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This blog helps us and our customers by providing a link to more in-depth articles about items that might be of interest. If you’re looking for advice on how to get rid of bed-bugs, rats, fleas, ants, borer, flies, wasps or cockroaches, these articles might be helpful.
If you need further help to get rid of some unwelcome visitors at your place, feel free to give the Bug King team a call.
Do electronic rodent repellers work?
Do those ultrasonic things you plug in the wall work? People often ask our team at Bug King about using those ultrasonic things you plug in the wall to get rid of rats, mice and unwanted insects. And no, we don’t use them. Why not? Because electronic rodent repellers...
Why do rats chew on water pipes?
Rats chew pipes because they're poisoned - or not? We sometimes get asked about rodent baits and water. Clients have been told, or have read, that poison baits make rats and mice thirsty and that they will gnaw pipes to get at the water to drink. Well, this is not...
Best way to get rid of mice
Getting rid of mice Heard scurrying sounds in the middle of the night? It’s most probably mice. If you’re a mouse, there’s nothing nicer than a warm hot water cupboard, or a cosy nest in the pile of shopping bags in the pantry, and as temperatures drop over winter,...
Talking about the Auckland rat problem
Rats in New Zealand Rats are a problem in Auckland. Rats can transmit diseases and destroy property. They pose a major risk to our environment, economy, health and wellbeing. Rodent control is one of the most common enquiries we get at Bug King, particularly over...
A Day in the Life.
The fascinating adventures of a female house mouse. We're getting an extraordinary number of calls regarding mice this winter. As the day ends, a 6-month old female mouse, which in mouse years is late middle age, slowly wakes from her afternoon sleep and stretches in...
Ants with wings?
But ants don't have wings, do they? If not, then what are all these dead bugs on my windowsill? Those are ants on your windowsill and they do have wings, here's why. I have white-footed house ants living in the wall of my home. They very rarely come inside and they're...
Arrghhh cockroaches. What will the neighbours think?
Relax, it's probably not as bad as you think.... Because not all cockroaches are equal. There's two distinct categories, indoor and outdoor cockroaches. Indoor cockroaches The nasty little buggers that live in your kitchen behind the fridge and think nothing of...
3 Bombs and Still Got Fleas
Do flea bombs work? Ummm, no. So tell me why! Why aren't these damn flea bombs working? Well, it's all to do with the flea life-cycle. The flea life-cycle When we think of fleas, what immediately comes to mind are those little black critters that...
Getting Rid of Bed-Bugs?
It's not a goodnight, I'm not sleeping tight. Is it bed-bugs that bite? I've heard a lot about bed-bugs recently. Have I got them? First things first. Let's see if you're in a high-risk category. Do you live in an inner-city apartment? Have you been overseas recently...