Is it wise to deal with a pest problem with DIY Pest Control Products

Pest Control in the North West has seen a relatively early in 2011 which is somewhat surprising given the somewhat cold winter of 2010/11.

Pest and Vermin controllers were kept busy with the usual city centre rat problems throughout the winter of 2009/10, but the relatively cold late winter has already seen some ant calls reported.

Some people try rat and mouse control by themselves but often it is better to employ a professional.

The damp summers of 2009 and 2010 were not to the taste of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but 2010 looks like it will be a active year for flying ant problems.

Usually ants build nests under the floors of homes and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to infest kitchens and food cupboards.

However it is at their mating time when they can be most troublesome as they release winged males and winged queens which then mate on the wing.

The release of many thousands of these flying ants inside houses can be horrible indeed.

A fairly new pest was very troublesome in the Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester 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 lately but they seemed to appear from nowhere in 2008 and already this spring has seen reports of these insects in large numbers.

These insects have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, called woolly bears devour natural fibres and can do substantial damage to carpets and any fabrics. They are a difficult and persistent pest to eradicate.

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

Very often the first reaction of unlucky people who realise that they have been infested with these horrific,blood-sucking insects is to get rid of the old beds and purchase.

This is a costly error as despite their name bed bugs do not just hide in beds and in an infested room will be found anywhere within about five metres of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds will be quickly re-infested.

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

They dine exclusively on blood which they syphon from their sleeping victims. People usually associate bed bugs with unhygienic conditions but nothing could be further from the truth, they do not require grime, they eat you!

These bugs must not be tackled using DIY Pest Control Products.

A DIY job with a Bed Bug Spray will often make the situation worse
Until June 30th 2011 Harrier & Manchester Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.

The revolutionary new treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in additional three year chunks by a simple re-treatment every three years, can be carried out on most houses subject to free site survey

For the summer of 2011 Harrier Pest Control are giving a fixed price for getting rid of wasps nests in the Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester area of just thirty two pounds.

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