Warmer weather, longer days, spending time outdoors, picnics in the park, and days at the beach are all things that summer brings, making it most people’s favourite time of the year. Unfortunately, there is a price to pay for these seasonal treats, and that is bugs; the pests that increase... Read More

Fleas only affect pets and not humans, right? Wrong; they primarily affect dogs, cats, and any fur-covered animal, but they can infest your home and, if desperate, will bite humans. How fleas enter your home The idea that fleas only infest pets is a reasonable one, as fleas do prefer... Read More

Killing a cluster fly is, in theory, no different to killing a standard house fly: the same pest control products will kill them both. However, there are a couple of factors that make it a different proposition and that is why it’s useful to know a bit more about them... Read More

Nobody wants any kind of pest infestation, but rats seem to elicit a very primordial response so it’s definitely worth doing what you can to keep them away and know how to get rid of the problem effectively. Winter brings with it enough problems, and the last thing you need... Read More

You might have noticed you have a few uninvited house guests gathering in your home lately – huge swarms of ladybirds! Even if you haven’t found any in your house, you may have seen videos of these cute, spotted bugs huddling together around people’s door frames. It seems like there’s... Read More

We often think of summer as the peak season for nasty things like bed bugs, and that is certainly when they breed the most rapidly, but unfortunately, that does not mean that they disappear in the winter. While their lifecycle slows down a bit - warmer weather means faster reproduction... Read More

If the words ‘spider season’ may as well be ‘chainsaw massacre day’ in terms of the level of fear and dread they trigger, then we have both bad and good news. The bad news is that we are approaching the time of year when spiders have reached sexual maturity and... Read More