29 Jul
Pest control in Walkden, Worsley Irlam and Eccles 2010
Pest Control in Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire has seen a lively and brisk start (2010) which is somewhat surprising given the very cold (weather of this last winter|winter of 2009/10}.
Pest operatives were kept occupied with the usual town centre rat calls throughout the winter of course, but the relatively cold early part of the year has already brought some ant calls reported.
The wet summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the liking of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but 2010 looks like it will turn out to be a busy year for ant callouts.
Frequently ants build nests under the floors of homes and inside cavity walls causing a lot of foraging ants to visit kitchens and food cupboards.
However it is at their mating time when they are at their most distressing as they create winged males and winged queens which then mate in flight.
The appearance of many thousands of these flying ants inside your house can be traumatic in the extreme.
A somewhat new pest was very troublesome in the Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire area last season, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).
It was not common for pest operatives in the North West to come across these pests until lately but they seemed to arrive from nowhere in recent years and already this year has seen sightings of these beetles in large numbers.
These insects have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, known as woolly bears can eat natural fibres and can do great damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They are a difficult and persistent pest to remove.
Those involved in pest control note that Bed Bugs are carrying on their renaissance in the the North West area, frequently arriving as stowaways in the suitcases of returning holiday makers.
Regularly the first reaction of those unfortunates who realise that they have been infested with these horrible,blood-sucking insects is to get rid of the old beds and purchase.
This is a costly mistake as despite their name bed bugs do not just live in beds and in an infested bedroom will be found everywhere within around five yards of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical sockets and the new beds are instantly re-infested.
Most people mix up bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.They both a different form of gatley pest control.
They dine just on blood which they drink from their sleeping victims. People usually associate bed bugs with dirty conditions but nothing could be further from the truth, they do not require dirt, their food is you!
Up to the end of April 2010 Harrier & Manchester Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.
This revolutionary 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 on most properties subject to satisfactory,free
For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are giving 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 more details on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814
