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Cockroaches Rock

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | December 29, 2011
I love this video I discovered on YouTube featuring two Madagascan cockroaches playing their miniature guitar and saxophone. As the cockroaches strum their tiny instruments they sing about how they are visiting town as part of an exhibition, and although the locals have been friendly they are homesick and miss the warmth of Madagascar. Who [...]

10 Things You Didn’t Know About German Cockroaches

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | July 18, 2011
The German cockroach is the UK’s most common type of cockroach – it will eat almost anything, including leather, books, packaging and plastic.  A pair of German cockroaches can produce 10,000 offspring in a year and infestations are often at their worst in the summer months. The German cockroach loves a hot and humid environment, such [...]

CARcroaches!!

Loke for rentokil.com.my | July 29, 2010
There are an estimated 600 million cars in the planet and I believe there are just as many number of cockroaches (if not more). So it is sadly inevitable that destiny will pair up cockroaches and cars with us human beings acting as the unwitting middle man. I played that role to perfection several years [...]

The Rentokil Pest XI World Cup Team

Danusia for rentokil.com | June 24, 2010
With football madness reaching fever pitch when England successfully beat Slovenia yesterday in the last of their group matches, a colleague suggested we put together our best Pest XI football team. So with suggestions from various colleagues we have come up with the following 4-4-2 formation for a range of pests. The only other football [...]

Effects Of Climate Change On Pests

Danusia for rentokil.com | December 1, 2009
The 7th of December 2009 marks the beginning of the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, also known as COP15 and it is billed as an opportunity for world governments to figure out some real, effective actions to take in the fight against climate change. Because climate change affects everyone, even pests! The effects [...]