| Damage |
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possible cause |
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to fabric ( clothing, books, paper, carpet etc. |
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clothes moth, carpet beetle,
silverfish |
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to materials in the form of irregular chew marks |
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rats,
mice,
cockroaches |
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to timber |
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"muddy" bits on surface of timber or gyprock. |
termites, |
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wasps
( mud), |
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mortar bees |
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soft or hollowed out timber |
wood decay, carpenter
ants, termites |
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small holes, powdery dust |
borers,
fungi, rot |
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to plastic or other material e.g. packaging |
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beetles, weevils |
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to electrical appliances or equipment , power
sockets, wiring |
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ants,
rodents,
cockroaches |
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Scratching or itching |
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(bird) lice, (dust) mite, hayitch mite, flea, bedbug, midges,
mosquito, paper lice, various flies |
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Stinging |
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spiders,
ants,
wasps,
bees, flies, mosquito, midges, ticks, lice, bugs |
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Noises and sounds |
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termites,
rodents,
cockroach.
wasps, bees,
flies, crickets, grass hoppers or flat battery in your smoke alarm |
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Smelly |
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rodents, birds, termites
or a dead animal |
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Mould, mildew, musty smell |
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Fungi
Note: usually a symptom of high moisture or humidity content, which in turn
encourages termites,
borers and
fungi.
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Silky material |
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webbing spiders,
beetles or weevils e.g. in food products, decay moth in decaying timber |
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Smudges, greasy marks |
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rodent,
possums, birds,
cockroaches |
For general information on the above problems, please refer to
the Heritage Pest Index
Or for more direct advice please contact us with any of your queries.
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