Our experts protects your home from Flying, Crawling & Furry Pests
Protecting your home from pests is a process, not a one time event. Our highly trained technicians and award winning pest control service will keep even the most stubborn pests at bay. Our equipment and products are ultra-modern and effective, as well as being safe for your family, pets and the environment.
When you call VermineX, not only are you protecting your home and family from pests, you’re also ensuring they’re safe from nasty chemicals.
Crawling Insects & Pests
Ants
Foraging worker ants cause a nuisance as they travel widely in search of
food, following well-defined trails and clustering around the food source. They are
attracted to sweet or fatty substances in kitchens, pantries, storerooms and
warehouses. In hospitals they have been found feeding on septic dressings, soiled
linen and excrement. They are obviously an unpleasant sight in food areas and may
damage or taint food intended for human consumption.
Ants are the most prolific and successful group of insects. Their nests can be found
almost anywhere and often only with the help of expert pest control technicians.
Read more about common ants.
Bed Bugs
Bed Bug infestations are notoriously difficult to beat, without the
careful inspection and treatment by a professional pest control technician, followed
by a thorough, comprehensive treatment of all infested and adjoining areas.
Infestations are often detected by the welts and irritation caused by the bites, and
the fecal smears and blood spots visible on pillowcases, sheets and mattresses.
Typical hiding places are in the tufts, folds and seams of mattresses, and cracks in
the box springs and bed frame. Heavier infestations often spread to behind
baseboards, window and door casings, pictures, electrical switch plates, loose
wallpaper, and in furniture upholstery and the pleats of drapes.
If you suspect you have a bed bug problem, please call us today.
Read more about bed bugs.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches generally don’t like light and if found in the home will be
more common at night, usually darting away when you enter the room. If a large
infestation is in the home, there is often a distinct odour. Droppings and vomit
marks are normally visible on cupboards and hinges inside cupboards and drawers. The
Australian cockroach is a very good flyer but mostly during warmer weather and
prefers warmer climates, however it can survive indoors during colder weather as
long as water is available, so warm, moist conditions are ideal.
They’re prolific breeders and if you see the signs, a thorough pest treatment needs
to be done before the problem gets worse.
Read more about common cockroaches.
Fleas
Fleas are an annoying insect that feed on the blood from animals
including humans in their adult form. There are over 70 species in Australia but the
most common are the cat and dog fleas. Most of their life cycle actually occurs off
the pet, and they can lie dormant in their cocoons for several months waiting for
any vibrations that may stir them into activity. It’s a common misperception that
grass fleas or sand fleas are a different species. These fleas are just fleas that
have been deposited onto the ground by the pet. If there are five on your pet there
are usually many more out in the yard.
The adult flea can survive for over four months without a single blood feed and
successful eradication often involves a treatment by a qualified pest technician.
Read more about fleas.
Silverfish
Silverfish have a long slender body, flattened and normally 13-25mm,
giving them a fish like appearance. They completely lack wings and have two antennae
which move side to side like a fish, cannot climb smooth surfaces and are nocturnal.
They can typically live for two to four years, prefering warmer temperatures and
will die in heat over 40 degrees.
When indoors they can be found in roof and wall cavities, subfloors and in
cupboards. They will eat foods like rolled oats, sugar, synthetic fibres. They can
go for long periods of time without food, and signs of feeding are not obvious. They
are fast and agile insects and this sometimes contributes to their downfall, as they
often become trapped in bathtubs.
Read more about Silverfish.
Spiders
The formidable appearance and size of spiders makes them the most feared
of all the creepy crawlies. However most spiders are harmless and avoid people.
Among the most common found in Australia are the:
- Red Back
- Black House Spider
- Huntsman
- Funnel Web
- White Tail
- Daddy Long Legs.
You can read about each of these in more detail below to help identify them.
Read more about common spiders
Ticks
Ticks are common in many parts of Myanmar and can even be found around
the garden. They have mouthpiece like a beak and a body the shape of a pear, ranging
is size from 1.2mm as larvae to 4mm as adults. Due to their small size they can be
difficult to see until engorged by blood feeding.
They require a host to feed, which can often mean the family dog or cat. Ticks
usually do not climb higher than around 50cm in the vegetation and there is no
evidence to suggest that they fall out of trees. If you live in a Tick prone area,
keeping the garden free of dead vegetation and the lawn mown short will reduce the
likelihood of an infestation, with regular professional pest control treatments.
Read more about the dangers of ticks.
Pantry Pests
Pantry moths, such as the Indian meal moth are attracted to foodstuff as a
place to lay eggs and feed, including dry goods, grains, nuts, flours, spices, and
chocolate. The extent of moth damage depends on the degree of infestation. A large
population in the house can be quite costly, where large amounts of food may need to be
thrown away due to contamination from pantry moth webbing, cocoons, and droppings.
Often the first signs of pantry moths are too late to avoid contamination. Regular
inspections and baits are an effective method of prevention.