Rat, wasp and borer control around Motueka
Homes, orchards, sheds and baches from Riwaka to Ruby Bay. Richard finds where they’re living, treats them right there, and checks in afterwards to make sure it’s worked. The inspection and the quote are free.
If Richard’s on a job when you ring, your call is still answered and he calls you back.
This month around Motueka: . See what’s about
“… Most of all he solved the rodent issue we had! …”
- Treats
- Rats and mice, wasps, borer, ants, spiders, flies, cockroaches and fleas
- Where
- Motueka, Riwaka, the Moutere, Māpua and Ruby Bay
- Experience
- More than 15 years in the trade
- Quotes
- Free inspection and quote
- You call or send the formA photo of what you’re seeing helps
- Richard rings youTo go over it and book a time
- Free inspection and quoteAt your place, before any work starts
- Treatment, then a check-inHe makes sure it’s worked
Before you ring
What sets the price?
The pest, the size of the house and any sheds, how far they’ve spread, and whether it’s one visit or a programme. The inspection and the quote are free, so you know the price first.
Do you come to orchards, sheds and baches?
Yes. Homes, orchards, lifestyle blocks, rural sheds and baches from Riwaka to Ruby Bay, and local businesses too.
Is it safe to wait?
Rats and mice breed and chew while they’re in the roof, and a wasp nest keeps growing all summer. The sooner it’s found, the smaller the job.
What does the visit involve?
Richard inspects the roof space, the subfloor and the outbuildings, treats them where they’re living, and checks in afterwards that it’s worked.
What’s about this month?
This month is lit on the strip. Pick what you’re seeing to light its season and open Richard’s photo of the job, then pick where it is. Your answers fill in the quote form.
This monthBusiestIn season
This month is lit. Pick what you’re seeing to light its season.
Winter is the commonest time for rats and mice to get into the house.
Borer beetles chew their way out of the timber from October to February, leaving fresh holes and fine dust.
Queens start new nests in spring. Nests grow all summer and are busiest in late summer and autumn, raising next year’s queens.
Spring and summer are when ants like the Argentine ant go looking for sweet and protein foods.
Richard treats spiders inside and out, any month of the year.
Richard treats flies any month of the year, wherever they gather.
Richard treats cockroaches and fleas any month of the year.
What are you seeing?
Where is it?
Nothing picked yet. Pick what you’re seeing, or skip to the form.
This month around Motueka
Tap one to light its season.
Richard gets up into the roof space and under the floor to find their runs and nests, then baits them where they travel, in closed bait stations.
More on rats or mice
Richard goes under the floor with a torch to find the fresh holes, works out how far the borer has spread, then treats the timber.
More on borer
Richard follows the wasps back to the nest, treats it where it is, then checks the rest of the property for others.
More on wasps
Richard follows the trail back outside and treats where they’re nesting and getting in.
More on ants
Richard treats the eaves, the window frames and the roof space, where they build and wait.
More on spiders
Richard treats the roof space and the spots where they gather and come inside.
More on fliesRichard treats where they hide: under the tubs and appliances, in cracks and cavities, and through the carpets.
More on cockroaches or fleasWho you deal with
Richard3D Pest Control
Richard has spent more than 15 years in pest control. He comes out for the free inspection himself, gets into the roof space and under the floor to find the problem, and quotes the job on what he finds. 3D Pest Control Limited is a registered New Zealand company.
Then Richard and the team treat it, and afterwards he checks in to make sure it’s worked. The 3D on the badge stands for Detect, Defeat, Defend, and that’s the order every job runs in.
About Richard and Motueka Pest Control- 15+ yearstreating pests
- Motueka to Ruby BayRiwaka and the Moutere too
- Freeinspection and quote
- After the jobhe checks it’s worked
Richard’s recent jobs
In the bee suit, reaching up under a pergola beam. An old subfloor by torchlight: bearers, joists and dust. 
A dead rat beside an opened bait station. A roof-space timber after treatment. A spider on a roof timber above the insulation. 
A wasp nest tucked in under a soffit.
What Richard treats around Motueka
Rats and mice
Scratching in the ceiling, droppings in the pantry, chewed feed in the shed: found in the roof, the walls and under the floor.
Borer
Fresh round holes and fine dust in floorboards and subfloor timbers, in older homes especially.
Wasps
Nests in banks, roofs, walls, hedges and shelterbelts, tracked down and treated.
Ants, spiders and flies
Ant trails, webs on the eaves and flies in the roof, plus cockroaches and fleas.
Business pest control
Shops, cafés, offices, schools and childcare centres, with a plan for each site.
