My Pest Control can identify the type of ant that has invaded your home, get to the root of the problem – and eliminate it.

Inside

• Clean up spills and food crumbs quickly.
• Empty rubbish bins often.
• Do not feed pets inside.
• Store food in pest-proof containers.
• Rinse out jars and containers before placing them in rubbish and recycling bins.

Outside

• Keep trees and shrubs trimmed back from your house.
• Keep gutters and storm drains free of debris.
• Watch for new ant mounds or nests around your home.
• Keep trash bags sealed and in closed garbage cans.
• Seal doors and windows

A recent article in the Courier Mail

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/royal-execution-combats-pests/story-e6freoof-1226229767731

Termidor Ant Control

Termidor® has delivered unparalleled termite control since it was first introduced into Australia.

The key reasons for this success are that Termidor is non repellent plus it has the unique ‘Transfer Effect™’.
These key attributes make Termidor the ultimate ant control agent. As ants are social insects living
together in large colonies, feeding and grooming each other, it makes perfect sense to bring the
power of Termidor to help in the battle against one of the hardest to control pests.

Termidor is non-repellent, which means the ants never know it’s there, and cannot react to it or avoid it. Ants on their
routine travels to and from your home, can pick up Termidor and spread it to other ants throughout their colony.

Termidor utilises a unique process called the Transfer Effect™ to affect entire populations of
ants, even if many of them never make direct contact with a Termidor treated area.

When ants contact Termidor they carry it on their bodies and pass it on to any ants they subsequently come into
contact with. Those ants pass it on to more ants, who continue the process of transferring Termidor
throughout the ants’ nest.

The paralysis tick causes many deaths amongst our 4 legged friends every year.

The adult female paralysis tick can attach itself to a dog, cat or human and burrow its mouthparts into the skin. The tick then injects a toxic fluid into the host to allow it to suck the blood of the host.

Ticks start out quite small but quickly grow to the size of a small pea as they suck the blood of their host.

Most pets show little in the way of paralysis symptoms for the first few days, but the longer the tick remains, the greater the severity of symptoms and the more life threatening it becomes.

If your pet shows signs of weakness of the legs, vomiting or dry retching, and/or difficulty with breathing search all of their body for a tick.

Remove any ticks by simply pulling it straight out with your fingers or tweezers.

Contact your vet ASAP.

Pest Control Brisbane

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/worlds-worst-termite-heads-south-to-gold-coast-region/story-e6freoof-1226167319034

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/more-news/woman-rescued-after-cockroach-hunt-triggers-house-blaze-in-coburg/story-fn7x8me2-1226082488807

My Pest Control Cockroach Control

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Summer brings with it many pleasant experiences but the increased number of cockroaches is certainly not one of them.

Cockroaches basically fall into two categories, those that fly and those that don't.

Those that fly are larger and include Australian, American, Oriental, Smokybrown and Brownbanded generally live outside in the garden.

On the other hand German cockroaches, which do not fly, are smaller in size and generally 'set up shop' in your kitchen-particularly in the hings on your cupboard doors, under your sink, in your microwave and under your electric jug.

The larger cockroaches that fly generally enter your home by mistake. they crawl under a door looking for food, or up a drain or through an open window.

The smaller German Cockroaches are generally carried into your home by you in a box e.g. when you are moving into a new home, a box of fruit/groceries or even a box of drinks from the supermarket.

German cockroaches are well suited to living with humans and will eat almost anything. Your kitchen and bathrooms provide their every need-food, water and shelter.

Tell tale signs that you may have cockroaches:

Obviously seeing cockroaches is a pretty good giveaway that you may have a problem. However seeing the odd large cockroach does not mean you have an infestation. If you have had an annual pest service then just leave it be an within a matter of time it should pick up a lethal dose of active ingredient and die. If you have not had a general pest service completed recently then simply grab a can of fly spray and give it a quick spray-no need to drown it!

On the other hand if you have started to notice cockroach activity in your kitchen-particularly at night, then it could be time to call your professional pest manager.

Also check for droppings that can show up against white laminate.Smear marks may also be noticeable-it's a brownish colour.

Cast skins may also be present as may the egg sac-known as the ootheca.It looks a bit like popcorn before you cook it!

