TW-011
Subterranean termite
Coptotermes sp.
Mud leads on piers. Doors that suddenly stick.
- Season
- Swarms in warm, humid evenings
- Risk
- Structural
Field report, page one
Find it. Fix it. Keep it out.
Trace & Ward reads a house the way an entomologist reads a field site: inspect, log, treat, then ward it for the whole year. One visit fixes the problem. The plan keeps it fixed.
I have a pest right nowSame or next-day visit
Protect the whole year- Licensed and fully insured
- Employee technicians, never commission crews
- 4.9 across 812 written reviews
- Come-Back Guarantee on every plan
Instrument 01
Seasonal Pest Index
What our technicians are logging across the service area this period, ranked by activity. Rising lines get treated before they become findings.
TW FIELD INSTRUMENT · ACTIVITY / 100
Sample period: late summer
ANTS
TW-038
82RisingCOCKROACHES
TW-042
74RisingWASPS
TW-055
66SteadyTERMITES
TW-011
58SteadySPIDERS
TW-047
51FallingRODENTS
TW-024
38Falling
Humid weeks push ant and cockroach pressure up. Keep bins sealed, fix dripping taps, and pull mulch back off the slab edge.
The specimen ledger
What we find
Four cards from the ledger. Every species we treat gets logged the same way: the sign you noticed, the season it runs, and the treatment that ends it.
TW-024
Roof rat
Rattus rattus
Scratching in walls after dark. Gnawed cabling.
- Season
- Moves indoors as nights cool
- Risk
- Hygiene and fire
TW-038
Argentine ant
Linepithema humile
Trails along skirting and paths after rain.
- Season
- Peaks through the warm months
- Risk
- Colony spread
TW-042
German cockroach
Blattella germanica
Movement behind the kettle at night. Droppings in hinges.
- Season
- Year-round in warm kitchens
- Risk
- Food safety
Full ledger, one card per species, in the treatment pages. Open the treatments ledger
The house, in section
Where they get in
Every home gets the same six-zone sweep. Pick a zone to see what happens there on a Trace & Ward visit.
Section S-01 · six zones · every visit
Zone A · on every visit
Roof void
Torch-and-tag sweep of rafters, insulation and vents. Bait stations logged, dated and mapped on your report.
Treatment protocol
How we clear it
The same five steps on every job, in the same order, with everything written down.
- 01
The 40-point inspection
Roof void to fence line: forty checkpoints, each one logged with photos before anything gets treated.
- 02
The written findings
For inspections and termite work, the full report lands within 48 hours: what we found, where it was, and what it needs.
- 03
Targeted treatment
Crack-and-crevice work where the activity actually is. No blanket spraying, no fog of product.
- 04
The barrier
Perimeter treated one metre up and one metre out. Entry points sealed the same visit.
- 05
Watch and confirm
Every job carries a follow-up window, and monitoring stations stay on watch where it matters.
After every visit
The report on your fridge
Every visit ends in writing: what we found, what we treated, what we are watching, and the re-entry time for every product used. Property managers file it. Homeowners magnet it to the fridge.
- Zone-by-zone checklist with photos of anything found
- Products used, where, and their re-entry times
- Your technician's name and what to watch before next visit
Trace & Ward Pest Co.
Service Report
RPT CR-2214
VISIT 3 OF 4
- Technician
- M. Deverell
- Plan
- Complete
- Duration
- 55 min
- Ant activity at deck edge. Barrier renewed, trail source treated.
- Weep-hole gap, laundry wall. Sealed. Photo attached.
- Roof-void stations 1 to 4 checked. No new activity.
Re-entry
Interior: immediate. Perimeter: allow 2 hours to dry.
Watch: mulch line at the slab edge.
✓ All clearYear-round warding
Keeping it out
One-off jobs fix a problem. A protection plan makes it stay fixed: scheduled visits timed to the season, monitoring between them, and a guarantee that does the worrying for you.
Timed to the season, not the calendar
Essential
$42/ month
Quarterly visits, four a year
No lock-in contracts. Cancel anytime.
- General pest treatment inside and out
- Perimeter barrier renewed every visit
- Written report after every visit
Complete
Most warded$59/ month
Quarterly visits plus seasonal extras
No lock-in contracts. Cancel anytime.
- Everything in Essential
- Rodent baiting and web removal each visit
- Wasp and nest response in season
Sentinel
$84/ month
Complete, plus a termite watch
No lock-in contracts. Cancel anytime.
- Everything in Complete
- Termite monitoring stations, checked on schedule
- Annual timber inspection included
The Come-Back Guarantee
Anything covered that shows up between scheduled visits gets re-treated free. No questions, no forms.
Pricing based on home size, confirmed in writing before the first visit.
Clearance certificates
The all-clear
Reviews that name the technician, because our technicians sign their work.
JOB CR-2214 All clear
Heard scratching on a Tuesday night, sealed and cleared by Thursday. The report told me exactly what was done and why.
R. Calloway, Alderfield
Technician: Marcus Deverell
PLAN CP-0492 All clear
Third year on the Complete plan. We see ants at the fence line, never in the house.
J. and P. Okafor, Bracken Vale
Technician: Lena Ashcombe
RPT TI-1187 All clear
The pre-purchase termite report arrived in a day and read like a survey, not a sales pitch.
M. Trask, Ellery Heights
Technician: Lena Ashcombe
Twelve months of not thinking about it.
Start with one visit. If the house likes us, put it on a plan and forget the word cockroach exists.