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England is the Wasp Capital of the UK

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | April 23, 2013
Happy St George’s Day! I heard an interesting fact on the radio on the way into work this morning. Over 80% of the population of the UK lives in England. And where there are large concentrations of people, the pests are never far behind. Take a look at our wasp map here which illustrates a [...]

Winter Wasps

Alicia for rentokil.co.uk | November 27, 2012
It’s almost December and on a daily basis I am still evicting live wasps from my home or vacuuming up their papery carcasses. This morning I opened the loft hatch in order to stash some Christmas presents and half a dozen deceased wasps tumbled onto the floor, indicating there must have been a nest in [...]

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 [...]

UK On Red Alert As Killer Hornet Threatens To Invade Our Shores

Kennedy for rentokil.co.uk | November 2, 2011
With the potential to wipe out a bee colony in just two hours, the Asian hornet Vespa velutina nigrithorax is a real threat to the UK bee population. The Asian menace has spread throughout France and Spain and is heading towards UK shores. This pest which is dark-bodied, yellow-legged, and up to 3cm long, was [...]

Pests Around The Office

Daniel for rentokil.co.za | October 21, 2011
Wow, its been a while since I did a post for the deBugged blog, have been busy admittedly, but this morning is different, as it’s Friday and I don’t feel like working just yet, so instead of faffing about, I thought I’d write a post that hopefully puts a smile on everyone’s face. I was [...]