Get ready for flurry of bugs

QUEENSLANDERS will have even more reason to hate cockroaches with weather conditions likely to spark a flurry of bugs in coming weeks.

The home of the dirty cockroach - NSW - is currently overrun by the creepy crawly and it’s likely Queensland will be next.

Australian Museum expert David Bock said the warm weather and humidity in NSW had created the ideal breeding conditions for creepy crawlies of all kinds, especially cockroaches.

Queensland pest controllers said they were typically busy at this time of year because of the state’s usual warm, humid weather.

However, Amalgamated Pest Control branch manager Dallas Hall said Queensland could expect even more bugs around in the coming weeks.

“The heat and this rain around will really fire things

up for February and March,” he said.

“The main creepy crawlies

we’re asked out to are termites and cockroaches.”

Rentokil sales member Vanessa Au said they had been extremely busy in the past couple of weeks.

“It’s definitely picked up after the Christmas break,” she said.

But the roach-plosion also means plenty of chow for other insects and so their populations are proliferating too.

“I have seen a lot of redback spiders and daddy long legs which shows there are a lot other bugs around for them to feed on,” Mr Bock said.