Wasps Nests Destroyed £35.00 in Manchester,Trafford, Sale, Altrincham and Urmston

Wasps Nests Destroyed £35.00 in Manchester,Trafford, Sale and Urmston

Wasp Pest Control

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The stinging wasp season is almost upon us once again, what would summer be without our friends the wasps to annoy us as we enjoy our summer barbeques?

The wasp has a biology that means they are rarely seen much before July as until then only the queen wasp is in the nest.

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In early spring the over-wintering queens leave their hibernating sites to seek nesting places which could be in a hole in the ground, a hollow tree or artificial structures such as air-bricks eaves, lofts and attics, garden sheds etc.

The young queen starts to make her nest with a papery material that she makes by chewing small fragments of wood mixed with saliva; this is called Wasp paper.

She will raise the first few workers by her own efforts and those workers will then commence the enlargement of the nest and rearing the immature Wasps to follow.

Nest construction gets into full swing in June and will reach its maximum in size in September, when 5 – 30,000 workers may be in the nest. These workers will forage up to 400 metres from the nest. The size of wasp colonies will vary from year to year, the severity of the previous winter is probably the main factor.

In the early Autumn the newly produced queens mate and leave the nest to hibernate, the rest of the nest dies out and the nest is never used again.

Many individuals react differently to being stung by wasps; some are hardly affected, while others suffer considerable pain and discomfort and a few become seriously allergic to being stung, which in rare cases results in sudden death due to anaphylactic shock.
Control
It is recommended to let a professional Pest Control Officer destroy a Wasps’ nest for the reasons given above. An insecticide will be used to cover the entrance to the nest. Returning wasps will carry the insecticide into the heart of the nest and within a few hours all wasps should be dead.

It is not a good idea to allow a wasps nest to go full term as the immature queens produced by the nest will invariably build nests nearby in the following spring resulting in many more nests the following year. For this reason several nests are often found clustered together in an area a locality.

To get rid of your wasps nest for just £35.00 visit Wasps Nest Pest Control

Varied Carpet Beetles in Lancashire, Manchester, Cheshire & Trafford

The Varied Carpet Beetle – Is Your Home Infested?

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The Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) is a fairly new pest to the northern parts of the U.K. having been largely confined to the southern counties but now pest controllers in Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester are increasingly being called out to infestations of this insect pest.
The carpet beetle is a very distinctive, easily recognised beetle that can be a serious pest in the house. Its larvae feeds on natural fibres and can damage anything of natural origin, woolen carpets, furniture} and clothing.
The larval form is known as a woolly bear, a nickname it shares with the larvae of Pyrrharctia isabella or the Isabella Tiger moth.
A. verbasci was the first insect to be demonstrated to have a circadian and an annual cycle and to this date remains a classic example of circannual cycles in insects.
The larvae of A. verbasci are roughly 4-5 mm in length. The body is covered in a pattern of alternating light and brown stripes. The larvae is usually wider at the back than at the front and also bears 3 pairs of hair tufts on its rear abdomen that are used for self-defence

The adult carpet beetle range from 1.7 to 3.5 mm in length. Their elytra or wing case has scales of two colours, whitish and yellowish-brown. White scales are condensed along the lateral margins of the pronotum. In addition, their antennae are 11-segmented with a club of 3 segments
The varied carpet beetle has a very strange life cycle for an insect, developing from larvae to adult in 1-3 years, according to the environment in which it finds itself.
Larvae hatch from eggs in the spring, very often they are associated with birds’ nests or around stored natural fabrics Larvae feed on natural fibres throughout their development, eventually experiencing a dormancy or diapause before completing pupation and emerging as an adult. Adults emerge between March and early August, and feed on pollen.
These pests cause both physical damage by their larvae eating fabrics and psychological damage from the enormous numbers of these pests which can emerge into living quarters.
When attempting to deal with these insects it is important to check for the presence of birds’ nesting material and remove any nests and feathers etc from the infested before treating with an appropriate insecticide..
It is important to keep in mind that in the U.K. legislation affects the removal of birds’ nest, including sparrows and starlings which are two of the common birds which are associated with A.verbasci so professional assistance should be sought to avoid breaking the law.

Trafford and Manchester Bed Bugs

One of the most reviled and misunderstood pests known to man is the bed bug (Cimex lectularius). How many of us gone off to sleep at night as young ones with the words of our parents in our ears ‘sleep tight and don’t let the bed bugs bite’?

Bed bugs probably started to feed on man at about the time we moved into caves, the ‘bat bugs’ Cimex pilosellus and Cimex pipistrella primarily feed on bats and it is probable that bat feeding species of bug evolved to dine on human blood when our ancesters started dwelling in bat infested caves.

Until the advent of DDT in the early 20th century bed bugs were common non-paying guests in much low quality homes.

The later part of the 20th century saw pest control companies dealing with very few bed bug infestations indeed, their presence being largely confined to inexpenisve holiday camps and student lodgings etc.

Many people mistake dust mites, which are not visible to the naked eye, with bed bugs which certainly are.

