Pest Control News Archive 2012

The Eco-Friendly Garden
Kermit the Frog is fond of saying "It's not easy being green", but thanks to concerned companies and people all over the world, going green has risen from obscurity to the mainstream in recent years. Gardeners and weekend warriors, along with the pr... [more]

Insects Wrongly Branded As Pests
Of all the insects found in and around your home, only around 5 percent should be considered as pests. The rest are actually quite useful to us, providing an important service in pollinating our plants and flowers. Pollen must be spread from one flo... [more]

A Working Life: The Falconer
Emu, a very handsome nine-year-old male harris hawk, is sitting on the roof of a flatbed truck in Eaton Square, London. Although the driver can't often have seen a bird of prey sitting on his truck, he is not at all amused. In fact he is glaring at t... [more]

Bed Bug Encasements
Bed bugs are proving to be one of the most challenging bugs pest management professionals have ever faced. The resiliency of this insect is nothing short of amazing. In addition to being capable of withstanding weeks of freezing temperatures and the... [more]

Market Report Reveals Growth
Apex Insight, a new research company based in London, has published research on the UK pest control industry. This quantifies the market size and historical patterns of growth, probes key trends behind the figures, profiles and explores the performan... [more]

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. Bed Bugs According to many s... [more]

DIY Rabbit Repellent
A small group of rabbits can easily ruin your garden in a short space of time. So what to do? Well you have a few choices. You can call in a hunter, hire an exterminator or take action yourself. Although rabbits may be stubborn creatures, they can be... [more]

Super Rats
The scale of the problem of rat infestations in towns and cities across the UK is continuing to grow, and one of the prime reasons for this increase is down to the way that Britons are disposing of their rubbish, which is the prime food source for th... [more]

Feeling A Little Antsy?
Springtime is when ants always seem to appear in large numbers anyway, but if homeowners are seeing a few more six-legged guests than usual, take comfort: you're not alone. Just about anywhere that's been getting heavier-than-usual rainfall has been ... [more]

Nature's Pest Control
There's an epic battle going on in garden's across the UK and Ireland. Ants are herding aphids on a weakend hibiscus, but a swarm of ladybirds have been unleashed who are now crawling over the leaves munching hungrily on the little white pests as the... [more]

Help To Control Fleas
Fleas can create a full-blown infestation of your home and jeopardise the health of your loved ones without warning, but homeowners can arm themselves with the right information to better treat, control, and eradicate fleas. Homeowners are urged to ... [more]

Booming Vermin Populations
In many areas around the country, the council has cut back its pest control services to divert resources to "priority" causes, most notably recycling. Rubbish is collected every week but unfortunately in areas such as London, overflowing bins are a c... [more]

What is Integrated Pest Management?
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a program of prevention, monitoring, and control which offers the opportunity to eliminate or drastically reduce the use of pesticides, and to minimise the toxicity of and exposure to any products which are used. ... [more]

Romantic Insects
Some of the mating rituals of pests can put your first date to shame. Male insects offer gifts, song and even dance to impress the female. But remember, this is not Love Story - this is Fatal Attraction, which can cause many headaches for homeowners.... [more]

BASC Scheme Helps Out Farmers
Farmers in Northern Ireland are being urged to take advantage of a pest control scheme launched by the British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) and the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU). BASC and the UFU joined forces to put farmers who ar... [more]

Suddenstrike Win Major Contract
A Nantwich family business is taking to the road in a fleet of new vehicles while celebrating a major contract with DEFRA. Pest control specialist Suddenstrike has invested more than £100,000 in wagons and digging machinery as part of a rebranding e... [more]

Spiders Check Weather
Spiders love to fly. Hundreds can touch down in an acre of land on a day when conditions are right. But before casting out a silk thread and swooping miles through the air, a spider checks the weather just as a human pilot might do during a pre-fligh... [more]

Controlling Periodomestic Cockroaches
Peridomestic cockroaches include all of our common large cockroaches such as the American cockroach, but also some smaller species, such as the Asian cockroach. When you find peridomestic cockroaches indoors, they usually came from outdoors. If the ... [more]

Speciality Pesticides
Speciality pesticides are pest management tools used in and around homes, businesses and public areas as well as on lawns, flowers and trees. They're used in commercial greenhouses and nurseries, factories and offices, parks and gardens, to control ... [more]

