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fleas

How Mild Winters Affect Pests

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | January 27, 2012
It’s January in the age of climate change and pests or pest control are not likely topics that people are discussing. But they should be. Partly because of what winter used to represent, and partly because winter, and it’s curious bedfellow - unseasonably warm winters - are simply throwing us curveballs week after week. Sometimes several times a week. Recent snowfall has disappeared barely leaving [...]

Pests: How They Are Harmful to Your Pets

Guest for jcehrlich.com | January 16, 2012
Pets bring many wonderful things into our homes. Unconditional love is one of them, as is their ability to look adorable even when they tear every toilet paper roll in the house to shreds. But the downside of owning an animal that considers rolling in the grass an acceptable method of scratching his back is [...]

The Curious Lives of Fleas

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | November 16, 2011
Fleas are still biting and causing considerable concern for dog and cat owners everywhere. According to research, there are more fleas during the fall and winter than during spring and summer. The reason for this is two-fold: 1) A commonly held belief that fleas die off or are no longer active during the colder months [...]

Rats and the Trenches of WWI

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | November 11, 2011
World War I conditions were horrific and death was never far away. If the soldiers managed to survive enemy shelling and the sneaky sniper’s bullet they could just as easily be defeated by an illness such as Trench Foot or Wiel’s Disease. Fleas, lice and rodents were rife and would plague the men with disease. Lice caused [...]

Facts about Fleas

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | November 9, 2011
Fleas are incredible, hardy insects but should not be underestimated because of their tiny size. Xenopsylla cheopis fleas (thankfully rare in the UK) transmit the bubonic plague which has killed millions of people worldwide but it wasn’t until 1910 that the connection between the fact that fleas transmitted the plague from rats to humans was confirmed. As the fleas [...]