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Family-Owned Pest Control in Boca Raton — Tyler Answers the Phone Himself
South Florida pests keep coming back because the source is outside. Tyler finds it before he treats it — the same technician every visit, pet-safe by default, no contracts.
Three bi-monthly plans — Basic, Full Home Protection, and Complete — every 8 weeks, built for the Florida pest cycle. Diagnosis first, professional-grade products, and free re-service between visits if anything comes back.
every call himself
Six reasons neighbors keep Tyler on the calendar
Source-First Diagnosis
Pests aren't random — they're showing up because your home has what they need. Tyler identifies the source (moisture, entry point, or outdoor harborage) before any chemical is applied.
Same Technician Every Visit
Tyler is the only technician. The person who inspected your attic during their last visit remembers your attic. No rotating route techs, no continuity gaps.
Pet-Safe & Family-Safe Default
Every treatment uses label-compliant, pet-safe products and application methods. Tyler has three kids, a bulldog, and an outdoor cat — same standards he uses at home.
Tyler Answers the Phone
Not a call center. Not a virtual receptionist. The number on this page rings Tyler's phone, Mon–Fri 8 am – 5 pm. The person who takes your call is the person who shows up.
Free Re-Service Built In
Bi-monthly plan customers get re-service between scheduled visits at no additional cost if pest activity persists. The guarantee is built into the program.
Boca-Local Since 2018
Tyler lives in West Boca, his kids went through the Waters Edge/Loggers' Run/West Boca High district, and Buggify's shop is at 22617 Middletown Dr. Local in the way that actually matters.
Not a franchise. A family that shows up.
Buggify is Tyler Craig, his wife, and their three kids — West Boca locals since 2018. When you call, Tyler answers. When the truck pulls up, it's Tyler at the door — same standards he uses on his own home.
Source-first pest control, run the way a neighbor would run it — thorough, honest, and accountable between visits.
“Treating the bugs you see instead of fixing the source is the biggest DIY mistake in South Florida. In this climate, sprays alone don't solve the problem long-term.”
Every roach you swat is a symptom. The real problem is the harborage producing them — the moisture behind the dishwasher, the soffit gap over the lanai, the mulch bed against the foundation. Kill what you can see and the source keeps making more.
Buggify is built on that single observation. Tyler diagnoses the driver first, treats it with the right professional protocol, and seals the entry point — so the activity actually stops instead of returning on the next spray cycle.
The full scope of South Florida pests
Bi-monthly plans cover most as standard recurring service. Each links to its own page.
Indoor pests — roaches, ants, spiders, silverfish
German and American cockroach harborages. Carpenter, fire, sugar/ghost, pharaoh, and big-headed ants (each needs a different bait + barrier strategy). House spiders, lanai-edge orb weavers, and brown widow exclusion. Silverfish in older humid homes. Earwigs and millipedes during the rainy season.
Outdoor pests — mosquitoes, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets
Mosquito yard barrier on a monthly cadence, May–October. Paper wasp, mud dauber, yellow jacket, and bald-faced hornet nest removal — same-day response when scheduling allows. Carpenter bee identification and removal (often confused with honey bees — they need a different treatment). Stinging-insect emergencies prioritized over scheduled visits.
Rodent control — roof rats, Norway rats, mice
Roof rats dominate South Florida (tile-roof entry geometry); Norway rats are secondary, canal-adjacent only. Trapping for active populations, baiting for ongoing pressure, copper mesh + polyurethane exclusion for the long-term fix. Attic and wall-cavity work both in scope.
Whole-home pest exclusion + specialty work
Entry-point sealing (copper mesh + Tremco/GE polyurethane). Soffit-fascia gap repair, plumbing-vent screening, slab-crack treatment, pest-grade vent screening. Bee removal ($250–1,200+ by hive size and access). Commercial / HOA / property management (50–200 home communities preferred). Luxury home pest management (gated communities). Lawn care (HOA + luxury-estate add-on only).
Exactly what happens, start to finish
Most pest companies won't tell you the plan. Here's ours — proven, source-first, and transparent — so you can spot anyone cutting corners.
You call. Tyler picks up.
Direct line to Tyler, Mon–Fri 8 am – 5 pm. He'll ask what you're seeing, where, and how long. You'll get a free phone estimate range, then decide together whether a $175 on-site inspection is needed (credited toward your first treatment if you book ongoing service).
