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biting insects

Winter Gnats and Other Biting Insects

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | January 17, 2012
A friend recently commented that she had been bitten on the ankles by a mosquito. She thought she spotted a couple of mosquitoes dancing on her wheelie bin. Bearing in mind the frosty temperatures we’re currently experiencing I was a little dubious. A few minutes later I tuned into a radio programme discussing the different [...]

Human Blood For Supper

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | September 13, 2011
Writing yesterday’s blog on genetically modified mosquitoes has made me think about all the insects which rely on us for their food source. Advances in science has meant that there is a real possibility in the future that genetically modified mosquitoes may remove certain species from the food chain.  But then I realised that humans [...]

War Tactics: Catapulting Wasps Nests And Flea Bombs

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | August 17, 2011
Every day we wage a battle against the pests which invade our human places but throughout history man has used the disease and chaos spread by biting insects such as fleas, flies and yellow jackets to his advantage. Across the globe and back as far as the mind can stretch, insects have been used as instruments [...]

Insect Bites Or Chicken Pox – A Parent's Dilemma

Danusia for rentokil.com | June 9, 2010
Working in pest control is sometimes an advantage. It gives you some insider knowledge when it comes to things like residential pest problems and also, more recently it helped me when a GP got her diagnosis wrong. Whilst playing at his friend’s house last week, I noticed my little boy had some spots on the [...]

Do Fleas Bite In Three's?

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | March 23, 2010
The higher the heat, the greater the bites?? Well, I had never really thought about the fact that by turning on the heating in my home (and I did this very early on in November last year), to keep myself nice and cosy, I could be bringing previously dormant fleas or other dodgy biting insects [...]