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General Pest Control Treatments Near You

Kuala Lumpur food stall owner greeting a customer

When it comes to human illness and building structural damage, common pests are the infamous culprits. One the world’s deadliest animals - the mosquito - is tiny but should not be taken lightly. According to the World Health Organization, mosquitoes cause around 725,000 deaths annually. In Malaysia alone in 2019, there are 130,000 reported dengue cases according to the Ministry of Health Malaysia.

Broadly speaking, if you live near common breeding grounds and food sources of pests, there is a chance that your home or workplace will be visited by these creepy crawlies. Rodents and cockroaches tend to appear in unhygienic environments that also provide a food source such as local restaurants and rubbish dumps, while mosquitoes and termites would generally be found closer to forested areas and clogged drains, where sources of wood and stagnated water are aplenty.

Termites for instance, can make an appearance in urban areas where houses were built on top of or beside forests. If your neighbors’ home structure is old and unknowingly infested with them, they could spread to your house. Termites could sneak in with your purchased furniture, or they may have been lying in wait underground all these while.

Even though the local city council or ministry of health may have general plans to keep certain pests at bay, it is not enough to ensure that your own homes and workplaces are safely taken care of. The easiest way to treat pest problems are at the beginning signs of an infestation before the pest population increases to high infestation levels. Therefore it is highly important to call in pest management services if you notice signs of infestations as soon as possible so it doesn’t spread quickly causing further health risk and structural damages. Engaging with a pest control professional will save you time and headache as our trained technicians will be able to identify target areas to work on, in the safest way possible for your family and pets.

Malaysian family having a meal at home, after house has been safely treated for pest infestation

example of shops in Petaling Jaya where regular pest control maintenance can keep pest populations down

Are Pest Control Treatments Safe?

Treatments are safe for most cases except when there are babies below 2 years old, pregnant ladies or individuals that are allergic to insecticide present. For the above cases, it is always recommended to use a gel baiting method, where there will not be any insecticide particles flying in the air, so therefore it is very safe for them.

For food industries, Vacpest has chosen a nontoxic spray method to kill crawling insects such as cockroaches. Gel baiting is also a good method to treat certain pests such as common ants.

Disinfection and Sanitization Services for Covid-19

With Covid-19 causing issues worldwide, Vacpest can provide disinfectant services for both residential and commercial premises to help with infection control.

Vacpest uses Ministry of Health (MOH) Malaysia grade recommended disinfectants or quality Australian products that destroys pathogens on surfaces and leaves a long-lasting sanitizing and protective coating for 30 days. Let us take care of keeping your premises clean, so you can put your mind at ease.

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Mosquitoes

According to the World Health Organisation mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest animals, contributing to 725,000 deaths per year.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that Aedes eggs are very hardy. They stick to the walls of a container or other breeding ground and can survive without drying out for up to 8 months.

How can you tell if you’ve been bitten by a mosquito carrying the dengue or malaria virus?

Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, are carriers of the dengue virus. Common symptoms of Dengue fever typically last 2 - 7 days. Below are the signs for dengue fever:

Eye pain, muscle pain, bone pain, joint pain headache, rash, nausea / vomiting, abdominal pain, fever

Malaria is caused by Anopheles mosquitoes. The classic malaria attack symptoms last 6 - 10 hours. It consists of

A cold stage: sensation of cold shivers and chills
A hot stage: fever, headaches, vomiting; seizures in young children
And finally a sweating stage: sweats, return to normal temperature, tiredness

Despite council fumigations to reduce the number of mosquitoes in your area, it is advisable to engage in pest control services if you live in high risk areas, typically near dense forest areas, or clogged drains and stagnated water sources.

Bed Bugs

Bedbugs have become a serious issue in the Malaysian region especially in the recent 10 years when the cost of travelling is cheaper.
Humans are always the preferred host of bed bugs and they tend to feed on bare skin while the host is resting. And when the host moves around from place to place, they unwittingly spread bed bugs to other places.

If you experience itchiness when sleeping, look out for these signs for bed bugs infestation:

Blood stains on your bed sheets or pillowcases.
Bed bugs fecal spots, egg shells around or under the bed, sofa or other bed bugs common hiding place.
An offensive, musty odor from the bug’s scent glands.

