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Pest Control UK
Pest Control News
Pest Control UK provides regular news stories written by experts in pest control. Our articles cover a wide range of pests, and focus on the problems that these pests cause and what you can do about them. Submitted throughout the year, this information resource changes with the seasons, enabling you to find solutions to your problems quickly and easily.
Tolerating Wasps
When I say hornets, how many of you think tolerance? Brace yourselves, those who fear and loathe hornets. I'm about to urge a policy of general tolerance for hornets and wasps. So why should these feisty fliers be tolerated? Mainly because they're su...
The Unwelcome Travel Companion
Whether traveling for business or pleasure, many Brits take to the skies or hit the road for a holiday break during the summer months. In addition to packing luggage and double-checking itineraries, travellers should learn how to prevent unwelcome su...
Plague of the Bin Pests
If you live in the city, they say you are never more than a few feet from a rat. Now it seems mice, grey squirrels and foxes are creeping a little too close for comfort as well. In fact the number of pests plaguing homeowners has gone up by more than...
Flies Resisting Treatment
Alternating fly control options applied to manure heaps that harbour fly eggs and larvae this summer will be vital to combat growing concerns of resistance. With recent product revocations, relying on fewer fly treatment options will increase the ris...
Flea Elimination
We have all had, or will have flea problems, whether we want to admit it or not. Even if you don't have pets, fleas can still haunt your home from time to time. However, before you call in the professionals, there are a number of things you can do yo...
Rat Numbers To Treble
Britain could become overrun with rats because so many town halls have introduced charges for treating vermin. Although rats are a major public health problem some councils are now demanding up to £80 to tackle infestations in homes. These charges ar...
Avoiding An Invasion
They crawl, they fly, they swarm, they scurry - in short, bugs are pests. This year is a lot worse for infestations as we've had so much rain. The ants are trying to come in so they are not drowning; and the fleas and ticks are likely to be really ba...
Bed Bugs Nibbling Their Way In
It's official... populations of the wingless insects are up this summer. This comes on the heels of news that residents across the UK have reported high infestation numbers. A likely reason for the bed bug problem is basic science. Bed bugs follow, l...
Ground Nesting Birds
The national press had a field day about the launch of Ken Livingstone's scheme to use Birds of Prey to disperse the pigeons from Trafalgar Square last year. The papers were full of stories about the Harris hawks but failed to mention why and how thi...
Battle Those Pests
It's important to get rid of certain insects and animals because they're destructive to our homes and landscaping. With that in mind, this article offers an insight into how to track down your pests and get rid of them....
Ants on the March
Got ants in your house? A lot of people do this year, but how do you get rid of them? Unfortunately, if you try calling an exterminator now, you'll probably get a busy signal, because everyone in town is trying to get rid of the little buggers. We ex...
Compost to Blame for Rise of the Rat
The problem is the introduction of fortnightly refuse collections and residents being urged to compost household waste food. In addition, milder winters as well as al fresco food scraps left by the public for them to feast on is compounding the probl...
The Traditional Molecatcher
The origin of the traditional molecatcher goes back hundreds of years when they ravelled the length and breath of the British countryside, visiting farm after farm or state after estate. They usually stayed with their host whilst they plyed their cra...
Check Your Mattresses
After decades in obscurity, bed bugs have returned to the United Kingdom to take up residence in a place where they can live long-term, rent-free and have all the food they need - in mattresses all over the country. We hadn't even seen a live bed bug...
Bees and Honey
A couple from Peterborough were pretty sure the sound coming from inside the wall of their master bathroom was bees. "I heard the buzzing, louder than my electric toothbrush. I turned it off and then I heard the drones." When the callout was made, th...
Celebrating 15 Years
We all want to get paid for doing something we absolutely love, and some of us are lucky enough to do just that. Managing Director of NBC John Dickson from Stowmarket has been a falconer since 13, and in 1993 he noticed a demand in bird control servi...
Got Ants?
Finally, spring has arrived. It's a great time to throw a barbecue for family and friends and enjoy the outdoors. And then, there are the uninvited houseguests: ants. Not only are they inviting themselves, but all of their friends as well. They seem ...
The Bird-Borne Bugs Of Summer
The return of songbirds and robins on the lawn - for many, these sights signal the arrival of the many joys of summer. The truth is, however, that the birds of summer really bug a lot of people - literally. Summer is also the season of Lyme Disease a...
The Battle Against Bed Bugs
First come the bites, amazingly itchy, raised red welts that appear, literally, overnight. Then, you might notice scarlet spots on your sheets from smashed bugs or perhaps clusters of little black dots that you assume are dirt but are in fact constel...
Fine For Pesticide Misuse
At Sheffield Magistrates Court on 12th March 2008 Mr John Allison pleaded guilty to four offences of not taking all reasonable precautions in using an insecticide containing bendiocarb. He was fined £200 for each offence and a further £20...