Pest Control in the North West has seen a lively start this year which is unexpected given the somewhat cold winter of 2009/10.
Pest and vermin operatives were kept occupied with the usual town centre rats and mice infestations throughout the winter of course, but the relatively cold late winter has already provided some ant problems coming in.
The damp summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the taste of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but 2010 looks like it is going to be a busy year for ant work.
Usually ants build nests under the floors of buildings and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to infest kitchens and food cupboards.
However it is at the annual mating time when they can be most distressing as they produce winged males and queens which then mate in flight.
The emergence of many thousands of these winged ants inside homes can be horrible indeed.
A somewhat new pest was especially numerous in the the North West area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).
It was unusual for pest controllers in Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester to meet these pests until lately but they seemed to appear from nowhere in 2008 and already this spring has seen reports of varied carpet beetle 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 some fabrics. They can be a difficult and tricky pest to eradicate.
Bed Bugs are carrying on their come back in the Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester area, frequently arriving as stowaways in the suitcases of home-coming travellers.
Very often the first reaction of unfortunate people who realise that they have been infested with these horrific,blood-sucking insects is to destroy the old beds and purchase.
This is a costly mistake as despite their name bed bugs not only live 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 instantly re-infested.
A lot of people mistake 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 usually associate bed bugs with dirty conditions but nothing could be less accurate, they do not need dirt, their food is you!
Up to April 30th 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 further three year chunks by a low cost re-treatment every three years, can be carried out in most homes subject to satisfactory,free
For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are guaranteeing a fixed price for getting rid of wasps nests in the Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire area of just thirty two pounds.
Contact Manchester Pest Control for more information on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814
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