Tag Archives:
mice

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 [...]

DIY vs. Hiring a Professional

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | January 20, 2012
Choices for pest control are rarely considered when things are quiet and the absence of things that go bump in the night, or the telltale sign of spiders or other bugs are curiously absent from our lives. We’ve all been there. You see the first trail of ants and you get out the ant spray or [...]

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 [...]

Top 10 Blogs of 2011

Alicia for rentokil.com | January 6, 2012
I would like to thank  everyone who has contributed to deBugged over the past year, and thanks also to everyone else who has tweeted, bookmarked the blog or posted articles to their Facebook pages. From big fat rats, harlequin invasions, to flying ants and monster sized queen wasps hiding in the folds of my curtains [...]

Mice Declare War on Drugs and Terror

Vladimir for jcehrlich.com | December 30, 2011
It’s not every day you find a headline reporting that Israel has developed mice capable of detecting contraband like narcotics and explosives. If you had to read that twice to make sure you read it right the first time, I understand. Startup firm BioExplorers, based in Herzeliya, Israel has done just that. By carefully selecting [...]