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Natraspray’s services

Our services include treatments for Cockroaches – Spiders –
Fleas – Silverfish – Ants – Wasps etc. for all Household, Domestic &
Commercial premises. Natraspray is licensed in all aspects of Termite
Services, including Termite & Pre-Purchase Property Inspections,
Treatments & Protections. We are accredited Installers of Exterra
Termite Baiting System and TimberSafe $100,000 Termite Warranty.

Our friendly staff are only too happy to answer any questions you may
have regarding your pest problem.

Protecting Your Home Against Termites

Protecting Your Home Against Termites
(Want to learn more CLICK HERE)

Many people fail to realise, until it’s too late, the extensive amounts of damage that termites cause to modern homes. Since they remain concealed in the wood, and enter your home through underground leads, it is often not until the damage is extensive, and timbers collapse, that you realise you have a problem. Termites, or white ants as they are commonly known, cause serious structural damage to timber and other cellulose-based products. The most common species, Coptotermes acinaciformis, is in fact the most destructive termite species in the world.

Studies have revealed that as many as 1 in every 5 homes are attacked at some stage during their lives by this ruinous insect. Clearly it is important to take every action possible to prevent their menace. The most commonly encountered termites are subterranean termites. Living in large underground nests they travel through the soil and then build mud tunnels to gain access to the timber in your home. Once inside, the worker termites chew up the timber to feed the nest. This frequently leaves timbers hollow inside and structurally unsound.

Termite protection / Pre Purchase Inspection

An extensive Australian Standard (AS3660-1993 Protection of buildings from subterranean termites) deals with protecting homes from termite attack. This standard provides minimum guidelines for homeowners, builders and pest controllers on termite control and prevention. The Building Code of Australia, which is administered by local government authorities, requires that various measures be taken when your home is built.

In the past highly persistent organochlorin pesticides were sprayed underneath slab on ground homes. Organochlorins have been withdrawn from use, due to community and environmental concerns, and replaced with more acceptable alternatives. Applied correctly these alternative control agents will help protect your home from future attack. Termites may still gain entry though if you don’t take basic steps to help maintain the defences to your home that have been put in place by your Termite Engineer.

How you can help ensure your home remains safe?

1. Always follow the guidelines and recommendations issued by your builder and Termite Engineer. They are designed to ensure maximum protection.

2. A termite barrier abutting the perimeter walls of your home is essential to protecting your home. You must avoid disturbing this barrier. If it is disturbed then entry by subterranean termites is possible. If you have not had this barrier applied yet then your home remains fully exposed to future destruction by termites.
Any termite protection program can be rendered ineffective if building alterations or
additions are made. The construction of pergolas, awnings, veranda’s, etc can provide a route of entry into the protected property.

How you can help ensure your home remains safe? (Continuation)

3. With concrete slab homes it is important that you ensure the edge of the slab is left exposed and that the weep holes in between the bricks, found immediately above the slab, are also left exposed. By building up gardens or soil levels over the edge of the slab, termites can gain undetected entry into your home and breach the established barriers.

4. With suspended floor homes any material that may be conducive to termite infestation, including any form-work, timber, tree stumps and similar materials must be kept out of the subfloor and away from the external walls of your home.

5. Ensure that termite shielding is not damaged or breached in any way (metal strips around the foundation). Termite shields do not prevent termite entry. They do force termites out into the open so as they can be detected by regular inspection.

6. Ensure leaking taps, showers, pipes, etc under the home or adjacent to it are immediately repaired in order to reduce moisture levels in the sub floor.

7. Ensure that vents to sub-floor areas are never blocked. These keep the subfloor dry so termites are not attracted to the area.

8. Do not use untreated timbers to form garden beds or retaining walls, as these will attract termites.

If you intend to make changes that may affect the protection of your home, as mentioned above, then ensure you contact your Termite Engineer first.

Concrete paving is a great idea!

You can greatly enhance the security of your home by constructing a one metre wide concrete path, around the entire perimeter of your home. If installed correctly, termites will have to build a mud tube across the pathway to gain entry and can then be easily dealt with.

The path, however, must be protected first. This is done through the installation of a soil barrier system by your Termite Engineer.

