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Pest Control UK
Pest Control News 2009
Green and Natural Pest Control
Greener pest control ideas are options that are natural and safe, but why bother with natural pest control? Because you don't want a home full of toxic pest control poisons. Ants hate red chili powder, dry peppermint, and borax. You can crush and spr...
The Unwanted Houseguest
Ah, the pitter-patter of little feet overhead. Wait a minute, the kids aren't home. And haven't been for years. But somebody's kids are - not just their kids but grandkids and great-grandkids. Rats and mice are an amorous lot, producing multiple litt...
The Concept Of Integrated Pest Management
Chemical control of insects first surfaced in the early 19th century, when a mix of lime or wood ashes and powdered tobacco leaves was sprinkled on crops to deter bugs. In the 20th century, pesticide use became indiscriminate. The assumption was that...
Invasion Of The Winter Pests
There are steps homeowners can take to keep rodents and insects from seeking shelter from the cold in their houses. Rodents and spiders are the pests most likely to seek shelter inside a home when it's cold outside. They will be trying to get out of ...
Cumbrian Pest Control Gets Boost
The local towns of Cumbria and Lancashire are to receive a boost when it comes to fighting pests on farms. Local firm Assured Environmental are predicting a very busy winter with the on set of the cold weather an increase of the rat population is exp...
Bed Bug Facts
Complaints about bed bugs are increasing across the UK. Some cities are hit worse than others, but the problem doesn't discriminate: Infestations have been reported in residential areas of all different kinds of socioeconomic status....
Control Pests To Control Asthma
There is a commercial circulating on television that encourages people to get rid of household pests. It warns of the diseases brought on by rats, mice, and cockroaches. All of these pests carry these diseases because, just like any other animal, the...
Got Fleas?
Autumn is considered prime flea season because they've multiplied during the spring and summer. It's getting cooler now, and they're looking for anyone to jump onto. The first frost generally kills off the critters so they don't reproduce during wint...
The Rodent Trap
There are four main types of rodent traps; snap traps, multicatch traps, single catch live traps, and glue board traps. Snap traps include the classic rodent traps with the wood base and the newer metal clothespin traps. They are designed to kill the...
Bed Bugs Require Attention
A few months ago, pest control expert Steve Anderson was hired to get rid of bed bugs that had taken up residence in an apartment. Among other measures, the residents threw out their mattress. But it didn't end there....
Lay The Perfect Ground For Pest Control
Although England is famed for its unpredictable and often dreary weather, recent years have given us warm spells later on in the year enabling the planting of new plants, re-arranging the ones we have, or renewing the beds and borders in our gardens ...
Council Looks To End Free Pest Control
Costs for dealing with pests could rocket from nothing to £50 for dispatching rats, with a 43 per cent increase in the price of dealing with wasps' nests. Currently, people in Salisbury and south Wiltshire pay significantly less than in the rest of t...
Be Vigilant This Autumn
There are several common pests that tend to look to invade homes in the autumn, namely cockroaches, mice, rats and wasps. None of these are friendly houseguests so preventing their ability to infest a residence is always the best practice....
Act Now To Prevent Cockroaches
I like going camping - as long as I do not have to sleep outside. In other words, my favourite camping spots have names like Travel Inn, Best Western and Holiday Inn. I enjoy the great outdoors, but I like to be able to sleep in an area protected fro...
Schools Are Magnets For Pests
After the long summer break, the year begins to wind down as thousands of youngsters return to school, but few parents give any thought to what else returns - the constant problem of insect and rodent pests. Throughout the year, pest management profe...
Pest Controllers Issue Wasp Invasion Warning
The weather in south Essex has led to many more wasps than normal this year and people are suffering allergic reactions to their stings. Freda White, 70, of Mapleford Sweep, Vange, found a nest the size of a football embedded in a tree in her back ga...
Bedbugs - A Bug's Life
They might have farcical Fawlty Towers associations, but bedbugs are no laughing matter. The wingless, six-legged pests thrive in places of high occupancy, making hotels ideal breeding grounds for the bugs, which are, unsurprisingly - given the itchy...
No More Fleas Please
As a professional pest exterminator with a keen interest in dogs, one of the most common questions I get asked by my fellow dog-lovers is how do I get my dog free of fleas? The first thing you need to determine is that your dog indeed has a flea prob...
Organic Pest Control
There's nothing more frustrating than witnessing a new pot plant suddenly wilt and die, seeing early greenhouse lettuces plastered in greenfly, or digging up fresh potatoes to find them riddled with slug holes. Fortunately for us, biological controls...
Irish Pest Controllers Face Increase In Cockroach Infestations
Cockroaches are invading Ireland at an alarming rate, it has emerged. Such is the rate of their hasty invasion that the Government is funding a course for pest controllers to combat the fourfold increase in cockroach outbreaks in Ireland over the las...
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