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RESIDENTIAL
Keeping your home clean is not enough
to prevent unwanted insects and pests from invading your home.
Sydney is a temperate climate and in
the hotter months a breeding ground for pests such as cockroaches,
ants, fleas, rats and mice, also pest bird species who nest in
buildings and carry the irritating mites that enter buildings
causing in some cases severe discomfort to the occupants. Pest
species of termites which are commonly called "white ants" are
a high risk pest in Sydney and can cause massive damage to timber
in our buildings.
Households can be attacked and infested
- anything carried in from outside, including your food might
also include live pests or their eggs which can develop rapidly
into a major problem.
Yours may be one of those homes and
you do not realise it - eventually you will and for every pest
you see there may be hundreds and even thousands that you cannot
see.
Pest control is a continuous battle
and you need professional help.
No PESTICIDE has a lasting residual
effect that will control pests forever. For ENVIRONMENTAL reasons
pesticides are designed to break down fairly quickly so they CANNOT
accumulate and DAMAGE the ENVIRONMENT we live in.
The purpose of a
PESTICIDE is to eradicate the infestation of pests, there will
be some residual control of eggs hatching and pests entering the
treated areas probably for some months depending on the pesticides
used and their reactions if any to climate variations, for example,
HEAT, an example is treating colorbond steel fences for webbing
spiders, the spiders present at the time will be eradicated but
hot summer days will heat the fence like a barbecue hot plate
and cook the pesticide whch will be destroyed and no longer toxic
to protect the fence from new spiders arriving and setting up
home. excessive RAIN causing erosion of ground surfaces carrying
pesticides away or being diluted and broken down by large amounts
of water etcetera. Also chemical reactions can occur with surfaces
like concrete and bricks which are usually alkaline. These type
of surfaces can also absorb some chemicals making them unavailable
to be picked up by passing target pests. Successful PEST CONTROL
and PROTECTION requires REGULAR INSPECTIONS and PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT
by EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS so you can live in a PEST FREE ENVIRONMENT.
TREATMENTS are very
SUCCESSFUL using an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach
which relies on understanding the ecology of the pest and the
factors which favour its development, by removing those factors
you will make the environment less suited to the development of
the pest population and with the use of some pesticide you will
have control of the pest infestation. Examples of IPM are wire
screens on windows and doors, tight fitting rubber seals under
external doors, the sealing of cracks and crevices with sealant
materials to remove pest harbourages, sealing gaps around pipes,
conduits and ducting through walls where pests can gain entry.
Proper hygiene and sanitation practices where waste food is disposed
of properly into sealable receptacles, stored foods should also
be in tightly closed containers.
The PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
of IPM is to MINIMISE the HARMFUL EFFECTS of PESTICIDES.
Baiting can be an
alternative to chemical sprays but are slower to produce results.
Most pesticides used for chemical sprays, including insecticidal
dust formulations are repellent to pests. Baits cannot be used
near these treatments because the pest is repelled away from the
bait. Baits placed away from the chemical sprays however are very
beneficial and are in most situations a necessary part of an IPM
treatment program.
The advantages of
using baits are;
- Baits are low toxicity to humans
and their pets
- They are less hazardous than most
chemical sprays because less is applied
- The bait is contained and there are
no airborne particles
- Baits are used as bait stations,
granules or gels
- They are placed at sites of insect
activity
- Target pests are controlled more
effectively because they actually eat the bait containing the
active ingredient
- Baits are highly attractive to insects
- They are not absorbed by porous surfaces
- Most baits cause secondary kill which
boosts primary kill levels
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