Same-day or next-day inspection in your home.
Same-day routine inside the core service area (Boca, West Boca, Parkland, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach) when you call before noon. Tyler arrives in the big white Buggify truck — green uniform, cowboy hat, easy to spot. Inspection runs 30–60 minutes: perimeter walk, interior assessment of pest-active zones, attic/roofline check when rodents are in scope.
Plain-language explanation of what's causing the problem.
Pests show up because your home offers food, water, or an entry point — treatment has to address all three. Tyler will walk you through specifics: which soffit gap is producing the roof rats, which mulch line is producing the ants, which lanai screen tear is producing the wasps. No jargon.
Inspection-based treatment with professional-grade products.
Bayer Termidor (authorized applicator), FMC professional residuals, gel baits, and IGRs for roaches. Equipment: Solo 475-BHD backpack, Cardinal CPS435 high-pressure power sprayer (400+ PSI), VectorFog C100 ULV fogger. SDS available on request.
Walkthrough, written summary, and follow-up.
Final walk-through — what was treated, what to watch for over 24–48 hours, what to expect over the first two weeks. Written work summary. Bi-monthly plan customers: next visit (8 weeks out) scheduled on the spot, and re-service between visits is included if pest activity persists.
What sets Buggify apart from the rest
Pet & Family-Safe
Label-compliant, low-odor products applied the right way — the same standards Tyler uses on his own home.
Source-First Detection
The moisture, entry point, or harborage driving the activity gets found before any chemical goes down.
Same-Day Service
Call before noon in the core area and Tyler is usually on the schedule the same day — never a route queue.
A local owner beats a route tech
Bi-monthly plans, every 8 weeks
Three tiers, same cadence. They differ in scope, not frequency. Bills per visit — cancel anytime.
Basic
General pest — perimeter, entry-point, crack-and-crevice.
- ✓Every-8-week service
- ✓Perimeter + entry-point treatment
- ✓Crack-and-crevice work
- ✓Free re-service between visits
Full Home Protection
The standard for typical Boca / Parkland / West Boca homes.
- ✓Everything in Basic
- ✓Interior on request
- ✓Rodent + ant monitoring
- ✓Bi-annual termite check
Complete
Built for luxury, gated, or high-pressure properties.
- ✓Everything in Full Home
- ✓Mosquito barrier
- ✓Attic + exclusion monitoring
- ✓Termite monitoring + lanai treatment
Isolated issue? One-time treatments from $175. · Specialty work (exclusion, bee removal, commercial/HOA) quoted custom.
13 cities, two counties, one local guy
Buggify runs out of the West Boca shop at 22617 Middletown Dr. Same-day service is routine in the core area when you call before noon.
Outer zones by appointment — Highland Beach, Wellington, Lake Worth Beach & Tamarac case-by-case. Travel surcharge may apply beyond a 15-mile radius.
Why Boca pest pressure isn't like anywhere else
National playbooks are built for four-season climates with a real off-season. South Florida has none — seven local factors that change the whole approach.
Year-Round Pest Pressure — No Real Off-Season
Mosquito peak May–October. Rodent peak November–February. Bee swarming March–May. German cockroach and ant trails active year-round. The four-season cadence national chains run is calibrated to a winter slowdown that doesn't exist here — Buggify's bi-monthly (every 8 weeks) is built for the actual South Florida pressure cycle.
Tile-Roof Architecture Drives Roof Rat Dominance
Boca, Parkland, and West Boca are heavy tile-roof markets. Tile-edge gaps, soffit-fascia separations, plumbing-vent penetrations, and roof returns create natural roof-rat entry geometry. Norway rats are secondary (canal-adjacent only). Tyler treats the roofline as the primary entry vector and works upward — exclusion at the source, not perimeter spray.
Outdoor Harborage Outsizes Indoor — Climate Forces the Driver Outside
In four-season climates, indoor harborages dominate. In South Florida, the climate keeps pests viable outdoors year-round, so mulch lines, lanai screens, irrigation overspray, and landscape moisture become the primary harborages. Indoor-only treatment misses ~70% of the driver. Tyler starts every inspection on the exterior.
Canal-Corridor and Freshwater-Edge Mosquito Pressure
Coral Springs has 165 miles of canals. Lighthouse Point is canal-built. Lake Ida and the Loxahatchee NWR edge support year-round freshwater breeding that doesn't seasonally ease. Buggify's monthly mosquito cadence, plus dock-line and canal-edge breeding-source audits, is built for this pattern.
