Despite the availability of a plethora of traps and baits, rodents rank within the top five pests by volume of work.
Pest rodents are the fourth-ranked top pest by volume of work, so why are rats and mice still such a focus of effort?
Enough bait and traps have been sold in the past decade alone to kill millions of these pests, and no secrets exist in the life cycles of these animals, or in understanding their simple requirements for food and shelter.
Attack Pest Control have been taking an increased number of calls regarding ant infestations in recent weeks.
Peridomestic cockroaches include all of our common large cockroaches such as the American cockroach, but also some smaller species, such as the Asian cockroach.
The incidence of calls regarding bed bug infestations has risen over the last year. Calls are being received from five-star city hotels to council estates, all in dire need of a bed bug exterminator.
An apartment dweller can clean up after every meal, vacuum religiously and dust every conceivable crack and nookie in their home but bugs can still inevitably invade their personal space, and it isn't just those tenacious cockroaches that are to blame.
House sparrows can be difficult birds to control, in part because of their high reproductive capacity. A female house sparrow averages three to five broods per year with four to seven eggs per brood. In other words, she can generate about 25 young per year.
