Religion Rabbits and Chocolate

Easter is here but have you ever stopped to think how in the world did we end up associating a rabbit with religion and the giving of chocolate eggs. Well if you search any religious texts from the Quran through to the Bible you won’t find any mention of rabbits delivering chocolate eggs, so if…

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The Company We Keep

In most cases a pest infestation, whether it is rodents, insects or birds etc. is normally an indication of other underlying issues. Most pests are opportunists in nature, some will seek out harbourage while others seek to be close to their food source and sometimes it’s a combination of both. But whatever the reason, a…

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Smoke and Mirrors, Insurance & Termites

Termites

There is a lot of confusion when it comes to termites and the risk they pose to your property. The statistics show that if you live on mainland Australia you have a 1 in 3 chance that termites are already busy in your garden doing what they do best, disposing of leaf litter and decaying…

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The merriest little beetle in the land, the Christmas Beetle

It’s that time of year again, when you can hear the faint jingling of sleigh bells and know that before long Christmas will be here. So I thought I would get into the festive spirit and blog about the merriest little beetle in the land, the Christmas Beetle. As the name suggests, these little beetles…

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All the buzz on Bee’s

Spring is here and that means “Viva la Revolution”, well in the bee world that is. In spring each year we see the mass exodus of bee’s from hives all throughout South Australia. This has a chain effect of causing our switchboard to go into meltdown, as we are inundated with inbound phone calls from…

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The Future is HERE

Murray Pest Control ute in car park

Sentricon Always Active As a family owned business, we understand that you are looking to protect not only your family but also your biggest financial investment, your home. We have all heard and seen the horror stories about how much damage termites can inflict on an unprotected building. With the day to day stresses, sometimes…

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Noises in the roof

As the temperature plummets, we naturally turn up the heat in our homes to escape the cold. Is it any wonder that some of our four legged friends also want to take advantage of our incessant need to stay warm and dry this winter, so they too decide to move into your roof voids and…

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The terror in the roof

Close up birds

As our cities and towns ever increasingly expand to cope with growth in our population, we are gradually encroaching further on our natural environment. This encroachment is diminishing suitable nest sites for our indigenous and non-indigenous bird life, forcing them to seek out alternative breeding sites. In most cases this will be the newly built…

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The March of the Millipede

Close up Millipede

As the name suggests, the Black Portuguese Millipede is a native of Portugal. It has been introduced from Portugal to several Atlantic islands as well as to South Africa and Australia. We don’t know how the millipede was introduced to Australia, but it first appeared in Port Lincoln, South Australia, in 1953, and has since…

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WASP WARS

Close up bees

We’ve all been there, sitting with family and friends, enjoying a nice relaxing afternoon BBQ only to have it interrupted by annoying European Wasps that seem to come out of nowhere. Soon enough more wasps from the colony join in and what was to be a nice enjoyable BBQ, soon turns into pandemonium with everybody…

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