HOW DO CARPET BEETLE INFESTATIONS START?
Carpet beetles prefer the outdoors – so how do they end up in customers’ homes?
September 1, 2022
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Other Pests
More information on other types of pest.
PORTUGUESE MILLIPEDE
This invasive millipede has noxious secretions to defend itself and can swarm by the millions. They can appear in such numbers they have even caused train crashes! Would you be able to identify a Portuguese millipede?
May 1, 2022
ANTECHINUS
These relatives of the Tasmanian devil resemble small rats, but are perhaps best known for their bizarre sexual habits. Would you be able to identify an Antechinus?
March 28, 2022
SPIDER MITES
These pests can form colonies of thousands and attack a wide range of plants – they can cover a lawn in fine silk netting and can swarm in numbers severe enough to kill a tree. Would you be able to ID a spider mite?
March 1, 2022
MANTIS OOTHECA
Most people would recognise a praying mantis (although they can be hard to spot), but would you be able to identify a mantis egg case? Common name: Praying Mantis, also known as mantids Scientific name(s): Any insect in the Order Mantodea, with over 2,400 species in about 460 genera and 33 families. There are approximately 160 species known in Australia. Description: Praying mantises are well-known enough to need little description, and are named for their upright stance and folded grasping
August 1, 2021
BIRD MITES
These pests may be living under your very roof, but will only suck your blood out of desperation. Would you be able to identify a bird mite? Common name: Bird mite Common species in Australia include the tropical bird mite (AKA starling mite) and red poultry mite (AKA roost mite). Bird mites are sometimes mistakenly called bird lice (adult mites have eight legs, lice have six legs). Scientific name(s): Family Macronyssidae, including Ornithonyssus bursa (tropical bird mite) and Dermanyssidae, including
June 29, 2021
LICE – ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW
They’re relatively uncommon pests, but would you know how to identify and treat a lice infestation?
June 1, 2021
LOUSY PROBLEM, MITEY SOLUTION
Bedlam aerosol is not only suitable for the direct treatment of bed bugs, but can be used to target fleas, lice and dust mites.
September 1, 2020
IDENTIFYING NOTIFIABLE PESTS
When it comes to detecting incursions of urban invasive pests, pest managers are on the front line. It pays to know the key notifiable pests in your state, so you can fulfill your professional responsibility and help with biosecurity.
September 1, 2020
HOUSE CENTIPEDE
They lurk in dark corners of your home and run with uncanny speed, and for many people they’re the stuff of nightmares – would you be able to ID a house centipede?
August 2, 2020
ANTLIONS
The larval stages of these insects lurk underground, hollow venomous jaws ready to kill anything that falls within range. But their adults are delicate flying insects that look nothing like their young. Would you be able to identify an Antlion?
May 26, 2020
