Treatments
What we treat, and how each one is actually done
Each page sets out the species involved, the method that species requires, what it costs and where the common mistakes are.
Rodent Control
Auckland has three urban rodent species and they behave differently.
Read about it CockroachesCockroach Control
The species decides the treatment.
Read about it AntsAnt Control
The two ant species that cause most Auckland problems, the Argentine ant and the white-footed house ant, both form very large colonies with many queens and many nests.
Read about it WaspsWasp & Bee Nest Removal
Wasp nests are treated at the nest entrance, normally at dusk when the colony has returned, and a correctly treated Vespula nest is dead within about twenty-four hours.
Read about it FleasFlea Treatment
Only a small share of the fleas in an infested house live on the animal.
Read about it Bed bugsBed Bug Treatment
Bed bugs are not a hygiene problem and they are not cleared in one visit.
Read about it BorerBorer Treatment
Most borer holes in an Auckland house are older than the people living in it.
Read about it TermitesTermite Control
A good share of the termites Aucklanders report are really flying ants or borer, so we identify before anything else.
Read about it Spiders and fliesSpider & Fly Control
Most of the spiders on an Auckland house belong to two introduced web builders, the grey house spider and its black cousin, and treating the eaves, window frames and fences they web is what brings the rest down, white-tails included, because white-tails hunt them.
Read about itNot sure which
If you cannot tell what you have, that is normal
Identification is our job rather than yours, and it is the part that decides everything else. Describe what you have seen, heard or been bitten by, or send a photograph, and we will tell you what it is before anyone comes out.
Occasionally the answer is that you do not need a treatment at all, and we will say so.
Describe what you have seen
A photograph of the insect, the droppings or the damage is usually enough.
Monday to Friday 7.30am–6pm, Saturday 8am–2pm. Urgent wasp work is prioritised.
Not sure what you are dealing with?
Describe it, or send a photograph. Identifying it correctly is our job, and it is what decides the treatment.