Pest control in Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire Spring 2009
Pest control in Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire Spring 2009
Pest Control in Manchester, Lancashire & Cheshire has seen a lively start in the spring of 2009.
Pest controllers throughout the region were kept busy with the usual city centre rodent problems throughout the winter with rats having free reign in many areas of course, but the relatively early and warm spring has seen ant infestation reports a month earlier than usual.
The wet summers of 2007 & 2008 were not to the liking of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but 2009 looks like being a busy year for ant infestation work.
Frequently ants nest under the floors of houses and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to visit kitchens & food cupboards.
However it is at mating time when they can be most distressing as they produce winged queens and males which then mate in flight.
The emergence of several thousand of these ‘flying ants’ inside houses can by traumatic indeed.
A relatively new pest has been especially troublesome this year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).
It was rare for pest controllers in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire to encounter these pests until recent times but they seemed to arrive from nowhere in 2008 and already this spring has seen reports of varied carpet beetle in unprecedented numbers.
Having a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, known as ‘woolly bears’ can eat natural fibres and can do substantial damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They can be a difficult and persistent pest.
Bed bugs are continuing their resurgence in the Manchester area, frequently arriving as unwanted guests in the suitcases of returning holiday makers.
Often the first reaction of unfortunates who realise that they are infested with these blood-sucking insects is to destroy the old beds and buy new.
This is a costly mistake as despite their name bed bugs do not just live in beds and in an infested room will be found anywhere within about fifteen feet of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical sockets and the new beds are quickly re-infested.
Many people confuse bed bugs with dust mite which are not visible to the naked eye.
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They dine exclusively on blood which they take form their sleeping victims. People often associate bed bugs with dirty conditions but nothing could be further from the truth, they don’t require dirt, they dine on you!
Until the end of April 2009 Harrier Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.
The treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely by a low cost re-treatment every three years can be carried out in most homes subject to free site survey
Contact Harrier Pest Prevention for details on 0800 019 8382
That concludes this article entitled Pest control in Manchester, Cheshire & Lancashire Spring 2009
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How Much Does a Pest Control Company Cost
How Much Does a Pest Control Company Cost?
How Much Does a Pest Control Company Cost? – That’s a very difficult question to consider. It’s a little bit like ringing a mechanic and asking him how much to fix your car without being able to see it and diagnose the problem, virtually impossible to do.
Some jobs are pretty straightforward and here at Harrier Pest Prevention we are happy to give a fixed price on wasps’ nests but virtually every other pest problem will require a no obligation, free of charge site visit.
I would indeed be wary of any pest control company that are prepared to give prices without a site survey as this may indicate that they are not carrying out correct risk-assessments and are not mindful of the safety of you, your children and your pets.
For your no obligation site visit in Lancashire, Cheshire or Greater Manchester contact Harrier Pest Prevention or phone 0800 019 8382.
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