Adult bed bugs are visible to the naked eye, being around the size of an apple seed. They are usually brown or reddish-brown in colour. Younger bed bugs however might be trickier to spot, as they are smaller, whitish-yellow and translucent, unless they’ve recently had a meal.

As bed bugs can be transferred to other surfaces, they may also find second homes in travel luggage, carpets, sofas, curtains, and even cupboards or drawers where clothes or bedding are kept. Our pest control technicians can best advise the methods and frequency to treat bed bugs when we do an on-site visit.

pest control can help with termite infestation problems in Penang and Ipoh

Termites

Termites are silent assassins that will damage your property without you noticing it.

Research shows that termites cause RM40 million worth of structural damages every year in Malaysia. In comparison, a chemical treatment cost is a fraction of that to keep your property safe for you and your family.

There are a few signs that show you may be under termite attack:

Termite mud tubes are the most common signs for house owners to know that they are having termite infestation.
Head Banging from termite (quiet clicking sounds). Termites communicate through banging their heads against the wood or shaking their bodies when the colony is disturbed to signal danger to the other termites.
Flying termites are usually the first sign for termite infestation. They are the swarmers or alates.
Some people misunderstand white color termites as ants. If you have milky white color insects which look like ants in your house, then you might have a termite problem.
Hollow timber or woods. Generally termites prefer to consume wood from the inside out.
Tight fitting doors and hard-to-open windows. There is a possibility that this is caused by the moisture that termite produce when they are eating and tunneling through door and window frames.

Rodents

Rats are considered as some of the most troublesome and damaging rodents found in urban and suburban areas. Common rats found in Malaysia are the Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) and Malayan house rat/roof rat (Rattus rattus diardii).

A female rat could give birth to 6-12 pups, in which they will reach sexual maturity at about 3 months. An average lifespan for a rat is about 1-2 years depending on conditions such as food source, harborage and predator. Rats can carry dangerous diseases, including the Leptospirosis bacteria, that can cause kidney and liver failure, and death.

cockroach problems cause unhygienic living conditions in Kuala Lumpur

Cockroaches

Cockroaches are well known nuisances. These hardy insects are dangerous because they are able to carry pathogens that cause allergies, diarrhea, dysentery and even hepatitis B antigen. And nothing is more terrifying or unwelcomed as a flying cockroach!

Different species have different preferences on harborage. American cockroaches generally prefer sewers or ditches. German cockroaches love hiding in cracks and crevices in cupboards or hypermarket cashier counters.

ant problems in Petaling Jaya a common pest control issue

Common Ants

For indoor building areas, ants are a common nuisance to most food and beverage industries or households. They are able to access a building through even the tiniest crack on the wall. They generally appear around food or water source areas.

For the garden area, weaver ants also known as kerengga ants live in trees. They are very aggressive towards humans when we walk past their territory. They will climb on or jump on the human body and start biting. They squirt formic acid that is secreted from their abdomen into the wound, making the bite doubly painful.

house flies are a disease carrying pest in Selangor

Common Flies

House flies are able to transmit over 100 pathogens such as common bacteria (cholera, typhoid) or parasites (amoeba) through its waste, feces or just by physical contact.

Adult flies are able to fly further, and often forage food far away from their nesting area. They tend to breed in decaying, fermenting or rotting organic material. Some of these places include:

Accumulated animal faeces
Rubbish heaps
Open drains or sewage sludge
Farms or fields that are heavily manured with organic matter such as dung, food waste and fish-meal
Accumulated rotting plant materials, like decaying grass clippings or compost heaps.

Cat Fleas, Dust Mites and Other Pests

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Ongoing Maintenance

If your premises requiring pest management are large commercial areas, for example hospitals, supermarkets, warehouses or construction sites; we highly recommend doing monthly maintenance checks so that pest population size can be reduced and managed.

Our highly skilled team at Vacpest specialises in commercial pest treatments. In order to provide a relevant proposal to tackle your pest issues, we usually do a site visit to first have a better understanding on what type of program is more suitable for you. From there we will then be able to assess and advise you on the required treatment methods and its frequency.

wet markets are a high risk area cockroach and rodent pest problem in Malaysia

At Vacpest we offer pest control services for both residential and commercial clients across Peninsula Malaysia. Contact us today to discuss your pest problems with us.