Blog entries

Tips and how to control bed bugs

John Paton — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:45:44 +0100

Do you remember your Mum saying “Don’t let the bed bugs bite?”

Well bed bugs are more and more common in our cities and with international travel being a leading cause together with our fondness for second hand furniture then the bed bugs may indeed bite!

The size of an apple seed, bed bugs are wingless, oval and flat wi...

Commercial Pest Control - Expert Tips

John Paton — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:30:09 +0100

You own a busy restaurant. I know how much work this entails because I ran restaurants in England back in the late 70s until I entered pest control in the late 80s.

It is Friday afternoon. The mercury hovers around 30c and you are feeling tired after a busy lunch and you still have a fully booked Friday night, a wedding on Saturday an...

Ant Control - Tips and Techniques

John Paton — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:24:44 +0100

What do ants eat? If we know what they eat then we can target that type of food with baits. The baited food is then taken back to the nest and over time the nest is eliminated. This is an important consideration for effective ant control.

There are two main types of food that ants are attracted to - sweet foods or carbohydrates and prot...

Are Wasps Pests? Tips on Wasp Control

John Paton — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 00:54:51 +0100

Wasps are considered pests to us because they can sting us and cause us some anxious moments when they are flying around us on a Summers Day. This is especially true when there are small children around.

But actually wasps perform some valuable functions. Although much of the pollination that happens on Planet Earth is done by bees, some species of wasps help pollin...

Why are Cockroaches considered Pests? Cockroach Control.

John Paton — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:31:03 +0100

Why are Cockroaches considered Pests?

Cockroaches have been around a lot longer than humans - the earliest Cockroach fossils date back 350 million years! We on the other hand have been around for only 200,000 years.

However Cockroaches are considered Pests to us and this is due to a number of factors.

Unfortunately, we have ...

Welcome to Jim's Pest Control's blog

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:05:09 +0100

Thank you for Visiting Jim's Pest Control Australia. We would like to welcome you to our blog, an information source for pest control.