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Bedbugs are horrible little creatures. Even I don’t like them. The reality is most likely that it won’t happen to you, but for Gold Coast Hotels motels and Air BNB sites, this is a risk you take. Gold Coast body corporates should take note. Bedbugs Burleigh heads and Bedbugs Tweed are on the rise. With...

Firstly, STOP. Stop poking around looking for them. And do not spray them with Mortein. Put the Mortein down and step away from the temptation. If you have disturbed them or broken open the area they are in, cover it up with tape and leave it to the experts.  Now call Dan Purkis Pest Control...

Now with the new Covid-19 closures of restaurants and cafes’ there is less rubbish bins at the back of shopping centres in and other commercial type places, so the rats and mice that have been frequenting these places as their main food source are now looking for food in other places and the most common...

I had a customer in Currumbin waters this week tell me that “termites can’t eat my house; it’s up on steel posts?” Think again mate. This picture was taken in Burleigh Heads on the Gold Coast these termites wanted to eat his house real bad. If you look at the beam they are entering and...

With all this lovely rain we have been having we have noticed an increase in call outs for rodents Gold Coast. We have had them in sports clubs eating the lolly bags mads up for the kids soccer on Saturday morning and helping themselves to the fruit bowl on the bench in a home in...

This time of year there are many opportunities and reasons to call your Dan Purkis Pest Control pest expert. I had a call from Lucy in Helensvale who had a large infestation of mosquitoes and the whole family were coming to the house for Christmas lunch outside! Although she called me the day before to...

Christmas is the busiest season for the team here at DPPC. The weather is hot this year and the pest control Gold Coast is going Crackers! (Pun intended) Yes, it’s that time where you want the bugs gone before all the relatives arrive. The last thing you want is a troop of ants carrying away...

Was your Gold Coast house built pre – 2000 if so it’s most likely you don’t have termite protection around your home, and on the Gold Coast that can be risky. The Gold Coast is like a holiday resort for Termites. The weather and the scenery are good and the buffet (your house) is open...

Ok, so its summertime again and i get a phone call from a local Gold Coaster. It’s Shazza (not her real name) she lives in Burleigh heads and she has flying termites and she is worried by morning her house will look like a beaver dam. Good thing for Shaz, that’s not the case. Flying...

This time of year on the Gold Coast we have alot of calls (usually after hours) when customers find flying termites in their house. Its usally on a windy day/night and coming into christmas this can be quite common in Mermaid beach. These Gold Coast Termites are called Alates and are the reproductive termite that...