If you’ve laid down a control barrier around your home to keep out termites, you may feel well protected. However, barriers can only keep termites out of your home if they can’t cross them or get through them. As an added precaution, be careful not to allow your garden plants or wood storage habits to act as a bridge that invites termites in. Be Careful What You Plant Beside External Walls…
Read More »Wasps are good animals for the ecosystem. As well as helping to keep the numbers of a whole range of other bugs down, they also help to pollinate plants. Without them, not only would many flowers not grow but other insects such as flies, spiders, gnats, mosquitos and more would be out of control, being their primary food source. Well-known for their often unjustified aggressive behaviour, European wasps, first introduced to Australia in 1977, often sting repeatedly.…
Read More »If you’ve noticed a large number of wasps buzzing around your garden or invading your home, you probably have an active nest nearby. Wasps don’t make good neighbours; they’re aggressive and can deliver a painful sting if you get too close to their nest. So, how do you get rid of them? Where to find wasp nests Wasps begin building their nests in late spring. The nests are constructed from cardboard, paper and wood mixed with the wasps’ saliva.…
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