Why a field guide
Plenty of New Zealanders searching about pests aren't ready to ring anyone yet. There's a spider on the bedroom wall, scratching in the ceiling, or small holes and fine dust under the floorboards, and the first question is what on earth it is. So the site starts there: drawings of what turns up in New Zealand homes, the signs each one leaves, and the part of the house it likes.
Once you know what you've got, the next question is who deals with it. That's the other half of what we do.
One business, not a ring-around
Only one local pest business gets your number. We'd rather pass your job to the one business suited to it than have five people ringing you. We pass your enquiry to one local pest business that handles exactly this. They quote, do the work and deal with you directly.
What's not our job
We don't do pest work, sell pest products or recommend chemicals. We don't rank businesses or publish prices, and we don't promise results. When a job really belongs with someone else, we say so: a beekeeper for a swarm, or MPI if you think you've seen termites.
How we write
Every rule, number and season here comes from a public source we can point to: Health New Zealand, DOC, MPI, Tenancy Services, Te Papa and others. Each page lists its sources at the foot, and our editorial policy explains the rest.
