How to stop Slaters invading your home
April 19, 2024
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LATEST ARTICLES
How to stop Slaters invading your home
Gordon Reidy
April 19, 2024
Slaters entering the home can be a problem in Australia. Learn how to keep slaters out of your home and how to control them.
Paralysis ticks – All you need to know
Gordon Reidy
May 13, 2018
The mention of paralysis tick (Ixodes holocyclus) can strike fear into the hearts of pet owners. The fear is justified… for a dog or cat, a bite from paralysis tick can lead to death in a very short time. Here’s all you need to know about paralysis ticks; life-cycle information, where they live, how to prevent being bitten, how to remove ticks, symptoms of a tick bite, what to do if you or your pet gets bitten and more…
Top 30 Pest Prevention Tips
Gordon Reidy
October 17, 2017
Pest prevention is often easier than the cure. Indeed, many pest problems can be prevented through good hygiene practices and a bit of home maintenance, even without using pest control products. So here are the top 30 pest prevention tips for inside and outside the home.
The 5-step Mosquito Control guide for homeowners
Gordon Reidy
November 3, 2016
Whether you have to run inside at dusk to avoid the mosquito swarms, or are kept awake at night by high pitched whining in your ears, mosquito problems can be very annoying! To successfully deal with a mosquito problem, it’s necessary to use a combination of actions – using this mosquito treatment guide will allow you to reclaim your outdoor areas and make indoors a mosquito free zone.
How to prevent a mosquito problem in your yard
Gordon Reidy
November 3, 2016
For those of us lucky enough to have had good Summer rains, for some it has come with the curse of increased mosquito numbers. However, there are a number of ways we can keep mosquito numbers down to prevent them annoying our BBQ or worse still finding their way inside to prevent a good night’s sleep. Read on to find out more…
Cockroach infestation? Use a cockroach bomb!
Gordon Reidy
September 22, 2016
If you have a persistent cockroach problem or maybe a cockroach infestation, you need to pull out the “big guns” and a cockroach “bomb” is just the ticket!
Insecticide “bombs” or “foggers” are technically known as “total release aerosols” – once you press the button, there’s no stopping them and the entire contents of the aerosol are released…
Learn how foggers can help eliminate cockroach infestations and prevent them returning.
Pest control surface sprays – how do they work?
Gordon Reidy
May 6, 2016
We’ve all seen the TV adverts – where a cockroach gets zapped as soon as it walks across a surface treated with a crawling insect surface spray. But is this how these products really work and how do you get the best pest control performance from your insecticide surface spray.
How to use a cockroach spray
Gordon Reidy
February 20, 2015
A cockroach in the house is bad enough, but there’s nothing worse than spraying a cockroach with insecticide only to see it run away and hide under a cupboard or appliance….. you’re never sure whether it has died or not! With a cockroach you want “instant” kill and if you just grab a can of “fly spray”, the chances are you won’t get it.
Getting rid of pantry moths
Gordon Reidy
February 5, 2015
You may have noticed some small moths flying about the kitchen at dusk or at night – not something that would normally bother you. However, you then find some strange webbing material in some open biscuit packets and a bag of flour. You look closer and find a small pale caterpillar. You investigate further and notice some webbing and a small brown case (the pupae) up on the ceiling. The penny drops – you have a pantry moth infestation!
