Do you have an air conditioner or hot water service leaking next to your home?
One thing that the technicians here at Pestec are continuously amazed about, is the ability of termites to take advantage of small but regular water sources. When a hot water service is under heavy...
View ArticleTermites love to eat timber that is left next to a house!
Remove all timber from next to your house! At a house that I visited this week to carry out a quote for termite control, I saw this piece of timber which has been fixed in place since before the...
View ArticleTimber stored next to a house is a termite attack waiting to happen!
Many people will have no choice but to store things against the outside of their home. The problems with this are many fold. Even items such as tea chests, boxes, furniture or of course timber when put...
View ArticleBaiting for termites versus chemical treatments in Sydney
There is a lot of conjecture about the different types of termite treatments available. I would love to just make a couple of distinctions about the benefits of baiting as a method of long term termite...
View ArticleWhy are we so scared of spiders?
Why spiders? Why couldn't it be "follow the butterflies"? For some, the fear of spiders is innate and not learned. According to a duo of psychologists, spiders are an evolutionarily-persistent...
View ArticleCan termites fly?
Can termites fly? Yes they can We are often asked by our customers whether termites fly. The answer is not all the time, and not all of them. When a termite colony reaches maturity, which is usually...
View ArticleSpring has come to Sydney and wasps are out in numbers already
The change of weather from winter to spring has brought about a seemingly rapid change in activity in the pest world. Many people are reporting an upsurge in all manner of flying insects, not the...
View ArticleTermites are flying now in Sydney
With the recent hot weather termites are flying a little earlier than normal this year. If you find a heap of small wings in cobwebs around lights or occasionally inside then its a good time to have a...
View ArticleEnormous termite nest found on outskirts of Sydney
Pestec technicians Andrew and Scott were dilligently undertaking an inspection of a property at The Oaks in western Sydney, finding termites in the home, they set about to find the termite colony that...
View ArticleMore termite alate (flying termite) photos
We are asked on a daily basis what do flying termites look like? Here are some more photos of them to help you identify them. If you have found some, feel free to send us a few photos and we should be...
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