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cockroach

The Top Ten Newly Discovered Species

Kennedy for rentokil.co.uk | May 31, 2011
A list has been put together by an international committee of taxonomists naming the top ten newly discovered species for 2010. This list included the likes of glowing mushrooms that emit a bright yellow-green light, a pancake batfish, a West African antelope and a rust eating bacterium found on the wreck of the Titanic.

Pests Brew Trouble at Adnams

Guest for rentokil.co.uk | April 13, 2011
Fergus Fitzgerald, the Head Brewer for Adnams, shares his tales of how bats, birds and cockroaches have tried to get near his precious ale, and how a feisty falcon has kept the pigeons away from his prized grains at the Victorian brewery.

How To Tell If You Have Roaches

BenH for rentokil.in | March 25, 2011
If you want to know whether there are any cockroaches in your home, the Vegas Roach trap might be a good idea to find out. It can simply be made at home with commonly available ingredients

Pest Trivia

Brigitta for rentokil.ie | March 17, 2011
There are so many interesting facts out there and a lot of them related to pests. So here are a few of my recently learnt favourites: Was the first computer bug an actual bug? Yes…sort of. A moth got jammed in the relay switch of the US Navy’s Mark II computer at Harvard university in [...]

Allergic to a Cockroach?

Kennedy for rentokil.co.uk | January 11, 2011
As a sufferer of both asthma and hay fever since a young child, I have to admit I have never once blamed a cockroach for my latest attack. However I have come across some information that suggests perhaps I should…