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Pests Around The Office

Wow, its been a while since I did a post for the deBugged blog, have been busy admittedly, but this morning is different, as it’s Friday and I don’t feel like working just yet, so instead of faffing about, I thought I’d write a post that hopefully puts a smile on everyone’s face. I was [...]

A Cautionary Christmas Carol

I’m a sucker for Christmas. I love the lights, the smells, the music, the pantomimes; I even love Christmas shopping. But until last year I’d have to say that my favourite thing about Christmas was wrapping paper. I know it’s a little odd when you’ve got the turkey, the presents and the eggnog, but I’ve [...]

Dogs Detect Bed Bugs In Minutes

During the past year, I have not had a good night’s sleep in a hotel due to the media blast on bed bugs even though I break out my flashlight and conduct an inspection of the room before I “move” in. Last night was the exception.

Scary bed bug mutation

Hello all. This is my first post for Rentokil, but I felt I just had to share what happened with me today with people as it was really shocking. I work for Rentokil as a Technician, and much of my day is made up of visiting homes and businesses looking for pests and helping get [...]

Invasion of Liprilfrast mosquitoes

During a visit to South Africa today we discovered that Rentokil Botswana is gearing up to protect a nation from its annual invader the insect Liprilfrast. Part of the genus anagramatis, this deadly predator appears annually in early autumn in the Southern hemisphere and lives for one day and feeds on human blood. Scientists in [...]