Pest control in Liverpool, Bootle and Crosby

Pest and vermin control in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire has seen a lively start this year which is somewhat surprising given the somewhat colder (weather of this last winter|winter of 2009/10}.

Pest controllers were kept occupied with the usual city centre rat problems during the winter of course, but the relatively cold early spring has already provided some ant problems coming in.

The fairly wet summers of the last few years were not to the benefit of the hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) but this year looks like it will turn out to be a busy year for ant calls.

Often ants make their nests under the floors of buildings and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to visit kitchens and food cupboards.

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

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

A somewhat new pest was very numerous in the the North West area last season, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

It was unusual for pest operatives in Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire to meet these pests until recently but they seemed to arrive from nowhere in 2008 and already this season has seen reports of these beetles in substantial numbers.

These insects have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, known as woolly bears can eat natural fibres and can do substantial damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They can be a difficult and tricky pest to get rid of.

Those who work in in pest control have noted that Bed Bugs are continuing their renaissance in the Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire area, frequently arriving as unwanted guests in the suitcases of returning travellers.

Often the first reaction of unfortunate people who realise that they are infested with these hideous,blood-sucking creatures is to get rid of the old beds and purchase.

This is a costly mistake as despite their name bed bugs do not just stay in beds and in an infested room will be found anywhere within about fifteen feet of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds are instantly re-infested.

Most people mistake bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.They both need a different type of pest control

They dine exclusively on blood which they take from their sleeping hosts. People often associate bed bugs with unhygienic conditions but nothing could be less accurate, they do not require dirt, they dine on you!

Until the end of April 2010 Harrier & Liverpool Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.

This revolutionary new treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in additional three year chunks by a low cost 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 guaranteeing a fixed price for destroying wasps nests in the the North West area of just thirty two pounds.

Contact Harrier Pest control for further details on 0800 019 8382 or 0151 471 8660