
Elena Torres
Owner · Lead Tech · Since 2019
About Cactus Bug Co.
Founded in Mesa in 2019. Family-owned. Four field techs. We treat homes from central Phoenix to Gilbert and we do not try to be everywhere else.
PORTFOLIO NOTECactus Bug Co. is a fictional company built as a portfolio piece for Sonoran Leads. The story below is illustrative.


"I started Cactus Bug Co. because my landscaping clients kept asking me what to do about scorpions."
Before Cactus Bug Co., Elena ran a small native-plant landscaping crew across the east valley. The pest questions started with new builds backing up to open desert, citrus growers losing fruit to rats, and parents worried about bark scorpions inside.
In 2019 she got her commercial applicator license, brought on one tech, and started taking the calls herself. The crew is now four people across two trucks.
The pitch has not changed: tell the customer what you found, tell them what you are applying, tell them what to do next, and do not sell anything they do not need.
"We are not the cheapest. We are also not the biggest. We just want to be the one you keep."
The crew
Demo team
Illustrative bios for the portfolio demo.


Owner · Lead Tech · Since 2019
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Local knowledge
MAR-MAY
Bark scorpions become active as nights warm into the 60s.
JUN-AUG
Sugar ants find kitchens. Roaches push out of irrigation during monsoon humidity.
SEP-NOV
Roof rats start finding palms, citrus, and attics as overnight lows drop.
DEC-FEB
Lowest pressure of the year and the best time to seal what got missed.