Pest control in Sale, Urmston, Timperley and Altrincham 2010
Pest Control in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire has seen a brisk in 2010 which is surprising given the relatively cold winter of 2009/10.
Pest controllers were kept working with the usual town centre rodent calls all thoughout the winter of 2009/10, but the relatively cold early part of the year has already seen ant calls coming in.
The wet summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the liking of the hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) but 2010 looks like it will turn out to be a busy year for flying ant problems.
Frequently ants build their nests under the floors of buildings and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to invade kitchens and food cupboards.
However it is at the annual mating time when they can be most troublesome as they release winged queens and males which then fly off to mate.
The release of thousands of these winged ants inside your house can be horrific indeed.
A somewhat new pest was quite prevalant in the Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).
It was unusual for pest controllers in Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire to meet these pests until recently but they seemed to appear from nowhere in 2008 and already this spring has seen reports of these insects in large numbers.
They have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, known as woolly bears devour natural fibres and can do a great deal of damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They can be a difficult and tricky pest to eradicate.
Those involved in pest control note that Bed Bugs are continuing their resurgence in the the North West area, frequently arriving as stowaways in the suitcases of home-coming holiday makers.
Very often the first reaction of unlucky people who realise that they are infested with these hideous,blood-sucking insects is to destroy the old beds and purchase.
This is a costly error as despite their name bed bugs don’t just live in beds and in an infested bedroom will be found anywhere within about fifteen feet of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical sockets and the new beds will be instantly re-infested.
Many people confuse bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.They both need a different method of pest control.
They dine only on blood which they take from their sleeping hosts. People usually associate bed bugs with unhygienic conditions but nothing could be less accurate, they do not require squalor, their food is you!
Until the end of April 2010 Harrier & Liverpool Pest Control are offering a twenty-five percent reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.
This revolutionary treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in further three year chunks by a affordable re-treatment every three years, can be carried out on most homes subject to free site survey
For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are giving a fixed price for destroying wasps nests in the Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire area of just thirty two pounds.
Contact Harrier Pest control for more information on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814
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