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Does what it says on the tin. When there is a funny / interesting / controversial pest control story in the news, it’ll get mentioned here.

May is Moth Season

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | May 1, 2012
It’s May which traditionally means the beginning of moth season. Spring is when most clothes moths start to emerge and start looking for somewhere to mate and lay eggs. Today the Forestry Commission posted an alert about the oak processionary moth which is at most risk to the public in May and June when they shed their [...]

AviGo: A Spicy Solution To Bird Control

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | April 17, 2012
Today the press has been buzzing with news of our revolutionary new bird control product. Thanks to its spicy ingredient, pigeons and other nuisance birds will be deterred from landing on buildings, walls or monuments. AviGo, a gel-like substance containing a small amount of chilli pepper extract, is applied onto surfaces where birds are known [...]

Ants at My Door – Ticks in My Kitchen

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | March 23, 2012
I don’t really have ants at my door or ticks in my kitchen but this is a likely scenario many home and business owners will soon be contending with, if they aren’t already. While not many people are complaining about a mild winter – I mean come on, who truly missed snow removal?- the flip [...]

Termites or Carpenter Ants?

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | March 16, 2012
Carpenter Ants and termites are often times mistaken for one another this time of year. It just so happens that swarmers (winged reproductives released from the colony when the colony matures) from ant and termite colonies are triggered around the same time of year, commonly by the same conditions. Moisture and the warmth of the [...]

How To Avoid Getting Bed Bugs

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | March 8, 2012
Bed bugs in the news and other media is as common as the weather or sports these days. It seems everyone is weighing in on this insect menace that was absent from our lives since the 1960′s. So much has been made of the sudden resurgence of bed bugs that it seems there is no [...]