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Pest Control UK
Pest Control News 2007
Home Invasion
Ants are coming in to escape the bad weather. When it's cold or rainy, they want to come inside and get warm and dry. But, when it's too hot and dry, they like to come in to cool off, too. So summer or winter, these unwanted house guests barge in and...
Effective Fly Control
Effective pest control takes into account an insect's life cycle, how mobile it is, how it eats, and what it feeds on. These key characteristics are different for each of the flies that beef producers have to deal with. Proper identification of probl...
Rodents on the Rise
UK households are experiencing a dramatic increase in rodent infestations. The latest figures show that during the first ten months of 2007, call-outs for pest control of rat and mice infestations more than doubled the volume received for the whole o...
Unwanted Garden Visitors
Creating a garden is hard enough without having to deal with rodents, cats and other critters eating it. Animals can wreak havoc in a garden - munching on leaves, nibbling on flowers and overturning pots. But these critters don't have to ruin a garde...
Little Bloodsuckers
A couple of years ago, none of the calls received were about bed bugs. People would contact us begging for their home to be rid of fleas, ants or mice. But bed bugs? Hardly ever. Until now. Decades after the tiny bloodsuckers were almost eradicated i...
Contract Killer
The "joys of pest control" may sound like a contradiction in terms, but this industry is if nothing else, an interesting one - you never quite know where you're going to be from one minute to the next. Not something you can pick up overnight, a quali...
Got Fleas? Get The Vacuum
Chances are, if you have ever owned a pet cat or dog, you will have encountered fleas at some point. In most situations, flea infestations are small and therefore, are one of the easier pests to eradicate. Fleas spread diseases, can transmit worms, a...
Eyes Peeled For School Pests
The latest green movement experienced in our schools today includes pest control. Environmentally friendly Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programs are being encouraged across the UK to tackle the problem of preventing insects and rodents from roami...
Swift End To Mouse Plague
With the weather turning colder, it is inevitable that rodents will attempt to find more substantial shelter and, as a consequence, you may find that you have unwelcome visitors to your home. With so many over-the-counter products available from bait...
Pest Proof Your Home
The recent wet weather has caused the number of phone calls regarding cockroach and ant infestations to soar. When infestations do occur, the most effective method of removal is to invite your local pest control company to assess and then remove your...
Good Night, Sleep Tight
... don't let the bed bugs bite. While parents have long left their children with these seemingly benign words as they drift off to sleep, few consider the reality of bed bugs when reciting the rhyme. Yet the bugs have made a comeback across the coun...
Speedy Squirrel Evictions
Grey squirrels breed in mid-December or early January (and again in early summer) and are diligently seeking a nesting site this time of year. Litters consist of one to eight kittens, and the young are weaned within two months. The territory of a gre...
The Noise of Rats with Wings
As the sun sinks slowly and day turns into night, the glowing skies at dusk often carry the soft sounds of the fluttering wings of the majestic... pigeon? Oh, yes. Columba livia – the Rock Dove, or common pigeon – has found a good thing within many t...
Victim of the Larder Beetle
Imagine the scenario... You go to your kitchen cupboard to get some dry food for your pet. As you reach for it, you notice a couple of small, dark, hairy-looking "worms" on the bag. When you look closer, you see a couple more on the shelf, away from ...
Mice Heading For Home
When the weather turns cold, we aren't the only ones seeking the toasty comforts of indoors. When it gets cold outside, mice try to come inside, and they're not only looking for food – they're looking for warmth and they're looking for a good nesting...
Tips For Home Pest Control
The first important step in the process of insect control is to identify the insect that is present so that the proper control procedure will be used. The internet is a great source of information, and pest control officers from you local company wil...
From Great Britain To Great Bitten
Bed bugs are everywhere; and the UK is experiencing an epidemic that has seen a 500-fold increase in these egregious little parasites, something which has been largely attributed to increased mobility and warmer temperatures. No longer confined to gr...
Removing School Pests
Recent rat infestations across the country have nudged schools to focus on more modern methods of dealing with pests. Schools are putting together what's known in pest control circles as an integrated pest management plan, wbich relies more on buildi...
Watch Out For Rodents
It's getting cold, and rodents want to come indoors as much as you do. However, if they get in to your home, mice, rats and squirrels can cause hazards to both your health and your property. With ravenous appetites they will raid your cupboards, soil...
Clean and Spray to Oust Cockroaches
The first thing to ensure is that your pest is actually the humble cockroach. At this time of year, crickets and other insects that resemble cockroaches like to enter homes. These look-alike insects are rather benign, but cockroaches constitute an im...