A Wildlife Biologist in the Pest Control Business
Michael Linton came to pest control through an unusual path — a background in wildlife biology that gives him a deeper understanding of the animals and insects he manages than most exterminators bring to the job. He and his wife Tabatha Linton founded Desert Squad Pest & Wildlife in 2018, drawing on more than twelve years of family experience in the pest control industry. The company handles the full range of pest management — ants, roaches, spiders, bed bugs — but its distinguishing capability is wildlife removal. Mojave rattlesnakes in garages, Africanized bee colonies in eaves, coyotes denning under decks, bats roosting in attics, pigeons colonizing commercial rooftops, foxes crossing suburban yards, gophers undermining landscaping, and rodents finding their way into wall voids. In a metro area built at the edge of the Mojave Desert, that wildlife dimension is not a niche service but a constant reality for homeowners and businesses.
Desert Squad operates out of 2300 West Sahara Avenue in Las Vegas and is a member of the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. The company services residential and commercial properties across the valley, with a client base that includes homeowners, property managers, and HOAs dealing with recurring desert pest pressures. Linton’s approach draws on his biology training: identifying the species, understanding its behavior patterns, and applying targeted removal and exclusion methods rather than blanket chemical treatments.
Desert Squad Pest & Wildlife in the Las Vegas Valley
The Las Vegas Valley sits in one of the most biologically active desert corridors in North America, where the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin ecosystems overlap. That convergence means the metro area plays host to an unusually diverse range of venomous, invasive, and territorial wildlife — scorpions in every price bracket of neighborhood, rattlesnakes following rodent trails into residential areas, and Africanized bee populations that establish hives in attic spaces and block walls. Desert Squad Pest & Wildlife was built specifically for this environment, by a family that understands the desert on a biological level and treats the work accordingly.
- Owners
- Michael Linton and Tabatha Linton
- Founded
- 2018
- Address
- 2300 W Sahara Ave, Las Vegas, NV 89102
- Phone
- (702) 907-9453
- Website
- desertsquadpestandwildlife.com