Pest and vermin control in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire has seen a relatively early this year which is somewhat surprising given the very cold winter of 2010/11.

Pest and vermin operatives were kept occupied with the usual town centre rodent problems during the winter of course, but the relatively cold early part of the year has already provided some ant infestation coming in.

Many people attempt rat and mouse control by themselves but often it is necessary to use a professional.

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

Frequently ants make nests under the floors of houses and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to enter kitchens and food cupboards.

However it is at the annual mating time when they can be most annoying as they create winged males and queens which then mate in flight.

The release of thousands of these flying ants inside your home can be horrible indeed.

A relatively new pest was especially numerous in the the North West area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

It was rare for pest controllers in Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire to meet these pests until lately but they seemed to appear from nowhere in 2008 and already this season has seen reports of these beetles in unprecedented numbers.

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

Bed Bugs are continuing their come back in the Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire area, regularly arriving as stowaways in the suitcases of home-coming holiday makers.

Very often the first reaction of those unlucky ones who realise that they are infested with these horrific,blood-sucking insects is to destroy the old beds and get.

This is an expensive mistake as despite their name bed bugs don’t just live in beds and in an infested room will be found anywhere within about five metres of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical sockets and the new beds are instantly re-infested.

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

They dine just on blood which they take from their sleeping victims. People regularly associate bed bugs with insanitary conditions but nothing could be further from the truth, they do not need grime, they dine on you!

Bed Bugs should not be tackled using DIY Pest Control Products.

A do it yourself job utilising a Bed Bug Spray may just make the situation worse
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