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Ants![]() For most people ants only become a problem when they enter buildings in search of food and water or when they build their nests in buildings or gardens. Ants can be attracted to a wide range of foods with different species having preferences for sugars, proteins, fats and oils. During extended dry periods they will also search for water. In many species once an individual has found a desirable food source it will return to the nest and recruit nest members to help gather the food. This can result in large numbers of ants rapidly appearing around an item, sometimes with long trails of ants between the nest and the item of interest. There are numerous species of ants regarded as pests in New Zealand and can be one of the more difficult pests to control. They have a very structured caste system with each member of the caste responsible for a specific role in their society. Ants can live for long periods setting up new nests and colonies. Most infestations become severe if not treated. They can enter your home in cracks and crevices, setting up colonies in areas such as wall cavities and ceiling voids. Price guideline for ant pest control (excl GST):
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Bed Bugs![]() The female in her lifetime may lay 2 to 500 eggs which usually hatch within 7 to 30 days, depending on climatic conditions. Adult bed bugs can live for approximately 6-12 months. Bed bugs will hide (and lay eggs) in a variety of household objects close to where humans sleep such as mattresses, bed frames, furniture, behind skirting boards, loose wallpaper and floorboards, and in cracks and crevices of walls. They can be transported all over the world via travellers luggage, clothes etc. Allergies are rare to bed bug bites but sometimes people will experience irritation and swelling at the site of the bite. Price guideline for bed bug pest control (excl GST):
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Cockroaches![]() Their wide distribution and close association with humans, coupled with the high frequency with which they carry human diseases, in and on their bodies, have given them a very high pest status in most parts of the world. While there are about 3500 species of cockroach worldwide, only about 10 species have seriously exploited the dwellings of humans.
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Fleas![]() Now, these insects are better known for their irritation and pest status worldwide. Fleas are light brown to mahogany in colour and roughly oval shaped. Their laterally flattened appearance enables them to quickly move through the host’s hair. Measuring 2-8 mm in length, the adults are entirely covered with a series of bristles and combs that assists them in clinging to the host. There are three main species of flea that infest humans:
A flea bite is intensely itchy and secondary infections caused by scratching are common.
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Rats & Mice![]() Rodents consume 10 per cent of their body weight each day, with the average rat eating about 30 grams a day. An infestation of only 5 rats can produce approximately 73,000 droppings and 27 litres of during a year. Rodents are destructive, causing problems such as electrical fires from gnawing on wiring & contamination of all food related products. The rodents that are of great concern in many countries, are:
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Spiders![]() Only a few species, including the Redback Spider and some funnel-web and mouse spider species, can inflict bites that are potentially fatal to humans. One of the most dangerous of all is the Sydney Funnel-web Spider. There have been no fatalities from Sydney Funnel-web bites since the development of effective antivenom. Funnel-Web:
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Borer![]() Borer larvae (woodworm), spend after 2 - 4 years tunnelling inside the wood and will then exit as the adult beetle via a round hole 1 - 2mm in diameter. The now adult borer emerge in order to breed, will not eat any more timber and will die within 3 - 4 weeks. The other borer known as the Longhorn borer. These beetles include the Two-Toothed Longhorn, Ambeodontus tristis, Burnt Pine Longhorn and Huhu grub beetles. The larvae of these beetles feed on dead timber. The Two-Tooth is a major pest that damages timbers in buildings and in the timber industry. There are 180+ Longhorn beetle species endemic to New Zealand. The Longhorn family is a large and diverse beetle family. They are long, with narrow shaped bodies and very long antennae. Adult Longhorn beetles may be found on flowers where they feed on nectar. The huhu beetle is one of the largest New Zealand beetles. The labyrinths and flight holes created by the Longhorn beetles are much larger than house borer and this is because of Longhorn beetles larger size. The Two-Tooth borer larvae often cause severe damage to rimu floors and other timbers. The Two Tooth borer flight holes are approximately 3-4mm across and the flight holes of Longhorn beetles tend to be oval rather than round. The damage caused by the Two Tooth borer beetle larvae and other Longhorn beetles can be controlled by the same treatment as for common house borer. Price guideline for Borer pest control (excl GST):
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Flies![]() Flies are known pests worldwide. They are generally connected with dirt, decay and disease, as many species of fly are known to carry disease due to their ingestion of animal faeces, and connection with decaying bodies. The fly is an omnivorous animals that will eat almost anything from nectar of plants, to sap and even animal blood. Flies are able to prey on such things at it uncoils it's long, straw-like tongue which then sucks the liquid into the fly's body. The baby flies or maggots, are known to feed primarily on decomposing matter such as excrement and flesh. Flies are small in size and due to it's size and abundance, the fly is preyed upon by a wide variety of predators around the world. These include amphibians such as frogs, toads and newts,fish that eat flies that land on the surface of the water, reptiles such as lizards and small mammals. Flies have an extremely short lifespan, only living for about a month. The female fly lays her eggs in decomposing material, both plants and animals, which hatch very quickly. The eggs hatch into fly larvae which are more commonly known as maggots and quickly transform into an adult fly. It is thought that the process from egg to fly takes just under 2 weeks. Price guideline for fly pest control (excl GST):
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