Rodents, cockroaches and insects take refuge in people’s homes while mozzies ‘breed like crazy’, pest experts warn
Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAPPhotograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAPIn the 30 years Tommy Horozakis has owned his pest control business, he struggles to recall another time like now.
“We also found three funnel webs in a man’s pool in the Blue Mountains. They look dead, but they’re alive.” “Insects tend to be pretty localised … If local conditions are good, they increase in numbers; if local conditions are bad, then they decrease in numbers,” he said. Horozakis has six cars on the road seven days a week to keep up with the demand in Sydney. He said it was important people remembered “to make sure bins are not overflowing, the lids are closed, and no rubbish is left out”.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning
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