Pest Control Shaped by Chandler's Lakes and Landscaping
In the 2024 American Community Survey, Chandler had an estimated 114,957 housing units, and 75,858 of them, two thirds, were single-family detached homes. Yards, garages, and perimeter walls come with that kind of housing, and they are where ants, spiders, and crickets look for a way in. The city began in 1912 when Dr. A.J. Chandler founded it on irrigated ranch land, so water has been part of the story from day one.
Irrigation matters for pests as much as for plants. Veterans Oasis Park in south Chandler covers 113 acres, 78 of them designed for groundwater recharge and wetlands, around a 5-acre stocked fishing lake, and more than 153 bird species have been documented there. The lakes at Ocotillo Golf Club are filled with reclaimed water, and HOAs, parks, and golf courses pump from lakes like these for landscape irrigation. Damp, well-watered landscaping near a foundation is what draws earwigs and beetles, so we look there first.