stage most often linked to Lyme disease in people. Here is why 40°F weather means ticks are already active.
Because tick control is its own product on its own schedule, it can start before mosquito season opens. On a ravine lot it targets the slope edge, leaf litter and brush where ticks wait. See our Highland Park tick control page for the full program.
When to Book Mosquito Control in Highland Park
Illinois law allows commercial barrier mosquito treatments from April 15 through October 15, so that is our mosquito season. Tick service runs on its own, longer schedule, and during mosquito season tick treatment is included with your mosquito service at no extra charge. Don't wait until mosquitoes come out to call: the first breeding cycle of the year is the easiest one to break, and on a ravine lot a late start means chasing a population that has already built up.
Treating Beside the Ravines
We treat your property, not the Park District's ravines, and we focus on the edge where your yard meets them. We apply to the places mosquitoes rest rather than to flowering plants, and we avoid blooms. Tell us where your gardens and pollinator plantings are and we will work around them.
Highland Park Mosquito Control FAQ
When does mosquito season start in Highland Park?
Under Illinois law (415 ILCS 60/13.4), commercial mosquito spray treatments cannot be applied before April 15 or after October 15, and Skeeter Beater's mosquito season in Highland Park runs April 15 through October 15. Tick season starts earlier. Deer ticks become active at 40°F, which in the Highland Park area can happen in late March, so our separate tick control program can begin in April.
What areas near Highland Park do you serve?
We serve Highland Park and the surrounding North Shore communities including Glencoe, Winnetka, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Highwood, Deerfield, and Northbrook. Call (888) 587-5338 to confirm your address is in our service area.
How often do you spray for mosquitoes?
We offer weekly and bi-weekly spray programs running April 15 through October 15. Most Highland Park residential clients are on a bi-weekly program. We auto-schedule all treatments, so you don't need to call between visits.
Do you offer organic mosquito control in Highland Park?
Yes. We offer an organic, botanical treatment derived from chrysanthemums. It is odorless once dry, and people and pets can return to treated areas once it has dried, usually about an hour. We apply it away from blooming plants to protect pollinators.
Serving Highland Park and the North Shore
We treat yards across Highland Park and its neighbors, including Highwood, Lake Forest, Glencoe and Deerfield. Request a free quote online or call us at (888) 587-5338, and we will set up a plan that fits your property.
We Are Family-Friendly and Family-Owned
“Always Respectful”
"Technicians are always very respectful of our property."
Wendy