Pest control in Stockport, Cheadle and Gatley 2010

Pest and vermin control in Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester has seen a relatively early (2010) which is unexpected given the relatively cold winter of 2009/10.

Pest and Vermin controllers were kept occupied with the usual city centre rodent problems throughout the winter of course, but the relatively cold early spring has already brought some ant problems reported.

The fairly wet summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the taste of the hymenoptera (bees, ants, sawflies and wasps) but 2010 looks like it will turn out to be a hectic year for ant problems.

Frequently ants nest under the floors of homes and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to enter kitchens and food cupboards.

However it is at the annual mating time when they can be most troublesome as they release winged queens and males which then fly off to mate.

The emergence of thousands of these winged ants inside houses can be horrible indeed.

A fairly new pest was very numerous in the Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

It was not common for pest controllers in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire to come across these pests until recently but they seemed to appear from nowhere in 2008 and already this year has seen reports of these beetles in large numbers.

Having a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, called woolly bears can eat natural fibres and can do substantial damage to carpets and some fabrics. They can be a difficult and persistent pest to get rid of.

Bed Bugs are carrying on their return in the Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire area, often arriving as hitch-hikers in the suitcases of home-coming travellers.

Often the first reaction of unfortunates who realise that they are infested with these horrible,blood-sucking pests is to get rid of the old beds and purchase.

This is an expensive mistake as despite their name bed bugs not only stay in beds and in an infested bedroom will be found everywhere within around fifteen feet of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds are quickly re-infested.

Most people mix up bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.

They dine just on blood which they syphon from their sleeping hosts. People usually associate bed bugs with insanitary conditions but nothing could be less accurate, they do not require dirt, their food is you!

Until April 30th 2010 Harrier & Manchester Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.

This revolutionary treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in further three year chunks by a simple re-treatment every three years, can be carried out in most properties subject to satisfactory,free

For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are providing a fixed price for destroying wasps nests in the the North West area of just thirty two pounds.

Contact Harrier Pest control for more details on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814