According to the press there is officially a bed bug epidemic. Not only in hotels, motels and hostels, but in high end stores and businesses too, no one is exempt from these wee creatures. The USA is having a tough time dealing with them, [...]
Take a regularly flooded cellar, mix with woodworm infested timbers, add in an attack of Masonry bees, crumbling brickwork and rot – and what [...]
Sounds a bit like yet another pest control horror movie, but yes – zombie ants do exist. Considering the number of pests and parasites that are specialized for feasting on humans, it should come as no surprise that even pests can be the target of specialized parasites.
As far back as 48 million years ago, the [...]
My usual bland journey to work on the train this week has been disrupted by commuting wasps! As we all moved from the crowded platform on to the London bound train the wasps seem to jump in just [...]

From the Banana Box to Rising Damp. From Rooksby to Rigsby. Rising Damp seems to be far more famous as a television series than a serious damp problem in buildings – and rightly so!
A [...]