How Much Damage Can Borers Cause?
‘Borers’ is the common term for the larval form of various beetle families. The grubs feed on the timer and, depending on the type of beetle, can spend years in this stage resulting in serious damage. Unfortunately, this damage is often only noticed when the…
Trust me; it’s not a hippopotamus on the roof eating cake!
Sometimes during the night & even in the day we may hear strange noises coming from the house. Often this can be just the house settling or a branch falling onto the roof. If some of our readers are like me, they probably won’t mention…
Why Do I Get So Many Cockroaches In My Unit Or Townhouse?
Units or townhouses are high density residential areas and from a pest control point of view treating individual units is not always sufficient enough to control the large cockroach species. Large cockroaches, whether it be American, oriental or Australian cockroaches, tend to live and breed…
Pantry Pests
Australia is a multicultural country and at least once a month there is a major festival happening for either cultural or religious purposes. All of these occasions usually mean a lot of cooking and baking special goodies for families and friends to enjoy. You may…
What Is A Lockable Rodent Station?
What Are They & Why Are They Used? Lockable rodent stations (also known as bait stations) are an effective tool for controlling rats and mice. They are plastic boxes (pictured below) which are used in areas that are accessible to pets or children. Lockable boxes…