Funnel web spider sightings on the rise in NSW homes amid wet weather

Rodents, cockroaches and insects take refuge in people's homes while mozzies breed like crazy', pest experts warn

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In the 30 years Tommy Horozakis has owned his pest control business, he struggles to recall another time like now.

I've been inundated by calls about rodents, spiders, cockroaches, mozzies. It's crazy," said Horozakis, who runs Sydney's The Pest Control Company. Everything is looking for shelter from the wet weather, and unfortunately our homes couldn't be better."

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