Adult bedbugs are reddish-brown, about a quarter of an inch in size and greatly swollen after a feed of our blood.

They grow by an incomplete metamorphosis which means that the nymphs are just smaller copies of the adult, they do not have a maggot stage like a flea or a fly.

Bed bugs usually feed on human blood every 7 – 10 days, coming out in the hours before dawn and sensing their target by sensing the exhaled carbon dioxide from human breath and when close in on their target, infra red body heat.

In the absence of a suitable human to dine on they can remain dormant for periods of up to 18 months.

Indications of a bed bug problem are spots of blood on bed sheets and on the underside of mattresses and many people can react badly to their bites.

The early 21st century has seen bed bugs numbers increase across the world, the easy availability of international travel and economic migration have both been blamed for the resurgence.

What is certain is that thet are now making a major return not only in low quality housing but high class hotels, schools and even hospitals.

One London borough noted a doubling of bed bug problems each year from 1995 – 2001.

Just one night away in an infested hotel is all it takes, they hitch a ride in your suitcases or bags. Pest control firms are also now reporting cases of transport related bug infestations on tubes, trains and buses so a simple ride to work on an infested bus or train can be enough to spread the infestation to your home.

They are an expensive pest to eradictate as contrary to popular mythology they do not just live in beds. They infest any nook and cranny conveniently close to a sleeping human, beds, electrical sockets, televisions, bed-side bed side telephones etc and dealing with them is both difficult and time consuming. They have even been found living under the toe-nails of infirm persons and in the rolls of flesh on heavily over-weight people.

They are not a pest problem that can be tackled easily by an amateur and a professional will almost certainly be required.

Call 0161 930 8814 or 0800 019 8382 or Visit Harrier Pest Control

Flying Ants In Trafford & Manchester

Flying Ants Problems In Manchester, Trafford, Lancashire and Cheshire

Ants in the house are the dread of many houses in summer leaving many people to dread the summer and the annual flying ants invasion.

Only the unluck people who have suffered it will know the true nature of flying ants in their homes.

Having an infestation of plain old wingless ants is bad enough but when they enter their yearly mating phase the situation can become intolerable.

Ants will form colonies under the floors and in the wall cavities of our houses and these colonies will continue for many years if left untreated becoming progressively more persistent each year.

Our houses are warm and dry and provide the perfect places for a growing ant colony; even solid hard floor is not a problem to an ant.

Our central heating systems raises their metabolism even in the depths of winter and my earliest ant treatment was on my birthday, in January!

Ants prefer a sandy soil and there are many areas in Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester which tend to provide more ant problems than other areas, Southport, Blackpool, Bolton, Sale & Altrincham come to mind as regular ant properties.

Unfortunately it is during their mating period that they are most annoying. Here in Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester this usually is pretty often around the third or fourth week in July.

Ants mate on the wing and sometime around mid-summer the colony produces winged immature Queens and winged males which in nature would fly off and mate on the wing. Many thousands of these winged ants are produced per colony and nests tend to synchronise their release in order to mate with ants from other nearby.

Usually this process starts after a couple of days of hot, dry weather and will usually last for about acouple of weeks although smaller releases will carry on throughout most of the summermonths.

Unfortunately when the nest is built under the floor of the dwelling the results can be devastating, literally thousands of winged ants are produced into the lower rooms, collecting on windows as they make for the light.

This can be extremely upsetting for some people leading to extreme emotional trauma to the level that people learn to fear the summertime and have actually sold their homes to escape the plague of ants which they know will come each summer.

The poor summers of 2007, 2008 & 2009 have meant that ant infestations were down on earlier but ants appear to have a way of catching up and 2010 looks set to be a particularly troublesome year.

Most people who have this problem opt for DIY solutions with powders from hardware shops etc but mostly these efforts do not succeed as they are not getting to the heart of the problem which is the colony itself, tucked safely in the cavity wall or sub-floor area.

Fortunately for many people the answer.

At Harrier Pest Control (subject to site survey) we are able to curee this problem and give an extendable three year guarantee.

The treatment which is carried out mainly from the exterior of the home, is perfectly safe for animals and children and leaves no smell, involves drilling small holes into the cavity walls of the property, not unlike a damp-course injection and blowing an insecticidal powder into the cavity wall under pressure.

This forms an impenetrable barrier through which the ants cannot go and along with a precautionary internal spray treatment (if deemed necessary) will gradually bring the infestation under control.

The holes, which are only 8mm in diameter remain open so it is a simply matter of topping up the cavity walls every three years to extend the effectiveness of the guarantee in three year terms.

This procedure is best carried out in the early spring however it can be done at any time of year.

As a limited time offer before our busy period begins we are offering 25% off the normal cost until May 30 2010. Whilst we normally cover the whole of Lancashire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester, we are able to travel further afield but this will be reflected in the cost.

For a chat or to arrange an appointment contact Harrier Pest Prevention on Free Phone 0800 019 8382 or 01257 230637

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