Regular inspections (Want to learn more CLICK HERE)

The Australian Standard and the Australian Building Standards Advisory Council recommend inspections at least every 12 months. Your Termite Engineer will perform this inspection for you.

He will perform a thorough survey of your property, including the garden area and trees where termite nests may be found, and provide you with a full written report detailing the results of his inspection. Appropriate recommendations on treatment and measures you should take to help endure the security of your home will be outlined.

If you find any evidence of termites, damaged timbers, mud workings, then immediately contact your licensed Termite Engineer.

Do not disturb the workings in any way. Left undisturbed your Termite Engineer will be better able to tailor an eradication program to suit your home.

Bug Eater

Introducing the BUG EATER which is available from Natraspray Pest Control. The Bug Eater uses an irresistible black light, which attracts flying pests from one direction and is effective for 1/3 acre or more. The 8 watt bulb is calibrated to 350 nanometres that has a different spectrum. It is specially designed and manufactured to attract blood sucking mosquitoes, sandflies, midges, fleas, coddle moth (lawn grub), black and Christmas beetles etc.

The design located patented fan creates a downdraft that pushes down on the water tray.
A squirt of household detergent to the water in the tray at the bottom of the unit is the knock out punch, drowning insects quietly with no zapping. When the tray is full, simply empty (to the birds or compost) and refill with water and detergent.

Eliminates:

Mosquitoes
Sandflies & Midge
Coddle Moth
Moths
Beetles
Weevils
Fleas
Flies (Indoors)
Funai Gnat

Suitable for:

Households
Camp Grounds
Agriculture
Horticulture
Food Outlets
Bee Farmers
Resorts & Hotels
Hydroponics
Hot houses

ENJOY YOUR OUTDOORS, CALL
NATRASPRAY PEST CONTROL
PH: 07 55 93 93 00

WILD MAY FRUIT FLY ATTRACTANT

WILD MAY FRUIT FLY ATTRACTANT
For Queensland Fruit Fly Control

The Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera Tryoni) is a native of the Australia bush and a serious insect pest which attacks a wide range of fruits and vegetables such as peaches, plums, tomatoes, capsicums and citrus to name a few. The Queensland Fruit Fly is wasp-like in appearance and about 7mm long; reddish brown with distinct yellow oval markings.

The female fly lays eggs in maturing and ripe fruit with larvae burrowing inside the fruit and destroying it. Fallen fruit generally contain fruit fly larvae which burrow into the ground and emerge as adult fruit flies. It is vital that fallen fruit should be collected and destroyed.

Fruit tree owners are responsible for ensuring fruit fly is controlled on their properties and failure to control Queensland Fruit Fly can lead to prosecution under the Plant Disease Act 1924 with fines of up to $11,000.
It is a major problem for home gardeners. However, most of us would prefer to reduce or avoid pesticide sprays on our food and in the environment.

The Wild May Fruit Fly Control System uses special lure to trap the male Queensland Fruit Fly (including immature males), thereby interrupting the reproductive cycle without sprays. The female has to mate to lay her eggs in the fruit so by taking out the male the female has to move on.

Four Traps per hectare is recommended. Place 20mm of the attractant in the base of the trap, hang in the garden or where ever you are experiencing them and watch the males fly in. By maintaining your Wild May traps throughout the year, you’ll be helping to protect your fruit crops and reduce the population in you district.

Wild May is pesticide free and BFA registered, so it’s allowable in organic systems.

The enemy

COCKROACHES

Australia has over 400 native species of cockroaches which are of no concern to the homeowner. There are six pest species, which apparently had their origin in tropical and subtropical Africa and now occur over most of the world. These pest species were introduced into Australia over the last 200 years and are the most often encountered household pests in Australia.

German cockroach (Blattella Germanica), this is one of the smaller cockroaches, amber-brown in colour and with two longitudinal dark stripes on the thorax. It is the most prolific breeder of the pest cockroaches, having four generations a year and taking only 40 days to mature from egg to adult during summer. German Cockroaches are usually found in kitchens behind and under stoves, dishwashers and sinks. During recent years microwave ovens and computers have had their electronic controls damaged by cockroaches that have been attracted to the warmth. When German cockroaches are seen in rooms other than the kitchen, it is likely that the population is very dense. The German cockroach is mainly introduced from eggs being attached to new products / appliances, from fridges, microwaves, right down to cardboard packaging from your local supermarket etc.

