Pest Control Sydney

What is pest control?

Definition: The regulation or management of a species defined as a pest, usually a member of the animal kingdom that impacts adversely on human activities.

A pest is an animal or plant that can affect humans, their food or their living conditions.

Pests include animals that:

carry diseases and parasites
Attack and eat vegetable and cereal crops
Damage stored food.
Attack and eat farm and station animals.
Damage clothing
Damage buildings
Bite people.

Pest Control Sydney – Control of pests is essential to ensure people, their stock and food supplies are not destroyed or contaminated, and the health of humans is not put at risk.

Pest control is the control of pests and the methods taken to help reduce the number of pests to a level where the risk to people, their food and the environment is minimised.

What is the importance of pest control?

Pest control is the process of managing and eliminating pests designed to decrease pest levels. PNP pest control uses chemicals that are safe to be used around children and pets that help control, prevent and eliminate pests in residential and commercial properties. We are knowledgeable in environmental safety and our pest control programs are designed to protect and prevent pest infestations in an efficient & timely manner.

One major reason why pest control is important is for health reasons. Pests can carry serious diseases, one that we all learnt about in school is the Bubonic plague which caused the death of millions of people worldwide was carried by rats and other rodents.

Cockroaches and other pests also carry germs in their bodies that can be transmitted to people. Asthma in children has been linked to cockroach droppings.

Pests can also impact production of food supplies which is another reason why pest control is vital in agriculture.

Pests not only carry diseases that can impact your health their destruction to building structure should also be a concern to all home and business owners.

The final reason why pest control is important is simply to “keep up appearances”, who likes the sight of pests like cockroaches or rats running through their home or offices?

Common Pests and their breeding & living areas

Flies: breed in rubbish, food scraps, open septic tanks, under eaves, dirty benches and tables, lawn clippings and animal droppings
Cockroaches: Breed in rubbish, food scraps, dirty benches, drains, behind stoves, microwaves fridges, inside cupboards especially in the kitchen and bathroom, under floors of older houses.
Mosquitoes: Breed in cool, dark and damp places such as still water collected in discarded refrigerators, car tyres and tins, water storage tanks and bodies of water.
Fleas: are normally found on cats and dogs and need blood to breed. They can bite humans when there are no animals around. Many fleas are brought into houses attached on clothing. Normally found on cats and dogs
Mites: Live and breed on animals and people.
Rats and Mice: Breed and live on rubbish, exposed food, storage places, kitchen cupboards and holes in walls. Also, can be found in pipes, insulation, under buildings, in ceilings, wall cavities and in gardens.
Bed bugs: transported from place to place in or on a person’s luggage. They hide in cracks and crevices during the day where people sleep and will seek a blood meal by biting a person in their bed during the night. Bed bugs need a blood meal to mature into adults. Bites can be very itchy and if scratched can become infected.