Common House pests include poisonous spiders, bees, ticks, bedbugs, fleas, lice, cockroaches, mosquitoes, termites, flies, moths and so on. And other things such as scorpions, centipedes and snakes can be seen occasionally, but not very often.
The primary condition for pest control is good weather!
It would be better to be the sunny day a few days before and after doing pest control, so medicaments can have sufficient time to adhere to the place such as wall, and make the effect adequately. If it is cloudy or rainy, or if the walls are damp, the medicine will be diluted or washed away by rain.
In addition, it is not recommended to do pest control in the early morning, because there will be dew in the early morning. After all, Australia has a maritime monsoon climate. So what is the necessary equipment for pest control?
Three kinds of pesticides
Quick-acting insecticide is the common insecticide spray, and you can commonly buy a big bottle less than $10 at the supermarket. It is widely applicable to most insect and arachnid species. However, the efficacy is short, and only the toxic insects in front of you can be sprayed. They should be placed in a convenient place that is easy to find in the house.
Permanent effect pesticide is commonly valid for 3 months or more, and it is the barreled spray that adds manual pump including indoor and outdoor use, and some types can be used both indoor and outdoor. Spraying of Windows, corners and floor lines inside and outside the house on a regular basis can greatly reduce the threat of pests.
Fumigation type is generally called control bomb, and each room depending on the size needs to be prepared 1-2 cans, and the room number equals to the number of cans, so the cost is quite high (in fact, if the house is bigger, then the cost would be less than $100, which is much cheaper than the professional pest control). For the house with more serious pest, the pesticide can be used regularly. It is common to press the fixed button, the medicine bottle can release spray automatically all the time, and the person needs to leave quickly and close the door and windows a few hours to let medicine fumigate the pest of whole room.
Back sprayer
Generally, 20L is enough. It is available on ebay and the brand is unlimited.
Concentrated insecticide
This kind of insecticides can be purchased on ebay, Bunnings, etc. But be sure to check the drug's deworming rate and blending ratio. If it's your first purchase, you could ask the staff, or Google.
Blending ratio is generally 1:100, that is, 200ml concentrated insecticide will blend with 20L water, if a barrel of concentrated insecticide is 5L, once a year to do pest control, it can be used for 25 years.
Protection
When you do pest control by yourself, be sure to pay attention to the protection of important parts of your body, such as eyes, mouth, etc. Therefore, goggles and masks are necessary. When buying masks, please pay attention to the mask grade and buy GP1 at least. Others such as hats, gloves and so on can be used depending on the situations.
Specific implementation processes and clean all the corner pockets
Before you officially join the fight against insects, mix the medicine in proportion and wear protective equipment, and then you can start to fight against all kinds of insects and ants.
When spraying drugs, pay attention to the drug coverage. For example, the drug should cover at least 15-30cm above the ground in the corner.
You also have to spray all round the window, and please close the window before spraying, in case that the medicine is sputtered indoor.
Doors and exterior walls can be sprayed if necessary. After spraying, a protective layer will be formed on the surface of the wall to prevent insect erosion.
When you do pest control by yourself, some of the dead corners of the house need to be paid attention. For example, the corner of the courtyard many sundries piled up, the back side of the air conditioner, the back side of the hot water tank, the side under the eaves, and the side under the windowsill and so on.
After spraying the outside of the house, it can be transferred to the inside of the house. Because there are so many obstructive factors such as interior furniture and so on, more corner pockets are caused normally, for example, the bottom of the bed, the back side of the toilet, the bottom of the wall and closet, conduit, and the back side of the sink and so on.
Of course, garage cannot be ignored while doing indoor pest control, for example, garage door roll, roll door groove, all around about the garage top and all corners.
After that, a basic set of DIY pest control work is completed! After spraying medicaments, the common protective period is about 6 to12 months, depending on the region precipitation and specific medicaments.
