Tactical Pest Solutions

Tactical Pest Solutions Providing East Central Alabama the highest standard in residential and commercial pest control services.

Over twenty-five years of experience in commercial and residential pest control. I began my pest control career in Birmingham, AL at one of the largest commercial pest control companies in the Southeast. I led a team that serviced thousands of businesses each year. Together we successfully controlled some of the South's most common pests and many uncommon ones. I then decided to expand my expertis

e and added Afghanistan to my work history. During my time overseas, I helped provide not only routine pest control, but I also provided very the important control of pest that spread diseases like rabies and Malaria. Service was provided to tens of thousands of US and NATO personnel. I would be my honor to protect your home or business as well.

What can I say about this lady? Gloria (Grandmaw) was my mother in law for 31 years. She was my friend for a great many ...
08/31/2026

What can I say about this lady? Gloria (Grandmaw) was my mother in law for 31 years. She was my friend for a great many of them (not all mind you, but I grew on her ☺️).

From a business aspect, she was my CMO (Chief Motivational Officer)! From day one, she cheered me on. She would not let me quit, even though in the beginning, I really wanted to.
"This is crazy! I don't think this is smart, I just need to get a job" I'd say on more than one occasion.
"Now Ben, you get out there and get it done. If anyone can do it it's you!" She'd say in a hundred different ways. All the while reminding me by saying "don't worry about me" and go take care of my customers. 🥰

I would build her into my route to make sure she had what she needed and she would give me daily affirmations and tell me how good I looked in my uniform ☺️

When she moved in with us and even while she got weaker, she still encouraged me. I would come in every day and give her my daily out brief, telling her about new clients and interesting accounts I came across.

I will miss her terribly, but her encouragement will always be with me.

For those who knew about Gloria, thank you all for your support and kindness during these last few weeks. It means the world to me.

Please keep her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren in your thoughts and prayers over the next little bit.

Thank you!

Somewhere along the way… we blew right past 100 clients! 😳🎉We may have missed the milestone, but we haven’t missed how i...
08/31/2026

Somewhere along the way… we blew right past 100 clients! 😳🎉

We may have missed the milestone, but we haven’t missed how incredibly blessed we are by the trust and support of this community.

100+ clients. One very grateful little hometown pest control company. 💚

Thank y’all. Truly. 🥰

Dependable Hometown Service. It Takes a Plan.

Getting a lot of questions about earwigs lately! 👀Despite the name, they're not trying to crawl into your ears 😆 — but a...
08/23/2026

Getting a lot of questions about earwigs lately! 👀

Despite the name, they're not trying to crawl into your ears 😆 — but all this rain, humidity, wet mulch, and moisture around AC units can make your property pretty inviting.

A little biology, a little myth-busting, and a few things you can do yourself. 👇

And yes... Beauregard is now apparently a certified Earwig Pointer. 🐶😂

It Takes a Plan. | Leave It Better.

PEST CONTROL ISN'T JUST ABOUT SPRAYING.Sometimes it involves spraying.Sometimes it's baiting, trapping, exclusion, sanit...
08/23/2026

PEST CONTROL ISN'T JUST ABOUT SPRAYING.

Sometimes it involves spraying.

Sometimes it's baiting, trapping, exclusion, sanitation, monitoring, removing a food or water source—or figuring out why the pest is there in the first place.

That's Integrated Pest Management, or IPM.

And despite how it may sound, IPM isn't an excuse to do less.

It's about doing what works.

A good pest management program starts with identifying the pest, understanding its biology and finding the conditions that are allowing it to thrive. Then we choose the right tools for that particular problem—and target them where they'll have the greatest impact.

Because treating everywhere isn't necessarily better than treating where it matters.

That might mean placing bait where insects are actually feeding instead of spraying every baseboard.

It might mean finding the opening mice are using instead of endlessly putting out traps.

It might mean correcting a moisture problem that's supporting flies instead of repeatedly treating the adults you're seeing.

And yes—sometimes it means making a pesticide application.

But when we do, there should be a reason for what we're using, where we're putting it, and what we're trying to accomplish.

That's the difference between simply applying products and actually managing pests.

At Tactical Pest Solutions, we believe pest control should be intentional.

Inspect first.
Identify the problem.
Choose the right tool.
Target the source.
Monitor the results.
Adjust when necessary.

More isn't better. Better is better.

Because your home or business doesn't need more pesticide.

It needs a plan.

Tactical Pest Solutions
Dependable Hometown Service.

🔎 TODAY'S INSPECTION: Who's Eating the Peanut Butter? 🥜During an inspection, I found these single-serve peanut butter cu...
08/20/2026

🔎 TODAY'S INSPECTION: Who's Eating the Peanut Butter? 🥜

During an inspection, I found these single-serve peanut butter cups with something interesting going on.

Something had chewed its way into them.

Now, if you saw damaged food packaging with little dark droppings nearby, what's your first thought?

🐭 Mouse?

That would certainly be a reasonable suspect.

But here's where inspection matters.

The damage didn't look quite right for a mouse. And those little dark specks nearby? They weren't quite right either.

So... who's been eating the peanut butter?

🪳 Large cockroaches.

American and Smokybrown cockroaches have chewing mouthparts, and when there's food on the other side, they're capable of damaging thin packaging to get to it.

And no, before I accidentally terrify all of Calhoun County, this does NOT mean they're going to chew on you. 😂

The interesting part of today's inspection wasn't simply finding evidence of cockroaches. It was recognizing that the evidence wasn't telling the obvious story.

Pest problems don't always announce themselves with a bug sitting conveniently in the middle of the floor. Sometimes it's damaged packaging. Sometimes it's droppings. Sometimes it's a stain, a shed skin, or something that's just a little off.

