Pest control in Alabama is about termites in damp wood, ants in the yard equipment, and roaches in a crawl that never dries. A mud tube on a pier is not the same visit as fire ants in the breaker box or bees drilling the fascia. Say what you saw, and where on the house it was.
Eastern subterranean termites work statewide wherever soil stays warm and wood touches masonry. Along the Gulf, Formosan activity is a harder and faster version of the same invasion, often in wall voids and porch roofs. Shelter tubes on a skirt board, blistered paint, and soft trim at a hose bib are the usual first evidence. Swarmers at a window in spring are a warning, not a one-day event.
Carpenter bees return to the same fascia and porch rail and leave round holes with yellow dust. Carpenter ants nest in wood that is already wet, so a leak and a colony often share a beam. German roaches ride in with cardboard and take the kitchen. American roaches come up from the crawl and the sewer smell. Fire ants mound in the sunny yard and get into equipment pads.
Moisture is the partner of most of this. A gutter that dumps at the foundation, a crawl with no vapor cover, and pine straw piled on siding all make the wood easier to enter. Treating the insect and leaving the wet wood is a short pause. When you call, say whether you have seen wings, tubes, hollow trim, or only mounds in the grass.
Walk the outside with a light before you call. Check the pier, the step crack where soil is high, the attic side of the fascia, and under the kitchen sink. Note the town, because a Mobile wall void and a Huntsville sill do not live in the same climate. Tell the truth about how long the wings have been showing up. The trade starts from that evidence. Call the number on this page.