Pest control across the Dandenong Ranges and foothills
Termites, rats, wasps and possums in houses that back onto the forest. Tell us what you've seen and we'll contact you as soon as possible.
We connect you with a local pest controller who works in the hills.
Ask for a quoteDandenong Ranges. Photo: Uzman Naleer, CC BY-SA 4.0
What needs doing?
- Mud tubes on a stump or a wall, or timber that sounds hollowTermites
- Droppings in the pantry, or scratching in the walls at nightRats and mice
- Thumping in the roof after darkPossums in the roof
- Wasps going in and out of a hole in the lawn or a wallWasps and bees
- Spiders, ants or cockroaches insideSpiders, ants and cockroaches
- A snake, a swarm, a deer or a rabbitWho to call for what
How it works
- Tell us the jobYour suburb, what needs doing, and a photo if you have one.
- We contact youAs soon as possible, about your job.
- No obligationYou decide whether to go ahead.
Is it a job for a pest controller?
Some of what turns up in a house in the hills is protected, and some of it is somebody else's job. Who to call for what has the detail.
- Pest controller
- Termites, rats and mice, cockroaches, ants, spiders, fleas, bed bugs and wasp nests. Anyone doing it for a living with pesticides needs a licence.
- You, or a wildlife controller
- A brushtail possum in the roof. It is protected. It may be trapped humanely and released on the same property within 50 m, and closing the way in keeps it out. Trapping a ringtail needs a permit.
- Snake catcher
- Snakes are protected. A licensed snake controller moves them; 136 186 gives a list.
- Beekeeper
- A honeybee swarm. Most beekeepers take one for a small fee, and some for free.
- Council deer program
- Deer in the garden. A state plan covers the outer east, and Yarra Ranges runs a program on 1300 368 333.
- You, by law
- Rabbits, and other established pest animals on your land. Landowners must take all reasonable steps to stop their spread.
Checked 25 October 2026 against Department of Health: pest control legislation, Victorian Government: brushtail possum management methods, DELWP: Living with snakes fact sheet (2021), Yarra Ranges Council: bees and wasps, Victorian Government: Peri-urban Deer Control Plan, Yarra Ranges Council: deer, Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 (Vic), s.20 (authorised version 072) and Cardinia Shire Council: problem animals.
Suburbs on this site, by council
- Yarra Ranges
- Olinda, Mount Dandenong, Kalorama, Ferny Creek, Tremont, Sherbrooke, Kallista, The Patch, Monbulk, Silvan, Belgrave, Belgrave Heights, Belgrave South, Selby, Upwey, Tecoma, Macclesfield, Montrose, Mount Evelyn
- Cardinia
- Clematis, Avonsleigh, Cockatoo, Gembrook, Nangana
- Knox
- The Basin, Ferntree Gully
- Maroondah
- Kilsyth South
- On a council boundary
- Sassafras (Knox or Yarra Ranges), Menzies Creek (Cardinia or Yarra Ranges), Emerald (Cardinia or Yarra Ranges), Upper Ferntree Gully (Knox or Yarra Ranges), Kilsyth (Maroondah or Yarra Ranges). Your property report says which council is yours.
Ask for a quote
Tell us where you are and what needs doing, and we'll contact you as soon as possible.