The other 5 pest species of cockroaches are – American Cockroach (Peroplaneta Americana) live both indoors and outside depending on conditions. Australia Cockroach (Periplaneta Asutralasiae) favours warmer climates and occurs mostly outside. Brownbanded Cockroach (Supella Longipalpa) is likely to be found in homes, hotels or apartments, rather than commercial stores, restaurants or kitchens. Smokybrown Cockroach (Periplaneta Fuliginosa) is found in roof voids of houses, walls and subfloor areas. Oriental Cockroach (Blatta Orientalis) is found in cooler climates, it lives under litter and garden mulch where vegetation decay occurs.

Cockroach eggs are encapsulated in a purse-shaped egg case which can not be penetrated by pesticides. These eggs, depending on the species, can contain between 12 and 40 eggs. If your home is dense with cockroaches it may need a Re-Spray within 14 days at a addition cost to control the breeding cycle. Natraspray will then return within 14 days of the first initial treatment and use a product formulated in a gel and applied as drops to carefully selected areas. Cockroaches are attracted to the gel and feed upon it. It is also taken back to their hiding places where other cockroaches consume it and die soon afterwards, this bait can only be applied by a licensed pest technician. Natraspray choose not to apply the gel with the spray, as the spray is a deterrent, where the gel is an attractant, therefore contradicting themselves. The gel can be used alone, but will take some months to kill most cockroaches present.

It is recommended to use a vacuum cleaner for the kitchen cupboards, as cockroaches can survive on small amounts of food which may be left after sweeping or wiping. It is best to clean out your microwave, toaster and oven / stove after use. It is also recommended to clean up any dead cockroaches.

FLEAS

A flea cycle can last up to 3 weeks, so expect to experience fleas over this period. When we spray, we kill all the adult fleas, however, any flea eggs present will continue to hatch over this period. Once they come in contact with our product they will begin to die. When a flea problem exist within your home, the fastest possible elimination of all fleas is desirable. To help speed up this process it is recommended that you go over any carpeted / wood floor boards or rugs etc. with a broom or similar item, a few days after spraying. This simulates vibrations such as those caused by passing animals. These vibrations encourage the fleas to hatch. The sooner this happens the faster all fleas are eliminated from your home.

ANTS

When we have treated your home for ants we can eliminate the majority of them, but we cannot guarantee TOTAL elimination due to the nature of the insect, therefore, expect to see a few from time to time. We might be able to control one ant nest but think how many nest’s are around your home, controlling them all is almost impossible at present.

SPIDERS

Natraspray’s products have great affects on spiders, as with any insect, you are bound to see one or two, the majority of spiders around your home will die within 30min of being sprayed directly. Spiders that do not get sprayed will eventually come in contact with the product which will take effect on the spider, causing death. It is important that the spider webs be left alone before getting a pest control treatment done. Many spiders only come out at night, which means during the day they hide in gutters, gaps etc. When we treat your home we spray the webs causing the web to obtain our product. When the spider comes out at night, its own web kills it. Spider webs can be removed 7 days after the initial pest control treatment. Please Note: Natraspray can not control spiders that throw their webs from trees (Southern Cross etc) to your home, as they are not coming in contact with the product, unless the web is sprayed.

SILVERFISH

Silverfish are primitive insects which belong to the insect Order Thysanura. Several species enter houses and infest areas where starchy materials such as paper, books and fabric are stored. They also occur in roof cavities. They are often found in baths and sinks, for they cannot climb smooth surfaces. Inspecting goods brought into the home such as second hand books, fabrics and cardboard boxes etc. may help avoid infestation. Natraspray offer a ceiling treatment at an addition cost to control silverfish. We use a dust form product which only affects insects in the ceiling. This product is blown into the ceiling using an electric duster. This treatment also works on Redbacks dropping down from lights.

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