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I’m Coby McConnell. I started in pest control in 1986 and I’ve owned this company since 2002.

I grew up in a Marine Corps family, which meant moving every few years. I went to eight different schools before I was done. We landed in Palm Harbor in 1986 and I never left. I married Pamela in 1987, we raised four children on what this business brought in, and I lost her in 2025.

I worked for the big companies until 1998, then spent a few years partnered with a local pest and lawn outfit. In 2002 I started this one.

The tentless part

We started treating drywood termites without a tent in 2003. From 2003 to 2016 I was personally on every one of those jobs but five. That’s more than 2,500 termite services across Tampa Bay. Counting all the pest work going back to 1986, I’ve made more than 70,000 stops.

Fumigation works. It’s been around a long time and the people doing it are professionals doing their job. There are homes where a tent is genuinely the right call, and I’ll tell you that at the inspection instead of selling around it. But in most drywood situations we can treat the wood itself, and you don’t pack up your pantry or leave your house for three days.

Who you’ll actually see

My son Austin started working alongside me in 2013. In the early years I drove and drilled and he treated, which is the harder part of the job. He handles all our termite work now. He’s the one you’ll see at your door.

My aunt Kit runs the office.

The guarantee

If the bugs come back, so do we. That’s not a slogan. It’s backed by an annual warranty inspection. We come out, we look, and if something’s active we handle it.

If you’ve got termites or a pest problem, or just a question, call 727-462-0400 and ask for me or Austin. Most of the time I can tell you over the phone.

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“As long as GOD keeps makin’ em, we’ll keep killin’ em!”

Coby