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Know what you're dealing with

Profiles of the 24 pests we deal with most in the Garden Route and Klein Karoo: how to recognise them, why they turn up and when it's time to call us. Not sure what you've found? WhatsApp us a photo.

How to identify a pest

Termite soldiers and workers in a mud nest

Wood destroyers

Subterranean termites

Mud tubes on walls, hollow skirtings, winged swarms after rain.

Harvester termite workers at a hole in sandy soil

Wood destroyers

Harvester termites

Bare patches in lawns and veld, small soil dumps at the holes.

Technician treating a wooden desk

Wood destroyers

Wood borer beetles

Small round exit holes and fine powder under old timber.

Small plain brown Argentine ant on pale sand

Crawling insects

Argentine ants

Long trails of small brown ants into kitchens after rain.

German cockroach on a white shelf with droppings

Crawling insects

German cockroaches

Small, fast and light brown, breeding behind fridges and stoves.

American cockroach on a kitchen sponge

Crawling insects

American cockroaches

Big reddish roaches from drains and manholes.

Fishmoth on a damp surface

Damp-room pests

Fishmoths

Silver, wriggling, eating paper and starch in damp cupboards.

Booklouse seen close up

Damp-room pests

Booklice

Tiny pale insects on books, walls and dry food in damp rooms.

Carpet beetle larva on wool

Carpet beetles

Hairy larvae eating wool carpets, clothes and stored blankets.

Millipede curled up on wood

Garden invaders

Millipedes

Curled black millipedes coming indoors in numbers after rain.

Grain sealed under fumigation sheets

Stored product pests

Weevils and pantry moths

Weevils in flour and pasta, moths in birdseed and grain.

Black rat on an old wooden plank

Roof rats

Scratching in the ceiling at night and droppings in the roof.

House mouse on the rim of a wheelie bin

House mice

Small droppings in drawers, nibbled packets, nests in insulation.

Close-up of adult bed bugs and pale eggs in a mattress seam

Bed bugs

Bites in rows and tiny dark spots on mattress seams.

Side view of a dark reddish brown flea on skin

Fleas

Itchy bites around the ankles and pets that won't stop scratching.

Plain reddish brown tick crawling on skin

Ticks

Ticks on dogs after walks in long grass and coastal bush.

Technician fogging a garden

Mosquitoes

Whining at night near vleis, lagoons and standing water.

Honey bees at a hive

Stinging insects

Honey bees

Swarms settling in walls, roofs, meter boxes and compost bins.

Yellow-and-black wasp on wood

Stinging insects

Wasps

Paper nests under eaves and wasps hanging around food.

Black button spider with red markings

Button spiders

Glossy dark spiders with red marks, in sheds and woodpiles.

Thick-tailed scorpion on a rock

Scorpions

Thick-tailed scorpions under rocks and in Karoo homes.

House fly on a ledge

House and blow flies

Flies at bins, kitchens and animal pens, maggots in waste.

Mole on a molehill

Moles and molerats

Mounds and raised tunnels across lawns and flower beds.

Proofing mesh around solar panels

Pigeons

Droppings on roofs and nests under solar panels and in gutters.

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