Pest control in Altona runs with the seasons. Ants push indoors after the first warm rain in October and keep coming until April. Spiders climb out of winter cover from spring; redbacks settle into switchboard boxes, letterboxes and the gaps in brick fences, and white-tails start wandering inside on warm nights. European wasps build through summer and are at their most aggressive from February to April, when a nest in a retaining wall or under the deck has thousands of workers. Fleas run from November, worst in homes with a dog or cat and in rentals that stood empty. Cockroaches breed hardest through late summer; German cockroaches in kitchens, the big outdoor species from the stormwater drains after rain. Rodents are the winter pest: from April the nights cool and rats and mice move into roof voids, sheds and wall cavities.
We plan the run around that calendar. Spring is the time for the annual general treatment and a spider treatment together. Late summer is wasp season and the fortnight after the first cold snap is rodent season. Termites work all year round in the sandy, damp ground near the bay, so a termite inspection is booked on its own rhythm, once a year for most houses in Altona and the suburbs around it.
Ring +61 3 7053 9853 and tell us what you are seeing. We will say whether it needs a treatment now or whether it can wait for the next scheduled visit.