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Nocturnal Pests and the Dark Supermoon

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | September 27, 2011
Some say that strange things happen on a full moon, and there are certainly a lot of pests like bed bugs and cockroaches which creep out under the cover of darkness. Tonight there will be a dark supermoon which means the moon is closer to earth than it normally is, but we won’t be able [...]

Pest Control Weapons

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | August 31, 2011
There’s a pest control assistant in every household. It may be lurking beneath the stairs or locked away in a dark cupboard…. yes you’ve guessed it (and the picture was a bit of a giveaway too)… it’s the vacuum cleaner. This household star appliance not only keeps your home clean from the dust, dirt and [...]

What We Can Learn From Cockroaches

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | June 16, 2011
Cockroach…the mere mention of the word can conjure up some fairly disturbing accounts of heavily infested apartments with deplorable living conditions. But however disgusting you think cockroaches might be, there are some useful things we can learn from them. Have you ever wondered how a cockroach can feast on the remains of a week old [...]

Cockroaches Linked To Asthma In New York Study

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | June 14, 2011
Yesterday I blogged about how pests such as bed bugs and cockroaches are used in Homeopathy to cure asthma. The ethos of Homeopathy is that a little bit of what ails you, can also help cure you. Apart from distributing bad germs and causing nasty upset stomachs cockroach droppings may trigger asthma too. The link between [...]

How To Avoid Bad Luck on Friday 13th

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | May 13, 2011
Be weary of black cats and ladders because it’s Friday the 13th! @TheRandomWords top tweeted earlier claiming that more than 60 million people around the world will stay at home today for fear of something bad happening to them. It’s a good job we’re not superstitious at Rentokil because there are lots of bad superstitions around [...]