Hurricane Season Pest Displacement (May–October)
Heavy summer storms displace rodent populations, mosquito breeding zones, and stinging-insect colonies. Tyler's May–October protocol includes a post-storm inspection offer for active plan customers — soffit damage, lifted tiles, water-pooling zones, and outdoor harborage shifts after every named storm. A 12-week cadence misses the displacement window entirely.
Pre-1978 Historic-District Constraints (Boca, Delray, West Palm)
Old Floresta, Boca Highlands historic core, Delray's Marina Historic District (NRHP), and Frog Alley contain pre-1978 structures where lead-paint considerations affect work that disturbs exterior paint. Buggify uses non-disturbing exclusion methods (copper mesh insertion without drilling, EPA RRP-aware scope, painted surfaces left intact). Lead-paint disclosure provided when applicable.
Master-Planned-Community HOA Dynamics
Master-planned and 55+ communities (Boca Pointe, Mission Bay, Loggers' Run, Leisureville, Sterling Village, Hunters Run) have shared-wall, shared-amenity, and shared-landscape dynamics that produce neighbor-unit pest pressure the building's outside contractor often misses. Tyler's HOA-aware inspection accounts for all three drivers: shared wall, shared amenity, and shared landscape.
Not sure what's driving it on your street?
Tyler knows the pressure block by block. Get a free read on the phone.
(561) 672-0200
The technical depth behind every visit
Seven things most route techs are never trained on — each tied to a real outcome for your home.
Source Diagnosis Before Chemistry — Saves 60–80% of Re-Treatment Cost
Every visit begins with a 30–60-minute walkthrough to identify which of the three drivers — moisture, entry point, or outdoor harborage — is producing the activity. Treatment then addresses the driver. Customers switching from national chains routinely report 60–80% fewer re-service calls in year one because a real source fix doesn't require spray-on-spray.
Species ID Before Treatment — Different Ants Need Different Baits
Carpenter ants need a non-repellent residual plus moisture fix. Fire ants need granular bait plus mound injection. Sugar/ghost ants need indoor gel bait at trail-source points. Pharaoh ants bud (split colonies) when sprayed incorrectly — making the problem worse. Tyler IDs the species before any product comes off the truck. Blind spraying isn't pest control; it's a billing event.
Bayer Termidor Application Protocol — Trench-and-Drench, Not Spray-and-Pray
Tyler is an authorized Bayer applicator. Termidor's transfer effect only works with the correct protocol — trench-and-drench at the slab line, perimeter banding, or crack-and-crevice contact. Termidor sprayed on top of mulch without trench contact gives a fraction of the residual performance. The product matters; the protocol matters more.
Crack-and-Crevice + Harborage Work — Where the Roaches Actually Are
German cockroaches live in crack-and-crevice harborages within 5 feet of food and water — under sinks, behind dishwashers, in refrigerator motor housings, in outlet boxes. Perimeter spray does not reach any of those zones. Tyler uses professional gel baits at actual harborage points plus an IGR to interrupt reproduction. Perimeter spray on a German cockroach population is theater.
Copper Mesh + Polyurethane Exclusion — The Long-Term Rodent Fix
Tyler uses copper-mesh insertion at soffit-fascia gaps, hardware-cloth screening at plumbing vents, and Tremco / GE polyurethane sealants at slab cracks wider than a credit card. Steel wool corrodes; foam alone gets chewed through; standard caulk fails in South Florida humidity. The copper-mesh + polyurethane combination is the only exclusion that holds for years.
Solo 475-BHD Backpack vs. Cardinal CPS435 Power Sprayer — Different Tools, Different Jobs
The Solo 475-BHD backpack handles perimeter, spot, and lanai work — application precision over coverage rate. The Cardinal CPS435 (400+ PSI) handles full-property residual barrier, sub-surface mulch-line drench, and high-pressure soffit treatment reaching 10–15 feet vertically. Most national-chain route techs carry only the backpack — meaning soffit-level applications get skipped or done badly with a ladder workaround.
