Logan's own rules and habits
Mosquitoes are a legal duty
Under Queensland's Public Health Regulation 2018, Logan City Council says you must prevent mosquitoes breeding on your property. The council treats public sites: parks, roadside drains and ponding water from high tides and rain.
The rainwater tank rule
All Queensland tanks need mosquito-proof screens or flap valves on every opening, including overflows. Screen mesh has to be 1 millimetre or less.
How little water it takes
As little as 100 ml can produce up to 400 adult mosquitoes, the council says. That's less than a cup, left in a saucer or a toy truck.
Water runs through everything
The Logan and Albert rivers are the major waterways, and most large creeks, including Slacks, Scrubby, Quinzeh, Chambers and Undullah, feed the Logan. About 200 wetlands sit inside Logan's parks.
How far termites travel
Logan City Council says termites will forage up to 80 metres from their nest, so a colony doesn't need to start on your block to find it. They eat anything with cellulose in it: wood, paper, cardboard, bark, even grass.
The council's advice is prevention. Keep gardens off the walls, keep firewood away from the house and garage, fix leaking pipes and poor subfloor ventilation, and check second-hand timber and furniture before it comes inside. Termite-resistant materials help, but it warns they won't stop termites getting in.
If you find mud tubes or hollow timber, don't disturb them. A routine termite inspection shows what's there. In Queensland, that work needs a pest management licence and a QBCC termite licence.
Rodent control in a creek city
The Queensland Government's advice for rats and mice is to contact a pest control business. On a typical job, the technician looks for droppings and gnaw marks, works out how they're getting in, then sets bait stations (locked boxes that hold rodent bait) or traps. Ask what the follow-up visit covers, and how they'll keep bait away from kids and pets.
Fire ants go to the state
Anyone who suspects fire ants in Queensland must report them to Biosecurity Queensland within 24 hours. That's the law, and it's a report rather than a pest job, so our form doesn't take it.
Worth asking a Logan pest business
- What's the full name of the product you'd use?
- Which licences do you hold for termite work?
- What does your written report include?
- What should we do differently around the house afterwards?
Our pick for a Logan block
Check the tank screens and tip out anything holding water this weekend, because that one's the law as well as good sense. Then book a termite inspection if it's been a while. If you've seen something else, tap it with your postcode.
Want someone to look at it?
Tell us what you've seen and your postcode, and a local pest business that handles exactly that calls you to talk it through.
