Pest control in Sale, Timperley and Altrincham 2011
January 29th, 2012Pest Control in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire has seen a lively start in 2010 which is somewhat unexpected given the very cold winter of 2009/10.
Pest and vermin operatives were kept busy with the usual town centre rats and mice calls all thoughout the winter of course, but the relatively cold late winter has already brought some ant infestation reported.
The damp summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the liking of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but 2010 looks like it will be a hectic year for flying ant work.
Often ants make nests under the floors of homes and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to visit kitchens and food cupboards.
However it is at their mating time when they can be most annoying as they create winged males and winged queens which then fly off to mate.
The appearance of several thousands of these winged ants inside your home can be horrible indeed.
A relatively new pest was very troublesome in the Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).
It was not common for pest controllers in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire to deal with these pests until recent times but they seemed to appear from nowhere in 2008 and already this spring has seen reports of varied carpet beetle in large numbers.
These beetles have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, called woolly bears eat natural fibres and can do great damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They can be a difficult and tricky pest to get rid of.
Bed Bugs are continuing their resurgence in the the North West area, frequently arriving as hitch-hikers in the suitcases of returning travellers.
Often the first reaction of unfortunates who realise that they are infested with these revolting,blood-sucking insects is to burn the old beds and get.
This is an unneccesary error as despite their name bed bugs don’t just stay in beds and in an infested bedroom will be found anywhere within up to five metres of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical sockets and the new beds will be quickly re-infested.
Most people mistake bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.
They dine only on blood which they take from their sleeping hosts. People often associate bed bugs with insanitary conditions but nothing could be less true, they do not require dirt, they dine on you!
Until the end of April 2010 Harrier & Manchester Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.
The revolutionary new treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in further three year chunks by a simple re-treatment every three years, can be carried out on most houses subject to free site survey
For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are providing a fixed price for getting rid of wasps nests in the the North West area of just thirty two pounds.
Contact Harrier Pest control for further details on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814