Reviewed by William "Willy" Vizcarrondo, NYS DEC Certified Commercial Pesticide Applicator C1825832. Updated September 23, 2026.
Bobby Bugs provides licensed pest control in Setauket and East Setauket, NY (ZIP 11733), with free written quotes and written guarantees on every job. Setauket is about forty five minutes from our base in Oyster Bay along Route 25A, and we run it with Stony Brook and Port Jefferson on the same North Shore route.
Setauket is the oldest settlement in the Town of Brookhaven, founded in 1655, and for pest work that history matters more than anything else about it. The hamlet is small, 3,986 people and 1,531 housing units on 2.52 square miles of land, with a lot of water around it: the harbor and the Sound account for another three quarters of a square mile. The Battle of Setauket was fought here in 1777, and from 1778 to 1781 the Culper Spy Ring ran Washington's intelligence out of these houses. Shipbuilding brought money in the 1800s, the railroad made it a summer resort in 1873, and the Old Setauket Historic District still holds houses from every one of those eras. Original sills, hand-hewn framing, fieldstone foundations, and a few hundred years of additions are what carpenter ants, subterranean termites and mice find here, and treating a 1700s house is different from treating a 1970s one: you're finding entry points nobody has looked at in decades.
The postwar homes that filled in after World War II sit on wooded lots with the same North Shore canopy, and the whole hamlet is edged by habitat. Frank Melville Memorial Park in East Setauket is 24 acres around a mill pond that has powered mills since at least 1660, with the Patriot's Hollow State Forest next to it, and the harbor and bay edges are marsh and woods. Homes along all of that get raccoons, squirrels and opossums in attics and garages, ticks in the leaf litter, hornet nests in the old trees, and mosquitoes off the pond and marsh.
Bobby Bugs serves Setauket, East Setauket and South Setauket, plus neighboring Stony Brook, Old Field, Poquott, Port Jefferson and Terryville.
Yes. Treating a 1700s or 1800s house means finding the entry points at the sills, the fieldstone foundation and the old additions rather than drilling or spraying blindly, and sealing with materials that don't show. We've worked in old houses for decades. Every Setauket job starts with a free written quote, and mouse, carpenter ant and termite work all carry written guarantees.
Because the park's 24 acres, the mill pond and the Patriot's Hollow forest next to it are habitat, and your yard is the edge of it. Raccoons and squirrels move from the woods into attics and garages, and the pond and marsh breed mosquitoes all summer. Nesting removal includes sealing the entry with wire mesh and carries a 6-month written guarantee.
Yes. Hand-hewn sills and posts sitting on fieldstone at grade, on damp ground near the harbor and bay, are exactly what eastern subterranean termites need, and they've had centuries to find it. Mud tubes on the foundation, swarmers in April and May, and soft wood at the sill are the signs. Termite work includes a free estimate and a written guarantee of 1 to 2 years depending on the treatment.
Local facts sourced from Wikipedia: Setauket, New York, Wikipedia: Frank Melville Memorial Park
Nearby areas we also serve: Stony Brook, Port Jefferson, Centereach, Selden · All of Suffolk County