Midge Removal Gold Coast
Midges Gold Coast
Despite their small size midges can be one of the hardest pests to avoid during the warmer months. Midges are active at dusk or dawn and will congregate in areas that are relatively still and without wind disturbance as well as being attracted by light.
Like mosquitos, midges have a nasty bite and if you have even walked into a swam of them you will know about it. Usually the bites cause an itchy welt on the skin and in rare cases sores may become infected putting our health at risk and piling up the medical bills. Fortunately, midges do not transmit disease to humans in Australia.
Your family doctor will be able to advise you on the suitability of insect repellents for short and long term use by members of your family ,and of course mosquito coils have some impact on midges. For the most effective chemical control of midges you will require the services of a licensed pest control expert such as Control Pest Management.
Midge Treatment Options
As well as taking care of midge locations our experts will apply residual pesticide, only available to Licensed Contractors, in the yard around your house using the barriers or harbourage method.
This treatment can reduce midge numbers for up to six weeks though not totally eliminate the pest. The pesticide is applied to house walls and screens, fences, shrubs and other foliage.
- Midges do not breed in the grass, trees or in soil or sand in the garden; they only harbour in these areas.
- They are not known to be vectors of any human disease in Australia.
- Only the female bites: she needs a blood meal to fertilize her eggs.
- Generation time (egg to adult) is probably no less than eight weeks.
- The adults are about 2 millimetres long, much smaller than the mosquito
- Biting midge numbers increase around the time of the full and new moons.
FAQs
Midges will stay in an environment where there is food, water and shelter. Unless you change these environments, they will stay. They are most active around dawn and dusk, and they can be hard to eliminate. Some methods of getting rid of midges include:
- Pick clothing that completely covers your skin.
- Apply insect repellent when you are outside.
- Use the air conditioning to deter them from entering buildings.
- Install small-mesh screens in windows to prevent them from entering.
If midges persist, it is best to use a professional pest technician to treat them. Our technicians will identify their source and determine whether a spray or fog treatment is necessary.
Midges can’t stand the smell of our pest technicians! Equipped with the correct chemicals and resources, we can eliminate them – call us today.
The most effective insect repellents contain diethyl toluamide (DEET) or picaridin. Alternatively, more natural repellents include eucalyptus, lavender or citronella oil that you can rub on your skin.
Midges can’t stand the smell of our pest technicians! Equipped with the correct chemicals and resources, we can eliminate them – call us today.
The most effective insect repellents contain diethyl toluamide (DEET) or picaridin. Alternatively, more natural repellents include eucalyptus, lavender or citronella oil that you can rub on your skin.
Midges typically come out from May until September. They are most active around dawn and dusk, however they have been known to bite throughout the night and on overcast days.
There is no need to suffer one day longer from those annoying midges when you can get Control Pest Management to manage your midges today.
For a complete listing of all the suburbs we cater for on the Gold Coast, please see below –
- Advancetown
- Alberton
- Arundel
- Ashmore
- Austinville
- Benowa
- Biggera Waters
- Bilinga
- Bonogin
- Broadbeach
- Broadbeach Waters
- Bundall
- Burleigh Heads
- Burleigh Waters
- Carrara
- Cedar Creek (part)
- Clagiraba
- Clear Island Waters
- Coolangatta
- Coombabah
- Coomera
- Currumbin
- Currumbin Valley
- Currumbin Waters
- Elanora
- Gaven
- Gilberton
- Gilston
- Guanaba
- Helensvale
- Highland Park
- Hollywell
- Hope Island
- Jacobs Well
- Kingsholme
- Labrador
- Lower Beechmont
- Luscombe
- Main Beach
- Maudsland
- Mermaid Beach
- Mermaid Waters
- Merrimac
- Miami
- Molendinar
- Mount Nathan
- Mudgeeraba
- Natural Bridge
- Nerang
- Neranwood
- Norwell
- Numinbah Valley
- Ormeau
- Ormeau Hills
- Oxenford
- Pacific Pines
- Palm Beach
- Paradise Point
- Parkwood
- Pimpama
- Reedy Creek
- Robina
- Runaway Bay
- South Stradbroke
- Southport
- Southern Moreton Bay Islands
- Springbrook
- Stapylton
- Steiglitz
- Surfers Paradise
- Tallai
- Tallebudgera
- Tallebudgera Valley
- Tugun
- Upper Coomera
- Varsity Lakes
- Willow Vale
- Wongawallan
- Woongoolba
- Worongary
- Yatala