Bed Bugs Make A Comeback
The incidence of calls regarding bed bug infestations has risen over the last year. Calls are being received from five-star city hotels to council estates, all in dire need of a bed bug exterminator. The problem faced by pest control companies attem... [more]

Bait Station Placement
Where a bait station, or more likely a group of stations, is located has a lot to do with a successful rodent control effort. As a pest management professional, you need to know where the rats or mice are nesting, travelling and feeding. Bait statio... [more]

Hungry Insects Invade British Homes
Looking for the leftover scraps on the counter or that last doughnut in the open bakery box, little black ants are inviting themselves into British homes. After waking up from hibernation, ants are ready to chow down. If they can't find what they ne... [more]

The Birth Of A New Pesticide
With the instances of bed bug infestations on the increase, it is suprising that there still isn't a specific spray for the treatment of this intrusive insect. The problem lies not with the development of an appropriate pesticide, but the sequence o... [more]

Breakthrough Study Of Cockroach Sex
Wanted: Mature males looking for a good time. Must have all six legs, strong antennae and love city life. Proclivity to procreate a must. Apply at crack in the bathroom wall, apartment 8B. Believe it or not, female German cockroaches looking to attr... [more]

The Rat Race
Pest rodents are the fourth-ranked top pest by volume of work, so why are rats and mice still such a focus of effort? Enough bait and traps have been sold in the past decade alone to kill millions of these pests, and no secrets exist in the life cyc... [more]

Beneficial Garden Insects
Using beneficial insects to help manage insect pests can be a significant part of a successful pest-management plan in your garden. However, there is more to it than just buying some ladybirds and releasing them in your garden. Knowing what these in... [more]

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 ... [more]

Pests In Your Flat
A flat dweller can clean up after every meal, vacuum religiously and dust every conceivable crack and nookie in their home but pests can still inevitably invade their personal space, and it isn't just those tenacious cockroaches that are to blame. R... [more]

Processing Plants Targeted
Food processors are a growth market for pest control companies as they traditionally rely on staff to keep insects and rodents at bay, according to a new report. It shows that, in general, restaurants and other facilities operating kitchens are almo... [more]

Choosing A Pest Control Company
Discovering a pest problem or infestation that is threatening your property, your health or even just your peace of mind can be a major annoyance. The last thing one needs in this situation is the added stress of finding a reputable pest control com... [more]

Sheltering From The Cold
Now that we're on the cusp of February, residents across the UK are bracing themselves for the cold, wet weather that usually hits the UK at this time every year. It is now that you may want to take a moment to glance around your home, looking for ... [more]

The Pest Control Future
I'm sometimes a little disappointed by the lack of technical progress that's been made in my lifetime. Sure, we now have computers, DVD players, wall-to-wall plasma-screen TVs, and mobile phones that can make calls, send and receive e-mail, take pict... [more]

Bed Bug Battles
The conflict between humans and insect pests has raged for centuries, but few battles boast the sheer make-your-skin-crawl ick factor as the war between people and bed bugs. And the battle, once played out largely in hotels with high international tr... [more]

Pest Management For Restaurants
The most common pest in restaurants, by and large, is the German cockroach. This is a roach that is predominately found inside homes. It is not an outside insect, and can easily be moved from area to area in boxes, in cartons, and in deliveries. A l... [more]

Pest-Proof Your Home
It may seem counter-intuitive for pest control professionals to advise consumers how to pest-proof their homes, but many companies now offer this service because our business is not just about the elimination of an infestation, but its prevention. H... [more]

Building A Bed Bug Program
Bed bugs are among the most distasteful of pests. When people suspect these creepy-crawlies might be invading their homes or offices or the hotels they frequent, they want them out... now! This aversion, coupled with the tremendous resurgence of bed ... [more]

Pest Free 2012
Winter would seem to be the time when residents in the UK have fewer pest problems, but between an invasion of bed bugs or mice, the problems remain active even when most insects species enter a dormant period. Rodents are by far the biggest problem... [more]

Controlling The House Sparrow
House sparrows can be difficult birds to control, in part because of their high reproductive capacity. A female house sparrow averages three to five broods per year with four to seven eggs per brood. In other words, she can generate about 25 young pe... [more]