Do I need a termite inspection after the flood?

If floodwater surrounded or covered your internal floors, yes: the QBCC says to check your termite management system for damage. A termite inspector can tell you whether the barrier or bait system needs work.

Is a pest inspection for buying a house different?

Yes. It's a timber pest inspection done before you're committed, and it sits beside a separate building inspection. Our pre-purchase guide explains the difference.

What if I see small, stripy bees I don't recognise?

Bundaberg is well outside the known Asian honey bee area around Cairns, so a suspected sighting here has to be reported to Biosecurity Queensland within 24 hours. A European honey bee swarm resting on a branch is usually one for a local beekeeper.

Do you cover Gin Gin, Childers and the coast?

Tell us your postcode with what you've seen, and we look for a pest business that covers it. Coverage outside the city depends on which businesses work there.

Pest control Bundaberg: termites, tanks and mosquitoes

What's different in Bundaberg

The March 2026 flood

After the flood, Bundaberg Regional Council officers carried out mosquito larvicide treatments in Bundaberg Central, Bundaberg East and Bundaberg North. That's where the council worked, not a list of every street that took water.

Rainwater tanks

The council warns that an unscreened tank, or one with a damaged screen, lets female mosquitoes in to lay eggs inside it.

The dengue mosquito, out of town

Aedes aegypti, the dengue mosquito, has been found in Gin Gin and Childers. The council also notes that Ross River and Barmah Forest viruses are the most common mosquito-borne diseases in Queensland.

Termites found statewide

The subterranean termites that reach houses inside enclosed mud galleries, Coptotermes and Schedorhinotermes, occur throughout Queensland, as does the West Indian drywood termite.

If the water came inside

The QBCC's advice is direct: where flooding surrounded or covered the internal floors, check the termite management system for damage. A chemical barrier in the soil or a bait system can both be affected, and only an inspection will tell you.

Damp is the other half of it. The QBCC says termites seek moisture, so keep gutters clear, fix leaking pipes and taps, and lift wood off the ground near the house while the clean-up dries out.

Pest inspections in Bundaberg

People mean two different things by a pest inspection. One is a termite inspection of the house you live in: the QBCC suggests one every year, or more often where termites are busier. Our Bundaberg termites page explains what happens and what repairs after the flood can change.

The other is the timber pest inspection you get before buying, usually booked alongside a building inspection. That's on our Bundaberg pre-purchase page.

Your part, and the pest business's

You can

Check tank screens and inlets, and fix any holes.
Tip out buckets, toys and pot saucers every week.
Move wet cardboard, stored timber and flood debris away from the walls.
Find the termite notice in the meter box and note the system and date on it.

Leave to a pest business

A termite inspection after water reached the floors.
Checking whether a barrier or bait system needs attention.
Treating termites, cockroaches or rats once they've been found.

Our take on pests in Bundaberg

If the flood reached your floors, we'd put a termite inspection ahead of everything else this year, then sort out the tank screens. Tap Termites with your postcode when you're ready.

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.

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