So you open your pantry and a flutter of moths bombard you, you look at your ceiling and see some ‘spider egg looking things’ and their are some sort of maggots crawling on the shelves. What is going on here? You have a stored product pest. Moths in your kitchen? More specifically the pest we…
Black House Ant (Ochetellus glaber) The aptly Black House Ant is a substantial household pest on the Mid North Coast. Our humid climate, abundant water and array of blossoming trees provide this pest with all their natural survival requirements. In addition to the houses we build for ourselves yet share with them. The Black House…
THE REDBACK SPIDER (Latrodectus hasselti) A spider, unmistakable. Its shiny black cuticle glistens around its velvet red stripe. A spider with a lethal venom and an explosive breeding rate. Red back spider are infamous for their deadly venom and adaptability to the human environment. They are immortalised in history and send shivers down the spine…
Local Pest Experts – ‘Best Pest’ Colouring In Competition Are the kids home from school and you need something to keep them occupied? Something that can win a $150- Officeworks giftcard? Local Pest Experts has the answer you are looking for. We had our good friend Mat Percival from Draw What You Drive make us…
Winter is coming…. Apart from allowing everyone to use cheesy Game of Thrones references, the impending cold weather has many effects on the pest pressure at your home. One common misconception we hear is that cockroaches ‘hibernate’ over this period. Winter and pests have direct relation. In fact, all arthropods (including insects and arachnids) slow…
End of Lease Flea Service $145.00 affordable service starting price. 3 month service warranty. Short notice bookings available. End of lease flea services can cause a real headache for the vacating tenant. The property manager and the tenant moving in. The vacating tenant does not want to spend a fortune on a property they are…
What if it rains after the pest control is completed? Recently had an Expert pest control treatment and worried about the affect this rain will have on the treatment’s longevity? Pest Control in the wet weather. Never fear, Local Pest Experts are sure to apply the products and ensure proper application and drying times are…
The white-tailed spider, a much feared spider, but for all the wrong reasons? White-tailed spiders are a ground dwelling spider which is aptly named after the white marking on the rear of it’s abdomen. They are a small spider (12-15mm in length, 28mm leg span), their cephalothorax (head/thorax) is dark brown to black and round…
in orderMosquito Control Mosquito – a small fly, with a piercing/sucking mouth part and a thirst for blood which takes it from being an annoying fly, to a disease carrying, much feared pest of humans. Mosquitoes are a known vector for diseases which kill millions of people around the world annually. Malaria is the biggest…
\ What are bird mites? Bird mite, often mistakenly called bird lice. Is a pest that affects many areas of the Mid North Coast over the spring period. Bird mites are a tiny (0.5mm), parasitic pest which feed naturally on bird populations. Identifying bird mite with the naked eye is very difficult because of their…