That's why inspection matters.

Pests are successful because they're very good at living where we live while staying out of sight. The job isn't just knowing how to treat them.

It's knowing how to read what they leave behind.

🐾 Tactical Pest Solutions
Worldwide Experience. Hometown Service.

On Today’s Episode of “Ben’s World”… 😂Ben: “Hey, Universe! Good morning! Thanks for everything! Business is growing, lif...
08/20/2026

On Today’s Episode of “Ben’s World”… 😂

Ben: “Hey, Universe! Good morning! Thanks for everything! Business is growing, life is good, and I appreciate all these great vibes you’ve been sending my way!”

Universe: “Yeah, nah. Quick question… you got a jack?”

😐

Flat tire. No big deal. I can change a tire.

Except apparently wheels nowadays come with a magic lug nut requiring a special key.

A key I did not know existed.

So I called roadside assistance and waited an hour.

Roadside Guy: “You got the wheel-lock key?”

Ben: “The what?”

Roadside Guy: “Little special socket. Usually in the glove box or with the jack.”

Ben: “…this thing?” 😐

Roadside Guy: “Yep.”

Ben: “So I’ve been sitting here for an hour?”

Roadside Guy: “Yep.”

Ben: “And I possessed the technology the entire time?”

Roadside Guy: “Yep.”

Universe: “Great vibes, though, right?” 😏

And thus begins a potential new series chronicling one small-business owner’s simple dream of providing quality pest control while being relentlessly assaulted by paperwork, flat tires, county licenses, technology, equipment, and whatever fresh nonsense Tuesday has prepared.

Ben’s World.

BRUH. I JUST WANNA KILL BUGS, MAN. 😂

Today’s Inspection: Sometimes You Have to Move the Concrete 😆I’ve been working on a German cockroach issue at a client’s...
08/19/2026

Today’s Inspection: Sometimes You Have to Move the Concrete 😆

I’ve been working on a German cockroach issue at a client’s home for a while now.

We’d made really good progress. What started as a significant problem had been reduced to an occasional roach here and there. The ones I was seeing were showing the effects of the treatment, and the client was very happy with the improvement.

There was just one problem:

I wasn’t.

One here. Two there. Not many — but enough to tell me there was still a harborage somewhere that I hadn’t found.

I had my suspicions about an inaccessible cabinet, so I continued treating, baiting, monitoring and adjusting.

Then today, while the client and I were standing in the kitchen talking about how much better things had gotten, he casually mentioned:

"I still see a few over here sometimes."

It was an area I routinely treated, but there were two bags of dry concrete stored against the wall. I wasn't exactly soaking somebody's bags of Quikrete with pesticide, so I had been treating around them.

He said, “Let me move these.”

He picked up the bags.

And apparently every German cockroach in Talladega County had been holding a family reunion underneath them. 😑😂

There it was.

The protected harborage I’d been trying to find.

After more than 25 years in pest control, I’m not too proud to admit that sometimes the thing you’ve been looking for is sitting underneath two bags of concrete in somebody’s living room.

And that's why pest control isn't simply about spraying a product and leaving.

Inspection never really stops.

When activity continues — even a little — there’s usually a reason. Sometimes you have to keep looking, keep asking questions, and occasionally...

move the concrete. 😆

Tactical Pest Solutions
Dependable Hometown Service.
LEAVE IT BETTER.

08/17/2026

⚡ ELECTRICAL PROBLEM? LET’S FIND THE REAL CAUSE.

Flickering lights, dead outlets, tripping breakers, or power that comes and goes shouldn’t be ignored.

At Absolute Electric, we don’t just replace parts and hope for the best. We troubleshoot the system, identify what’s causing the problem, and explain your repair options before moving forward.

🏠 Home of the $99 Service Call
✅ Local, licensed, and insured
✅ Straightforward answers
✅ Quality repairs done right

Call or text: 256-499-7923
Schedule online: CallAbsoluteAl.com

One Call. Absolute Solutions.

🦟 TODAY’S INSPECTION: Where Are All These Mosquitoes Coming From?I’ve inspected several properties lately where the mosq...
08/13/2026

🦟 TODAY’S INSPECTION: Where Are All These Mosquitoes Coming From?

I’ve inspected several properties lately where the mosquito activity was terrible—but the usual breeding areas were few and far between.

No neglected birdbath.
No bucket full of rainwater.
No obvious “mosquito factory” hiding behind the house.

That doesn’t mean the mosquitoes aren’t coming from somewhere.

With the extreme humidity and frequent rainfall we’ve been having, even small and temporary collections of water can become breeding sites. Clogged gutters, folds in a tarp, children’s toys, plant saucers, drainage areas, tree holes—or something on a neighboring property—may hold enough water long enough to contribute to the problem.

Wooded and heavily shaded areas also give adult mosquitoes cool, humid places to rest during the day. In other words, your property may offer excellent mosquito habitat even when the actual breeding source isn’t obvious—or isn’t located on your property at all.

That’s why the first line of defense is still personal protection:

• Use an EPA-registered repellent such as DEET or picaridin.
• Wear long sleeves and pants when practical.
• Use screens, fans, and other physical barriers.
• Empty standing water around the property at least once a week.
• Check the little places—not just the obvious ones.

Professional mosquito treatments can help reduce activity by targeting the shaded resting areas mosquitoes use, but no responsible treatment can promise a completely mosquito-free yard—especially during weather like this.

The goal is to inspect carefully, reduce what we can control, protect the people using the property, and make the environment as unfriendly to mosquitoes as possible.

Because sometimes the inspection doesn’t reveal one big source.

Sometimes it reveals a whole lot of little opportunities.

Tactical Pest Solutions
It takes a plan.
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