Reviewed by William "Willy" Vizcarrondo, NYS DEC Certified Commercial Pesticide Applicator C1825832. Updated September 23, 2026.
Bobby Bugs provides licensed pest control in Merrick, NY (ZIP 11566), with free written quotes and written guarantees on every job. Merrick is about thirty minutes from our base in Oyster Bay, and it's one of our busiest South Shore areas.
Merrick is a South Shore hamlet of about 22,000 people, and more than a fifth of its area is water. South of Merrick Road the streets run down to a grid of canals and bulkheaded lots on the bay, and that waterfront is the defining pest issue here. Norway rats live along the bulkheads and under the docks year round, American cockroaches come up from the sewer and bulkhead voids into basements and slab homes, and the constant moisture keeps carpenter ants working in deck framing and sill plates.
North of the tracks the housing is classic postwar Long Island: capes, ranches, and splits from the 1950s and 1960s on small lots, with attached garages and finished basements that give mice their way in every October. The Norman J. Levy Park and Preserve on the bay and the marshland along the eastern edge push raccoons, opossums, and wasps into the yards that border them, and the restaurants and shops along Merrick Road and Sunrise Highway keep rodents fed in the blocks behind them.
Bobby Bugs serves all of Merrick, North Merrick, and South Merrick, plus neighboring Bellmore, Freeport, and East Meadow.
Because the bulkheads, docks, and marsh edges give Norway rats water, cover, and burrow sites year round, and the restaurants on Merrick Road give them food. Rat work on the canals usually means interior trapping, sealing entry points along the foundation and bulkhead side of the house, and locked exterior bait stations that we service. It carries a 60-day written guarantee.
American cockroaches, the large reddish ones, which come up from sewer lines, floor drains, and bulkhead voids in the low-lying parts of Merrick. They're a different problem from German roaches in a kitchen and get treated at the drains and entry points. Cockroach treatment carries a 60-day written guarantee.
October, as soon as nights drop into the 40s, and calls peak in November. The 1950s capes and splits north of Merrick Road with attached garages are the most common callers. Every Bobby Bugs mouse job includes sealing the entry points with steel mesh, with a 60-day written guarantee.
Nearby areas we also serve: Bellmore, Freeport, Levittown, Massapequa · All of Nassau County