Pest Problems
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Wasps, Bees and Flies
Control: For minor problems with small numbers of adult wasps, space sprays and surface sprays can be used to great effect.
If wasps choose a nesting site in, on or near houses and business premises, more drastic actions need to be taken. Insecticidal dusts and liquid surface sprays are some of the options for control of problematic wasp populations.
Rodents, Mice and Rats
Rodents: Rodents are increasing in number due to many factors, one being the milder winters that are allowing their populations to thrive. This applies to the most common rodent pests, the Brown Rat (Rattus Nerveglous) and also the House Mouse (Mus Domesticus), control with traps and baiting on an ongoing basis.
Significance: Rodents can carry over thirty different diseases dangerous to humans, including Well’s disease, typhus, salmonella and bubonic plague.
Biting Insects: Fleas, Mites and Bed Bugs
There are many species of biting insects in the UK and these include, mites, Cat Fleas (Ctenucephalides felis) and Bed Bugs (Cimex Lectularfus).
Control: A thorough inspection is necessary to determine the source and extent of any infestation. The pests may have entered through second hand furniture or be hiding under wallpaper, where they may have lain undetected for several months.
Once the source of the infestation and any harbourages are located, they should be treated with a residual insecticide.
Birds
Social Structure: Each flock occupies a distinct territory which includes feeding, roosting and perching sites and nesting areas. The flock is in balance with the availability of food and breeding sites within the territory.
Within a flock there is a distinct order. The dominant birds feed first. Newer ranking birds are under more pressure to find food and harbourage. Birds are removed from a flock. Competition is reduced and the vacuum created makes the area more attractive to lower ranking birds from adjacent flocks where competition is more intense.
Control: These are several methods available for controlling populations and preventing problem flocks from settling, including wiring, netting, pointing, pesticides and birds of prey.
Crawling Insects: Carpet Beetle, Clothes Moths, Cockroaches, Flies and Fruit Flies
Distribution: A small tropical species of ant, the pharaoh ant, is increasing in importance in the structures of large centrally heated buildings, especially hospitals and high-rise blocks of flats where it can be a serious public health pest.
Control: Infestations can become very quickly established and can be very difficult to control, because the populations increase rapidly and are incredibly hardy – they can survive long periods without food or water.
However, once the source of infestation, the species and their harbourages have been identified, they can be effectively controlled using an integrated approach, incorporating baits, sticky traps, insecticidal dusts, growth regulators and proofing against further infestations.
Post-treatment monitoring is essential and re-treatment will almost certainly be needed.