by innovixx | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Pest Control
“Grub’s Up”.I can still hear those magic words from my childhood, shouted across the football pitch by my father, to signal that ‘tea’ was ready and the football had to cease for the day.I raced home to find my mother dishing-up Bangers...
by innovixx | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Pest Control, Proofing
After 800 years, a new study has concluded that rats were not to blame for the spread of ‘The Black Death’ (bubonic plague), which wiped out entire towns and eventually killed 60% of the population of medieval Europe.Instead, the culprits are now...
by innovixx | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Pest Control
Save the bees! Whilst we sometimes have to undertake pest control, we are also conscious to help our friendly wildlife. Honey bees across the world are in decline, under threat from viruses, and without beekeepers to care for them they could disappear in a few years....
by innovixx | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Pest Control
Don’t try this at home (Part 2) !! Following on from our warning about DIY rat control, please be careful if you decide to try and tackle a wasps nest. Last Saturday a 44 year old man in the east of France was badly stung whilst trying to remove a nest, and...
by innovixx | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Pest Control
We had the “Killer Seagulls” earlier in the Summer, now the National Press has lots of stories about the False Widow Spider invading Britain. All a little late – it’s believed that this spider arrived in Britain in 1879 on a crate of...
by innovixx | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Pest Control
Grey squirrels (right) were first introduced into the UK in 1876, as ‘pets’ for an estate garden. The owner brought a pair back from America, and greys soon became fashionable amongst his friends.There are now an estimated 2.5 million grey squirrels in the...
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