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Would You Like Flies With That?

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | February 1, 2012
How do you feel about government promoting eating insects as a protein source and not mentioning that bugs are part of the processed animal protein in your burger? That’s what a research project funded by the European Commission is touting as an alternative protein source. Backed by 3 million euros, and launched last fall by [...]

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 [...]

Seven Design Tips To Minimise Pest-Risk

Guest for rentokil.co.uk | January 11, 2012
The interior of your home may be decorated in the latest hues and accessorized with accent colours and fashionable baubles but take another glance and try to see your home from a pest’s point of view. Take a look at how easy it is to access your property if you are a tiny ant or a [...]

Maggots and Murder: Forensic Entomology

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | October 20, 2011
A couple of days ago I blogged about the flies, maggots and mould lurking in my green bin. Although maggots are icky they have an important role to play in medicine and murder. If you have ever wondered how forensic scientists can guess how long ago someone was murdered, maggots have the answer. Studying the [...]

Pest Control to Prevent Artwork Damage

Danusia for rentokil.com | October 4, 2011
We recently published a blog on the Art of Pest Control, and I posed the question some time ago as to whether pest control is science or an art. But what about when pests do actual damage to the cherished artwork hanging on your walls at home? When watching Antiques Roadshow in the past, I can’t say [...]