Treatments

Larger cockroaches that fly can be treated as a stand alone service or as part of a combined service. Generally speaking an annual or bi annual pest treatment should be enough to keep these larger cockroaches in check.

This will depend on your general level of tolerance. All you have to do is wait for the cockroach to pick up a dose of the active ingredient. this will happen via the roof cavity, skirting boards, eaves etc. A good pest manager should be able to place enough 'active' around your house to give you good all year protection.

German cockroaches on the other hand are more effectively treated using gel bait.

In combination with Integrated Pest Management protocols the bait will not only knock the adult population on the head but offer all year protection from further infestations.

It should be noted however that like all pests if you do not remove the conducive conditions that attracted the pests in the first place then the effectiveness of any pest treatment will be severely reduced.

For example, continued poor hygiene and cleanliness standards in your kitchen will not give the cockroach gel bait a chance to get on top of the cockroach problem. You need to eradicate the choice between other alternative food sources and the gel bait.

Most gel bait will work if given a fighting chance, so work with your pest manager to achieve your desired objectives.

The last few weeks has seen a large increase in the number of actual and possible flea infestations in and around the Brisbane area.

The warmer weather and higher moisture provide ideal conditions.

Clients call us in distress with an 'overnight' infestation.

It's important to remember that fleas have a 4 stage lifecycle that can make treatment a little tricky.

The 4 stages are:

1.Egg

2.Larva

3.Pupa

4.Adult

The egg stage and the pupa stage are impervious to insecticides which means a basic pest treatment will only treat the larva and the adults.

Many new tenants experience a flea infestation when they occupy a new rental property.

This occurs generally because the movement causes the pupa to hatch into an active adult. This process takes almost next to no time and before you know it the adult fleas are biting your legs and sucking out your blood!

Fleas need blood to reproduce so humans and cats and dogs provide ideal hosts!

It's important your pest control brisbane service provider thoroughly inspects your premises both internallly and externally to determine the extent of the infestation.

They will need to provide a number of different treatments which will include the clients agreement and participation.

Treatments will need to kill the active adult fleas that are present as well as provide a residual affect for newly emerging adult fleas.

Additionally an Insect Growth Regulator will need to be used to 'break the breeding' cycle.

Clients will need to keep their premises clean and vacuuming their floors and upholstery items regularly is a must.

Remember to treat the vacuum bag and empty after each session to avoid in infestation in your broom cupboard!!!!

Clients will need to treat their pets at the same time as the treatment and it is a good idea to alternate products to avoid 'resistance' amongst the flea population.

Flea control is achievable if you use an integrated approach.

Treating your premises with appropriate insecticides, regular vacuuming, general cleanliness and keeping your pet treated will should eliminate any current infestation and prevent future problems.

It should be noted that the price of a flea treatment is difficult to assess over the phone and the more widespread the active fleas are around the premises the greater the cost to treat.

Surely it couldn’t cost that much!

Perhaps you thought you could take on the job yourself and save a fair bit of money.

‘Can’t be that hard you say to yourself, chuck a bit of timber in the garden and wait…….there you go nothing to it’.

Reality is you can install a rudimentary system and with a bit of luck you may end up with termites in one or two of the pieces of timber.

But do you really want to ‘muck around’ with termites?

Termites can cost you $1000′s and eat out a large portion of your home without you even realising it.

Remember your household insurance policy does not cover the damage of a termite attack.

Additionally when you consider the value of the average Brisbane house now exceeds $450000 then attempting to ‘save’ a few bucks on DIY termite management seems pretty silly doesn’t it?

Professional Pest Managers know termites!

They know which ones are a threat, what attracts them, the tell tale signs of an attack and what termiticides/treatments will offer the best solution.

You should also remember that buying a $20 bottle of ‘termite stuff’ from Bunnings WILL NOT do the job.

ONLY licensed Pest Controllers can access the proper termiticides.

As a DIYer you run the risk of missing an emerging termite infestation, with dire consequences.

Don’t risk it-call a BSA licensed Pest Controller.

If renters have had a family pet throughout their tenancy they may be asked within the special conditions in their lease to carry out flea control at the conclusion of their tenancy.

Depending on the demands of the actual property manager this procedure might be internal only, external only or both.

FLEAS INFO

Fleas flourish around warm, damp areas and climates. The primary flea food is blood from the host animal which is normally cats, dogs and humans.

