Cockroaches

Cockroaches

All told in Australia there are five main pest species ofcockroaches.  The different species comprise of German, Smoky-brown, American, Australian and Brown-banded cockroaches.

The reason that they are regarded as pests is due to a number of factors these are:

• their ability to reproduce quickly
• char characteristic odour
• their ability to contaminate food by their droppings and
• regurgitations and the spread of diseases.

Pest technicians are often asked by clients “Aren’t cockroaches supposed to be one of the cleanest animals because of the grooming habits?”

This is  obviously a myth because of the habits of cockroach to roam through sewers, urinals, garbage and rubbish.

They consume food and faeces of man and animals, harbouring diseases such as Salmonella, Diarrhoea and Typhus.

Advice To Get Rid of Cockroaches:

Visual inspection is a very important part of cockroach control. We ask clients if they have noticed any particular trouble areas, then we inspect all known cockroach hiding places such as:

• cracks and crevices in and around kitchen, bathroom and laundry and meal preparation sites if on a
• commercial building behind hot water services Read More 

White Ants

Are There White Ants Eating Your Home?

Today white ants or more correctly called termites, are a serious pest in Australia. They have the capacity to create thousands of dollars’ worth of damage in a matter of weeks or destroy an entire roof structure in as little as three months.

There is really no end to the destruction that they can cause and for the untrained eye these pests may go undetected for months before the damage that they have done has been discovered.

Ring Bob today 0407 065 413 for a friendly chat on concerns you may have about white ants.

Removing the roof and re-building the roof structure of a home is a very costly affair, and if damage has also occurred to the walls or floor of the home, the repair cost would be astronomical. And what a lot of people are unaware of is that their insurance policy doesn’t cover termite damage as this is deemed preventable!

Funnily enough white ants aren’t actually ants at all. They’re more closely related to cockroaches however, because they look like little pale coloured ants, many people refer to them as white ants. Whether you call them white ants or termites the amount of damage they can do remains the same.

How do you deter White Ants or Termites?

White ants present little evidence of their presence to the untrained eye. They eat through wood from the inside out so a colony of white ants can be busy at work without being seen. Read More 

How to Get Rid of Mice?

Management of Disease Spreading Mice – Why It’s Still Important How to Get rid of Mice?? Mice Control There are still a lot of home owners who have become a little complacent about controlling the common house mouse and other rodents over the decades. It may be partly because we now frequently see rodents for sale as pets, and so don’t feel as threatened by mice and rats as we once did. It may also be because our generation hasn’t had to witness anything like the deadly Bubonic Plagues around the early 1900s and then perhaps we would sit up more and take notice when mice visits our home. The fear factor may have been reduced but there are still very good reasons for keeping these rodents away from your home or farm. Look at why mice are still a problem: Mice still carry the same diseases they did back in the 1900s. We know much more about them now and of course, in some cases, advances in modern medicine have rendered some of the viruses and infections transmitted from mice to humans or pets less deadly. Nonetheless, we still don’t want to be on the receiving end of some of the conditions that mice and rats can spread like: Toxoplasmosis – a parasitic infection that may result when a parasite is transmitted from mice to cats and then to humans. In healthy humans, the risk of illness is considered low however, where other conditions have reduced immunity, eye damage and inflammation of the brain, among other problems may occur. Leptospirosis which is also known as Weil’s disease – infection is thought to come from food, water or soil that has been contaminated by rodents. Recently Olympic rower Andy Holmes died of this disease in 2010 apparently after coming into contact with contaminated water. Read More