IGRs and Gel Baits — Different Mechanisms, Different Use Cases
Insect Growth Regulators (IGRs) interrupt reproduction by mimicking juvenile hormone — they don't kill adults, but they prevent the next generation, critical for high-egg-rate populations like German cockroaches. Gel baits use food attractant plus a delayed-action active ingredient, so foragers transport the bait back to the colony. Tyler uses both. National-chain protocols typically skip the IGR step, which is why their cockroach work doesn't hold.
SDS available on request
Every product, every time — full transparency, no "proprietary blends."
What our customers say about Buggify
Verified 5-star reviews from Boca Raton, Parkland & Coral Springs families — straight from Google.
Straight answers, no runaround
How fast can you come out?
–Inside the core area (Boca, West Boca, Parkland, Coral Springs, Deerfield Beach), call before noon and same-day is usually available. Outside the core, next day is typical. Bee and wasp emergencies get prioritized over scheduled visits when possible.
What's the biggest DIY pest mistake homeowners make in South Florida?
+Treating the bugs you see instead of fixing the source — moisture, entry points, or outdoor nesting areas. The bug you're swatting is a symptom; the harborage producing them is upstream (soffit, behind the dishwasher, mulch line). Fix the harborage and activity drops; spray the symptom and it keeps producing.
How many homes has Buggify served, and what's the average customer relationship like?
+Around 1,000 South Florida homes since 2018 — most of the original 2018 accounts are still on the program eight years later. Google 5.0 rated, 161+ verified reviews. The consistent feedback: the bi-monthly cadence and same-technician continuity finally solved what years of national-chain quarterly visits couldn't.
How are they getting in?
+That's the first question Tyler answers in every inspection — and the one most companies skip. Common South Florida entry points: soffit-fascia gaps (#1 roof-rat driver), tile-roof penetrations, lanai screen failures, weatherstripping gaps, slab cracks, plumbing-vent penetrations. Inspection identifies the active entry; treatment includes exclusion.
Do you charge for the inspection?
+Phone estimates are always free. On-site inspections (full-property walkthrough + written assessment + treatment plan) are $175, credited toward your first treatment when you book ongoing service.
Are you licensed and insured?
+Yes. FL DACS #JB268060, certified operator Tyler Craig. $1M general liability plus auto/fleet coverage. Workers' comp exempt (sole proprietor). Certificate of Insurance available on request.
Are treatments safe for pets and kids?
+Yes. Every treatment uses label-compliant, pet-safe products and application methods. Tyler has three kids, an American Bulldog, and an outdoor cat — same standards he uses at home. Products and methods are disclosed before treatment starts.
Do I have to sign a long-term contract?
+No. Bi-monthly plans (every 8 weeks) bill per visit — cancel anytime, no fees. Tyler's position: service should be based on need, not contractual obligation.
Do you offer commercial service for my HOA, restaurant, or property-management company?
+Yes. Commercial work is a growing part of the book — HOAs, property management, schools, daycares, offices, retail, warehouses, medical/dental, and country clubs. Custom-quoted.
What products do you use? Are they safe?
+Bayer Termidor (Tyler is an authorized Bayer applicator), FMC professional products, professional gel baits and IGRs for roaches, and tamper-resistant Bell Labs rodent stations. SDS available on request for every product.
Do you treat termites?
+No — Tyler isn't licensed for WDO (Wood-Destroying Organisms), and Buggify doesn't do termite, bed bug, wildlife trapping, or fumigation. For any of those, Tyler refers to a licensed Boca operator he trusts.
One-time treatment or bi-monthly plan — how do I decide?
+Most single-incident issues (one wasp nest, one ant trail, one isolated roach sighting) are handled by a one-time treatment. A bi-monthly plan makes sense for recurring pressure. Tyler's rule: if the source can be permanently fixed, one-time + exclusion is often enough; if the property keeps inviting pests in, bi-monthly is the only thing that holds.
Three things Buggify will never do to you
Quote a real price without inspecting first
The phone gives a range; firm pricing comes after an on-site walkthrough, so the scope matches what's actually driving the activity.
Spray indoors when the source is outside
Most South Florida pest pressure is driven by outdoor harborage. Indoor-only work is a short-term cover-up, not a fix.
Lock you into a long-term contract
Bi-monthly plans bill per visit and cancel anytime, no fees. Service should be based on need, not contractual obligation.
Call Tyler. Get a price range on the first call.
No contract, no sales pitch, no callback queue — in most cases, on the schedule the same day or next morning.