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Chevy Chase, MD · Serving Maryland · Over 20 years

Who yagonnacall?

The BugBusters mascot: a cartoon hornet in goggles carrying a large spray rig, standing in front of a red-and-blue no-bugs roundel.
5.021 Google reviews
Call to book(301) 257-1499

Mon–Fri into the evening · Sat closed · Sun by appointment

10% off when you prepay a year of general pest service

Eco-friendly residential and commercial pest control and termite work across Maryland — ants, roaches, spiders, moths, rodents and wood-destroying bees.

Carlos was excellent! He came in on time and knew exactly what to do. Terence Boodhoo · Google
01 The roster

Eight things
we get called for.

Every one of them enters the house somewhere specific. The zone number on each card is where on the building we treat for it — the same four zones drawn below.

03Zone 03

Termites

The reason the business carries their name. They work inside the wall, from the soil up into the sill plate, and nothing shows on the finished side until the damage is structural.

Swarms in spring

01Zone 01

Carpenter bees

They bore clean round holes into fascia, trim and deck rails and tunnel along the grain, coming back to the same timber year after year.

Boring, late spring

02Zone 02

Ants

Trails along baseboards and counters mean a nest somewhere in a wall void. Killing the trail does nothing; the colony has to be treated.

Peak through summer

02Zone 02

Cockroaches

A customized plan rather than a spray, because roaches breed faster than a single treatment can keep up with.

Year-round, indoors

04Zone 04

Rodents

Mice and rats push in through the foundation and the gaps around service pipes as soon as nights turn cold.

Indoors from October

02Zone 02

Spiders

Household spiders follow the insects. Bring the insect population down and the spiders leave with it.

Year-round

02Zone 02

Moths

They damage clothing, carpets and other fabrics. Treated to clear the existing population and stop it returning.

Year-round, indoors

01Zone 01

Wood-destroying bees

Nests around a property are a real hazard, and the ones that bore into structural timber do lasting damage on top of the sting risk.

Active in warm months

02 The evidence

By the time you
can see it, it is
already structural.

Termites work on the far side of the drywall for years before anything shows on the surface. These are photographs from their own jobs.

Exhibit A An opened wall with framing split into long splinters through its depth, fiberglass insulation and broken pieces of drywall alongside it.
Splintered framing, insulation and broken drywall, with the wall opened up.
Exhibit B A stud eaten hollow along the grain, the wood separated into dry fibrous layers.
A stud eaten hollow along the grain, left as dry fibrous layers.
Exhibit C A pale sawn timber beam with a dark ragged damage line running across its face.
A dark ragged line of damage running across the face of a beam.
Exhibit D Damage where a wall meets the floor beside a baseboard, with a broken section of the wall surface and debris on the floor.
Where the wall meets the floor, opened up beside the baseboard.
Exhibit E A large black and yellow carpenter bee resting on the sunlit top edge of a pale timber rail, with a darker board behind it.
A carpenter bee on the top edge of a timber rail.
Exhibit F A swollen, pale, banded termite queen with a small dark head, held in an open hand over bare ground.
A termite queen, held in an open hand.
03 The perimeter

Four ways in.
One line around it.

Pests do not pick the house at random — they use the eaves, the wall voids, the sill plate and the soil against the foundation. Treatment is a continuous line, not a spray in one room.

Fig. 01 — Where a house gets entered, and where we treat

01 02 03 04
  1. 01Eaves & soffitWood-destroying bees
  2. 02Walls & voidsAnts, roaches, spiders, moths
  3. 03Sill plate & framingTermites
  4. 04Soil & foundationTermites, rodents
04 The year

The bugs already know
what month it is.

Termites swarm in spring. Carpenter bees bore into trim as it warms. Ants own the summer. Rodents move indoors as it cools. One visit settles a month — the plan is what stays ahead of all twelve.

Fig. 02 — Pest pressure across a Maryland year Seasonal patterns typical of the mid-Atlantic
Termites
Swarm season
Carpenter bees
Boring into trim
Ants
Peak foraging
Rodents
Indoors for winter
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Your plan
One plan, running January through December 10% off when you prepay one year of general pest service
05 The record

5.0 across
21 reviews.

What customers write about most is speed — same-day visits, and someone who turns up when they said they would.

★★★★★
“I noticed bees lingering in my attic and called BugBusters on a Sunday. They offered same day service and arrived within an hour! The team quickly found the hive, treated it, and removed the nest. Great communication and excellent service, highly recommend!”
Eddie · Google
★★★★★
“Carlos was excellent! He came in on time and knew exactly what to do. He was professional friendly and clear on what his task was. I would recommend him to all of my family and friends.”
Terence Boodhoo · Google
★★★★★
“Great service! He showed up super quickly, eliminated the wasp nest - and they haven’t returned. Not the cheapest guy in town, but well worth it.”
Liza Borodkin · Google
★★★★★
“Totally recommend this company. Very efficient on what they do. I had a very bad roach problem. I call so many companies and no one could terminate them till I call bugbusters pest & termites. Thank you for the great work you guys did.”
Hermerson Ruiz · Google
★★★★★
“Great service! They did a great job at my house. We had some roaches and their treatments are VERY effective and way more affordable than others! Professional and great service! Highly recommended!”
Jeysel Coffield · Google
★★★★★
“Great service arrived on time and explained all the processes highly recommend”
William Garcia · Google
06 Get in touch

Call or ask
a question.

Phone(301) 257-1499
Service areaChevy Chase, Maryland and all surrounding Maryland areas
WorkResidential and commercial — from restaurants to warehouses
MethodsEco-friendly treatments, with maintenance plans to keep pests from returning
ExperienceOver 20 years serving Chevy Chase and the surrounding area

Hours

Mon7:30 am – 8:00 pm
Tue7:30 am – 8:00 pm
Wed7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thu7:00 am – 8:15 pm
Fri7:00 am – 8:00 pm
SatClosed
SunBy appointment
Do you handle termites, or only general pest control?

Both. Termites are the specialism the business is named for. We inspect, identify the colony, treat it, and put a maintenance plan in place so it does not come back.

How fast can you come out?

Call (301) 257-1499 and we will book you in. Customers regularly write about same-day visits, including on a Sunday.

Do you treat businesses as well as homes?

Yes. Commercial work is tailored by industry, from restaurants to warehouses, where a pest problem carries a real economic cost.

Is there a discount for an annual plan?

Yes. Prepay one year of general pest service and take 10% off.

What pests do you treat?

Termites, ants, cockroaches, rodents, spiders, moths, and wood-destroying bees, across both residential and commercial properties.

What are your hours?

Monday and Tuesday 7:30 am to 8:00 pm, Wednesday and Friday 7:00 am to 8:00 pm, Thursday 7:00 am to 8:15 pm. Closed Saturday. Sunday by appointment.

Who ya gonna call?

Free to ask(301) 257-1499

Mon–Fri into the evening · Sat closed · Sun by appointment

Call (301) 257-1499