How to Tackle a Bed Bug Infestation

Guest for jcehrlich.com | February 16, 2012
Incidences of bed bugs have been on the rise over the last few years as these insects have become increasingly resistant to certain pesticides, and humans are able to travel longer distances in shorter amounts of time. Often unwittingly brought into a home in luggage following a trip, an infestation in the house can be a [...]

Flies aloft

Guest for rentokil.co.uk | February 6, 2012
Barely awake and freezing, I had turned on the tap to run a bath in an effort to coax myself into facing the day. Horrified, I watched transfixed as dead flies poured out from both taps and started to fill the bath with a disgusting emulsion of water and insect bodies! I leapt back from [...]

Avoid Foreign Pests While Traveling

Guest for jcehrlich.com | February 2, 2012
I’m not going to say everyone hates creepy crawly things – entomologists exist after all – but at least most of us do. We tend to deal with these creepy crawlies because at least we know what kind of pests we might expect to find in our own backyard. Traveling abroad, however, opens up a [...]

The Rats Are Never Far Away

Guest for rentokil.co.uk | January 30, 2012
Statistics claim that in Britain you are never more than 20 feet away from a rat, one of Britain’s most successful mammals. This is a crude and rather misleading conclusion based on the UK rat population and the physical size of the country itself. However, there is a thread of truth in the assertion and [...]

Silverfish Prevention and Cure

Guest for rentokil.co.uk | January 25, 2012
After a long hard day’s work you take to the bath for a well-deserved soak accompanied with the tipple of your choice. This would be an excellent way to end the day except for the fact you get the feeling someone’s watching you. This peeping tom however, can see you a lot better than you [...]