The four main stages of the flea lifecycle are:
1.Egg
2.Larva
3.Pupa
4.Adult

The whole flea life cycle can vary from two to three weeks to more than a 12 months, dependant upon environmental conditions.

Adult fleas prefer to dwell on the actual host pet, but are frequently dislodged by scratching. Fleas are very well renowned for their leaping qualities.

The actual adult female flea can easily lay up to 50 eggs on a daily basis, 500-600 eggs over several months.

The egg, larval, and pupa stages more often than not take place in the environment off the pet, in which the microenvironment is often well suited for development.

Eggs tend to be laid on the animal, but they are quite sleek and simply slip off into the surroundings such as carpeting, bedding, floorboards, and soil. Flea eggs can lay dormant for approximately ninety days prior to hatching.

The larva stage can last up to 3 weeks depending on conditions before the larva pupates.

The pupa is the very last period before adult. The actual adult flea can come out from the cocoon as early as three to five days, or it can remain in the cocoon for 12 months or maybe more, waiting for the best time for it to emerge.

These kinds of larvae and cocoons are found deeply throughout carpeted places or even locations with a layer of organic material (e.g., a garden or flower bed).

When suitable conditions are present such as movement, warmth and increased C02 the adult fleas will emerge.

The adult will come out from the cocoon in an exceedingly short time phase…less than a second….and instantly leap to discover a appropriate host. When on the host they feast upon blood obtained simply by biting down hard through the skin.

Fleas need blood to be able to survive as well as reproduce. If there are no pets then humans become the flea’s blood meal.

The pupa and egg stage of the lifecycle are impervious to pesticides.

A female adult flea consumes 15 times its weight in blood everyday.

Fleas accelerate the equivalent of 50 times faster than the space shuttle does immediately after lift off.

Fleas can easily jump as much as 150 times the length of their bodies – sideways or up – equal to an individual jumping almost a thousand ft.

Ten fleas can potentially multiply to 250,000 in only thirty days.

END OF LEASE FLEA TREATMENT

End of lease flea treatments by fully licensed pest control brisbane providers requires the application of a synthetic pyrethroid pesticide spray. Areas treated internally consist of probable habitat areas, any carpeting and rugs and skirting boards.

Externally (if neccessary) treated locations include subfloor areas, verandahs, decks, garages, etcetera

Particularly significant is definitely treating areas that were frequented by the family pet.

WHY DO VACANT PROPERTIES GET A FLEA INFESTATION AFTER A NEW TENANT HAS MOVED IN?

As previously discussed adult fleas hatch from the cocoon whenever suitable stimulation is present.

The actual stimuli include: vibration, elevated co2 amounts, heat, as well as movement.

A vacant residence offers no such stimuli and the cocoon phase of the lifecycle can wait a year or maybe more for the right conditions.

Once new tenants enter the home the ‘right’ stimuli are present and the mature fleas begin to emerge.

Be patient!

The recently emerged fleas will need to come into contact with the particular active ingredient in the pesticide.

As soon as this occurs over-all numbers will quickly reduce. With regards to the size of the pupae population inside the house recently emerged fleas may continue to appear in reducing quantities for an estimated 6 weeks.

The recently emerged fleas can continue to bite and cause irritation before they die.

Patience is needed throughout the 6 week period after a flea treatment.

NOTICE TO NEW TENANTS AND PROPERTY MANAGERS

You can expect to still see a few fleas within the property and surrounds for approximately 6 weeks as the treatment takes effect.

One or two active fleas does not mean you have an infestation.

Give the treatment time to work.

The greater the movement and vibration inside the property the more will be the stimulus for fleas to hatch-out and the faster the procedure works.

Have any domestic pets you’ve introduced to the house treated frequently for fleas and tapeworm.

Sanitation is extremely important for control, however if feasible do not vacuum, or even wash surfaces for as long as possible to give the treatment more time to work.

Reduce accessibility of your dog/cat to internal and sub floor zones particularly for the duration of summertime months.

Be patient.

6 weeks from the beginning of occupation is essential before any kind of re treatment should be undertaken. Re treating prior to this time period is not going to accelerate the fleas hatching practice but could cause unneeded chemical build up.

Keep in mind it really is pest management NOT pest elimination-it is not possible to remove all fleas within the environment.