The house, the shed and the bach
Around Motueka the job rarely stops at the back door. This is orchard country, growing apples, pears, kiwifruit and hops, and the orchards, hop gardens and sheds give rats, mice and wasps plenty of food and cover close to the house.
Richard looks over the whole property: the roof space and the subfloor, then the shed, the garage, the woodpile, and the banks and hedges where wasps nest. On a lifestyle block he treats the house and the outbuildings together, so the pests don’t just move next door.
Baches and holiday homes at Māpua and Ruby Bay get the same care. Tell us when the place is empty, and Richard will sort out a time and access with you.
What customers say about Richard
Great service from Richard. Quick to reply to my messages, and he listened to my concerns. Booking was made, no long wait. No rush visit as he was very thorough. Would I recommend, yes definitely.
Fantastic service from Richard. Professional, accommodating, went above and beyond our expectations. Would thoroughly recommend 3D Pest Control and will definitely be using them for our future requirements.
Perfect job, friendly fella.
How a job runs
Tell us what you’re seeing
Ring, or fill in the form and add a photo if you have one. Richard gets back to you, goes over it and books a time.
The free inspection
Richard visits and goes through the roof space, the subfloor and the outbuildings, finding where they’re living and how they’re getting in.
Quote, then treatment
You get a quote before anything’s done. Once you’re happy, Richard and the team treat it, working around your household, pets included.
The check-in
After the job, Richard checks in with you to make sure it’s worked.
He came out to quote and sent it through the same day. We booked right away.
… worked around our dog with no issues …
Wasp country, and old timber
Motueka sits at the top of the South Island, and the beech forests up here carry the highest densities of wasps in the world: 12 nests a hectare on average, and 50 to 60 at the record. Around the house, a queen picks a warm, dark, dry spot to start her nest: a sunny bank, the roof space, the eaves or a wall.
Borer is the other local job. Boron treatment of house framing only began in 1952, so any Motueka home built before then went up with untreated native timber or early pine, the sapwood borer feeds on.
A town that traps its own rats
Motueka takes its rats seriously. The Motueka Town Trappers project is out to get the whole town trapping, and in 2025 the catchment group sold subsidised traps to backyards and farms around Motueka and Riwaka.
A trap by the compost catches the odd one. Once they’re nesting in the ceiling or under the floor, it takes finding the nest and the way in, and that’s Richard’s job, any month of the year. Winter is the commonest time for rats and mice to come inside.
Through the year around Motueka
What the seasons bring to a Motueka house, shed or orchard.
Winter, June to August
Rats and mice come inside. Winter is the commonest time for them to get into the house, so it’s the time to check the roof space and the shed.
Spring, September to November
Wasp queens wake and start new nests in banks, roofs and walls, and ants go looking for sweet and protein foods.
Summer, December to February
Wasp nests grow fast and ant trails turn up inside. Borer beetles come out of the timber from October to February, leaving fresh holes and dust.
Autumn, March to May
Wasp nests are at their busiest, raising next year’s queens. A nest found now has had all summer to grow.
Towns we cover
Motueka and the towns around it. Pick yours for what Richard sees there most.
We also cover Appleby and Tasman village. All towns we cover
Questions
Another question? Call 0800 166 027 or send it with your quote.
Are the inspection and quote really free?
Yes. Richard comes out, checks the house, the roof space, the subfloor and any outbuildings, and quotes the job. There’s no charge for either.
Do you look after businesses?
Yes. Shops, cafés, offices, schools and childcare centres get a plan set up for their site after a free inspection.
Which towns do you cover?
Motueka, Riwaka, Lower and Upper Moutere, Māpua and Ruby Bay, with Appleby and Tasman village on the way.
Can you treat the bach while we’re away?
Yes. Let us know when it’s empty, and Richard will arrange a time and a way in with you.
Who sorts out pests in a rental?
Landlords have to make sure a property is free of pests when a tenancy starts. If pests turn up later it comes down to the cause, and landlords and tenants often share the cost. Richard works with tenants, landlords and property managers.
Book a free inspection
Tell Richard what you’re seeing and where. Photos help.
What to send Richard
- A photo, if you can get one: droppings, a nest, holes in timber or an ant trail
- Where they are: inside, up in the ceiling, under the floorboards, in the shed or out in the orchard
- When you first noticed them
- Who’s home, or when the bach is empty
- For borer, the year the house went up, if you know it
Richard gets back to you to go over it, then visits to inspect and quote, free of charge.
Thanks, we’ve got your details.
Richard will get back to you to go over it and book a visit.