Maricopa grew fast after 2003, and most homes are stucco on a concrete slab built in the last 25 years. Newer homes still get termites. Desert subterranean termites find the gap where plumbing comes up through the slab or where landscape rock sits above the stucco weep screed.
Many Maricopa neighborhoods back onto open desert or farm fields along John Wayne Parkway. Bark scorpions and black widows live in the block walls that line most backyards, and they move in on warm nights. Crickets and roaches come through garage doors after monsoon storms.
Citrus trees and backyard palms give roof rats a path to the roofline. Pack rats nest in desert lots at the edges of subdivisions and sometimes in parked cars. A quarterly plan plus a termite check each year suits many homes here.
Around Maricopa
Places nearby:
- 📍Copper Sky Regional Park
- 📍John Wayne Parkway (State Route 347)
- 📍Ak-Chin Indian Community
- 📍Maricopa Amtrak station
Pest notes for Maricopa
- •Rock landscaping piled above the weep screed hides termite tubes and gives scorpions cover.
- •Homes on the edge of a subdivision, next to open desert, see more scorpions and pack rats.
- •Fallen citrus left in the yard feeds roof rats through the winter.