Pest Control in Hobe Sound

Hobe Sound at a glance

Hobe Sound is a community of 13,163 people (2020) in southern Martin County, between Port Salerno and Jonathan Dickinson State Park, about 12 miles southeast of Stuart.

What that means for pests

Hobe Sound has homes on larger, wooded lots near the park and the water. Wildlife, fruit trees and dense vegetation bring roof rats and ants close; see rodent control. Homes near Jupiter Island and along the Intracoastal see more salt air, while inland lots near the park are wooded and wild.

Near the park

Homes bordering natural areas see more insects and wildlife. Gopher tortoise burrows and other wildlife in the area are protected, so pest companies need to work around them carefully.

Jaega and Jonathan Dickinson

The name comes from a Jaega village the Spanish recorded as Jobe or Jove. Jonathan Dickinson, whose party was shipwrecked nearby in 1696, spelled it Hoe-bey, and the state park to the south now carries his name. Parts of the area were later included in a 12,000-acre Spanish land grant in 1815. With the park's pinelands and scrub nearby, homes here see a steady flow of insects and spiders from the wild; see spider and wasp control.