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Rats, mice, and other rodents can cause many problems in both domestic and commercial properties. If you have one, or many—they can create a lot of mess and problems. Tending to seek the comfort and shelter of indoor environments during winter or rainy periods, rodents often find the protection they need in homes. Rodents can also cause a lot of damage to commercial properties. They can damage books, appliances, furniture, utilities, and structures and contaminate food with their urine, hair and faces.

Health Issues and Damages

Rodents cause a fair amount of damage in the home to upholstery, furniture and paper products which they use for nesting material. A more common issue is the destruction caused by digging and gnawing as they are able to chew through wiring insulation. Rodents are known to carry a number of diseases that can be transmitted through dust particles containing urine or fecal matter. They are also a cause of food poisoning due to food contamination from their droppings, hair and urine.

Fly and honey bees are 15mm long, oval-shaped, and can fly at a speed of about 15 miles per hour. They are most active in spring. Honeybees are popular for building honeycombs. However, measures need to be taken if you find their hives existing near your house. This is because their stings are quite painful and can even cause allergic reactions.

Damage and Health Issues

For most people, the sting is painful but only causes a mild reaction. There are however a number of people who are allergic and a sting can be fatal. When a wasp is disturbed it can become aggressive and, unlike bees, they can withdraw their sting from a victim to repeatedly sting them. Bees often build hives in building vents which can not only cause damage to a home or building but can be a potential safety issue, with the likelihood of being stung increased.

Bed bugs are small reddish-brown creatures, flat and oval-shaped. They are small size like an apple seed and feed on blood. They are usually active at night when you are asleep. They are mostly associated with commercial properties that have low hygiene standards & poor housekeeping. If you find bed bugs in your commercial property, try to get rid of them fast!

Damage and Health Issues

• Allergic Reaction: Some people have mild to extreme reactions to getting bitten by bed bugs. This is similar to what some people experience when stung by a bee. If you are allergic to bed bugs, then you need to seek medical attention right away for treatment.
• Infection: It is incredibly rare for a bite from a bed bug to lead to an infection. However, it has been known to happen from time to time. This usually occurs when a pest bites a human, the individual scratches, and then germs and other pathogens are introduced into the wound.
• Insomnia: Bed bugs are nocturnal, which is why they generally wait until you are asleep in your bed before pouncing. While the bites may not be painful in and of themselves, they can cause you irritation any time of the day or night.

Provincial Pest Control Provides Guaranteed Control of all these Pests listed below:

• Centipedes
• Millipedes
• Earwigs
• Sowbugs
• Carpenter Bees
• Ground Beetles
• Box Elder Beetles
• Carpet Beetles
• Pillbug
• House Flies
• Phorid Flies
• Stored Product Pest

Health Issues and Damages

Ants small pests cause more of a nuisance rather than any major health issues, their nests are usually found under brick paving, in lawn areas, and in trees and shrubs.

Flies are present in any location Residential or commercial they are more than a nuisance. Flies are a big threat to health due to contamination of food with bacteria. Provincial Pest control offers a  special program to help their clients with this issue. We use a chemical-free solution to this problem by installing Insect Light Traps. These fly light traps are Site-specific, designed according to their area coverage capacity and with respect to the location.

Damage and Health Issues

House flies are known to be responsible for spreading a range of diseases and infections. The WHO states that house flies are carriers of diarrhoeal diseases, and skin and eye infections. Unlike other insects such as mosquitoes, house flies are not biting insects and are indirect rather than direct vectors of diseases.

The species most commonly referred to as “pigeon” is the Feral Rock Pigeon, common in many cities. Pigeons build relatively flimsy nests from sticks and other debris, which may be placed in trees, on ledges, or on the ground, depending on the species. They lay one or two eggs, and both parents care for the young, which leave the nest after seven to 28 days. Unlike most birds pigeons produce “crop milk” to feed to their young, secreted by a sloughing of fluid-filled cells from the lining of the crop. Pigeons are considered disease-spreading birds, a pest. As pigeons breed throughout the year and reproduce quickly- this determined by the amount of food available to them. In past pigeons were involved in transmitting different diseases. Birds are pests due to different diseases with dropping accumulation, contamination of food products and unhealthy corporate image.

There are a number of spiders commonly found in Perth homes which vary from the nomadic huntsman spider to the less mobile redback spider. The redback spider and a number of other spider species can often be found under the eaves of a house or outside around vents and wood piles.

Health Issues

Spiders do not tend to bite unless they are provoked or handled. The two most common and dangerous species of spiders that attack with painful bites are the White Tail spider and the red back spider.

The ULV Ultra Low Volume treatment is the latest technique that can be used f to quickly control flying insects as well as certain crawling insects for internal areas Apart from killing by contact with crawling insects and flies; it is also effective to control cockroaches, fleas and bugs which is deeply entrenched in the structure of the building. This treatment will be able to reach cracks, services, and areas like crawl spaces attics, basements and all inaccessible areas during our normal spraying.

Fleas are blood-feeding parasites that are commonly found on household pets. The adult flea is an active pest usually found crawling amongst hair, fur and near a pet’s bed. Fleas also have the ability to jump large distances, up to 18cm, in search of a feed or new host.

Health Issues

As with most insect bites people generally only tend to have a mild reaction to a flea bite. Some people however can suffer allergic reactions and bites can remain irritated for several weeks. Fleas are also known to carry diseases which they spread by biting a new host. Fleas are also the most common cause of skin disorders for pets in Perth.

Cockroaches are insects of the order Blattaria or Blattodea, of which about 30 species out of 4,500 total are associated with human habitat. Among the best-known pest species are the American cockroach, Periplaneta americana, which is about 30 mm (1.2 in) long; the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, about 15 mm (0.59 in) long; the Asian cockroach, Blattella asahinai, also about 15 mm (0.59 in) in length; and the Oriental cockroach, Bla Due to their movements through various habitats, including refuse heaps and sewers, they are capable of transmitting diseases to man, including: salmonella bacteria (food poisoning) and many forms of viruses.

Provincial Pest Control (PPC) Provides Guaranteed Control of all these Pests listed below:

• Centipedes
• Millipedes
• Earwigs
• Sowbugs
• Carpenter Bees
• Ground Beetles
• Box Elder Beetles
• Carpet Beetles
• Pillbug
• House Flies
• Phorid Flies
• Stored Product Pest

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