Pest and vermin control in Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire has seen a lively start this year which is somewhat surprising given the somewhat cold winter of 2009/10.

 

 

Pest operatives were kept busy with the usual town centre rodent problems throughout the winter of 2009/10, but the relatively cold early part of the year has already seen ant infestations reported.

 

 

The fairly wet summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the benefit of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but 2010 looks like it will turn out to be a hectic year for flying ant callouts.

 

 

Frequently 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 troublesome as they release winged males and queens which then fly off to mate.

 

 

The appearance of many thousands of these winged ants inside homes can be horrible indeed.

 

 

A somewhat new pest was especially numerous in the Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

 

 

It was rare for pest controllers in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire to come across these pests until lately but they seemed to appear from nowhere in 2008 and already this March has seen reports of these insects in large numbers.

 

 

These insects have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, called woolly bears can eat natural fibres and can do a great deal of damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They are a difficult and tricky pest to eradicate.

 

 

Bed Bugs are carrying on their resurgence in the Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester area, frequently arriving as hitch-hikers in the suitcases of home-coming travellers.

 

 

Often the first reaction of those unfortunates who realise that they are infested with these horrific,blood-sucking pests is to burn the old beds and get.

 

 

This is an unneccesary mistake as despite their name bed bugs not only live in beds and in an infested room will be found anywhere within up to five metres of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds become instantly re-infested.

 

 

Most people confuse bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.

 

 

They dine exclusively on blood which they take from their sleeping hosts. People usually associate bed bugs with unhygienic conditions but nothing could be less true, they do not need dirt, they eat 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 additional three year chunks by a affordable re-treatment every three years, can be carried out in most houses subject to free site survey

 

 

For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are guaranteeing a fixed price for getting rid of wasps nests in the Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire area of just thirty two pounds.

 

 

Contact Harrier Pest control for more details on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814