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General Pests — Fabric Pests & Mosquitos

See also: Overview | Fleas & Spiders | Cockroaches & Rodents | Ants (Black & Brown) | Fabric Pests & Mosquitos | Bees & Wasps | Possums | Bed Bugs

We provide treatments for all pests using the safest methods.

Fabric Pests
The group of insects known as fabric pests include silverfish, clothes moths and carpet beetles. Except for silverfish, the main food sought by fabric pests is a protein substance called Keratin present in fibres of animal origin such as wool, and even human hair.

Silverfish prefer substances of plant origin such as cotton cellulose and starch. They can move extremely quickly when disturbed and are usually found in dark, undisturbed areas. They often turn up in cupboards, stored paper, bookshelves and even behind wallpaper that has peeled away. They do not carry disease organisms harmful to humans or domestic animals.

Carpet beetles are found in carpets, but also in woolen good, fur, silk, upholstery and stuffed animals. They are often found in undisturbed areas, such as below items of heavy furniture or carpet perimeters. Many synthetic and woolen carpets are now treated when manufactured to resist these pests. Adult beetles are even able to survive outdoors feeding primarily on flower nectar.

Less common than carpet beetles are clothes moths, although these fabric pests are often found in similar environments. Signs of an infestation include damaged material, cast larval skins, sand like larval droppings and small cocoons similar in colour to the infested fabric.

Mosquito

· The average lifespan of the female mosquito is 3 to 100 days; the male is 10 to 20 days.

· Mosquito adults feed on flower nectar and juices of fruits for flight energy. The female requires blood meal for egg development.

· Depending on species, female mosquitoes may lay 100 to 300 eggs at a time and may average 1,000 to 3,000 during their life span.

· The mosquitoes remain within a 1 mile radius of their breeding site.

· Several species of mosquito are known carriers of significant disease of man and domestic animals

· Worldwide, mosquito-born diseases kill more people than any other single factor. In the United States, mosquitoes spread several types of encephalitis, dog heartworm, and malaria.