Rabble of Rats

 

Pest and vermin control in the North West has seen a relatively early this year which is somewhat unexpected given the very cold winter of 2009/10.

 

 

Pest operatives were kept occupied with the usual town centre rat infestations during the winter of course, but the relatively cold early spring has already brought some ant calls coming in.

 

 

The wet summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the taste of the hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) but 2010 looks like it will be a active year for flying ant calls.

 

 

Frequently ants make nests under the floors of houses and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to visit kitchens and food cupboards.

 

 

However it is at mating time when they can be most distressing as they produce winged queens and males which then mate on the wing.

 

 

The appearance of several thousands of these winged ants inside houses can be traumatic indeed.

 

 

A somewhat new pest was quite prevalant in the the North West area last season, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

 

 

It was rare for pest controllers in Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire to encounter these pests until recent times but they seemed to arrive from nowhere in 2008 and already this year has seen reports of varied carpet beetle in large numbers.

 

 

Having a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, called woolly bears devour natural fibres and can do a great deal of damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They can be a difficult and persistent pest to get rid of.

 

 

Bed Bugs are carrying on their renaissance in the Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire area, frequently arriving as hitch-hikers in the suitcases of returning holiday makers.

 

 

Regularly the first reaction of those unlucky ones who realise that they have been infested with these horrific,blood-sucking insects is to get rid of the old beds and purchase.

 

 

This is a costly error as despite their name bed bugs not only stay in beds and in an infested bedroom will be found anywhere within around five yards of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds become quickly re-infested.

 

 

A lot of people confuse bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.

 

 

They dine exclusively on blood which they syphon from their sleeping hosts. People often associate bed bugs with dirty conditions but nothing could be further from the truth, they do not need grime, their food is you!

 

 

Until April 30th 2010 Harrier & Manchester Pest Control are offering a twenty-five percent reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.

 

 

The revolutionary new treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in additional three year chunks by a low cost re-treatment every three years, can be carried out in most houses subject to satisfactory,free

 

 

For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are offering a fixed price for getting rid of wasps nests in the Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire area of just thirty two pounds.

 

 

Contact Harrier Pest control for more details on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814