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A Sticky Situation – the Stick Tight Flea

Nicole for rentokil.co.za | May 3, 2013
Ever heard of the ‘Stick Tight Flea’? These tenacious little fellows were discovered at a local butchery in Cape Town, sticking quite tightly (as their name suggests) to several pork meat carcasses.  At first it was suspected that there was a flea infestation of some kind, but after ruling out pet cats and checking the [...]

Drowned rats, grounded wasps and fleas jumping for joy: the UK Pest Census 2012

Julie for rentokil.co.uk | January 10, 2013
2012 saw the driest March since 1953, the wettest April on record and a washout summer. This meant unpredictability (and sometimes misery) for human populations, but what about the other animals that inhabit our homes and gardens? Some pests thrived in these conditions whilst others have seen their numbers dwindle. Below is Rentokil’s take on [...]

Small and Devious Pests

Alicia for rentokil.ie | November 30, 2012
Some of the most irritating pests are the most devious. For an insect which sucks blood, it is in its own interest that it does so without detection. Insects which bite for food are known as parasites. Some insects, such the mosquito, obtain food by sucking blood, others like wasps, kill their prey by paralysing [...]

National Love Your Bed Week

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | August 23, 2012
It’s National Love Your Bed Week but you might not be too enamoured if you knew who you were sharing your bed with. Dust mites, bed bugs, fleas and even moths are commonly lurking in our bedrooms. Bed bugs are nocturnal and creep out in the early hours of the morning so you may not even be aware of [...]

Rats, Fleas and The Plague

Alicia for jcehrlich.com | June 19, 2012
The media widely reported that a man in Oregon had contracted the plague after being bitten by a mouse. The Plague is a bacterial disease carried by rodents. It is spread from one rodent to another by fleas. Humans bitten by an infected flea usually develop a bubonic form of plague which is characterized by a swelling of [...]