01/12/2021 A pest that is fast becoming an enormous threat to our daily lives appears to have been given little attention since being discovered in Australia. However, this presents an excellent income opportunity for switched on professional pest managers. In the late 1950s specimens of the European wasp (Vespula germanica) were collected in Tasmania and […]
Category Archives: Research and Development
Sundew Solutions – the Rise of the Aussie Innovator If you asked pest management professionals if they’d heard of the company ‘Sundew Solutions’ twelve years ago, only a select few would have known the name. Move forward to 2021 and you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in the industry that didn’t know about the […]
03/05/2021 You might remember in the March edition of AEPMA eNewsletter the story “They’re everywhere”: Fire-ravaged Mallacoota now plagued by wasps? What we didn’t tell you was that Sundew Solutions has been working with key local contacts trialing the new Vespex European Wasp Baiting program. In mid-March 2021 a field trial at a waste transfer […]
08/03/2021 To help provide additional tools for the management of Red Imported Fire Ants and Yellow Crazy Ants, Sundew Solutions is proud to announce that SAS PRO fipronil ant granules is now APVMA approved for these tramp ants. “Following extensive research and product development in the field in South East Queensland over the past 4 […]
03/04/2020 As an industry, during these uncertain times we should all be pulling together to help each other. Aussies have had it all in the past 6 months – drought, fires, floods and now a pandemic. The only thing certain is uncertainty. One weakness that COVID-19 has brought to everyone’s attention is the reliance we […]
02/09/2019 “With the weather warming up soon, ants are going to be making their presence felt in and around homes in Australia.” explained Rowan Gregson, Technical Solutions Advisor at Sundew Solutions. “Excluding termites, ants are considered to be the number one pest in Australia and it’s no wonder considering how widespread they are and how […]
6 Sept 2019 Innovative New Ant Bait Gel Putting the Squeeze on Ants “New AttractANT PRO® Ant Bait Gel is the culmination of years of extensive research and development,” said Rowan Gregson Technical Solutions Advisor at Sundew Solutions, “specifically developed for local conditions and the need of Australian pest management professional in mind.” “The building […]
31/05/2019 AEPMA Newsletter “We’re not surprised that such a simple concept has resulted in praise from pest management professionals across the country…” said David Priddy, CEO at Sundew Solutions. “We spoke to pesties and asked them what their biggest issues were with existing ant bait gels, and unanimously every product had problems.” Research and development […]
29 Oct 2018 Sundew Helping to Improve the Quality of Life “It’s great to be in a business where we provide innovative solutions for problems,’ said David Priddy CEO at Sundew Solutions, “but where I really get a kick out of what we do is when we receive feedback where we’ve made significant life changing […]
29 March 2018 Custom Insecticide made at Australian Pest Managers’ requests There aren’t many research and development companies in Australia that a pest management professional can ring and ask them to make a customised insecticide. There are plenty of generic suppliers who are happy to copy someone else’s product. But developing something totally new and […]