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What do the London Marathon & Malaria No More Have in Common?

Well, I have to be honest and say I haven’t got back into running yet. I do mean to, its just life (and a son who doesn’t sleep too well) that gets in the way. One running event I would LOVE to do is the London Marathon. Anyone who has ever completed it says how [...]

What do the London Marathon & Malaria No More Have in Common? is a post from: deBugged - The Rentokil Blog

Owls and Scarecrows

If you spot an owl in broad daylight it’s likely to be fake. However passers-by are often fooled by the unblinking lump of plastic, stopping and staring for minutes, waiting for the hoot which never comes. They pull out their camera and only too late realise their mistake. Some birds are not as easily fooled [...]

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How to Tackle a Bed Bug Infestation

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 [...]

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Cricket Fossil Sings a Tune

Pest control news come in all shapes and sizes, covering wasps in the summer and termites and ants in the spring. While most pests are a nuisance, few come with a soundtrack. Enter the cricket. Scientists from the US and China discovered a prehistoric insect fossil that has retained extraordinary detail. So extraordinary in fact, that the structures that [...]

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What Did Your Valentines Bouquet Spell Out To You?

Our landscaping division Ambius issued a story for Valentines Day talking about the meaning of different types of flowers and the message they spell to the recipient when they are included in a bouquet. So, the next time your loved one presents you with a big bunch of flowers, take note of what’s included and let [...]

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Why Flies Don’t Like Zebra’s and Other Facts

The mystery of why zebra’s have stripes may have been solved. Researchers from Hungary and Sweden say the stripes keep away flying insects such as blood-sucking flies. A report, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology, described how the stripe widths and polarization patterns of light reflected from zebra hides correlated with the patterns that [...]

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Space Invaders

I loved yesterday’s blog about Craig Knight, an academic who discovered that office worker’s who personalised their working space were happier and more productive than those who worked in an unpersonalised space. However I also find it disconcerting when hot desking and having to gaze upon unfamiliar faces peeking from mouse mats and mugs, and [...]

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How Personalised is Your Personal Office Space?

Stop what you’re doing right now and take a look at your desk. What can you see? Are you in a cubicle devoid of personal effects, or do you have a massive desk and a window overlooking rolling fields with more family photos, papers and inspiring quotes found on your everyday (or perhaps overseas!) travels [...]

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Flies aloft

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 [...]

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Avoid Foreign Pests While Traveling

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 [...]

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