Insect problems

Wasps, Bed Bugs, Ants, Fleas and Cockroaches

Common Wasp

Nests underground and in cavities in tress and buildings. Nests can be located by searching likely sites on fine days for signs of wasp activity. Flight lines of foraging wasps converging towards, or diverging away from nests may be observed in order to pin-point the nests.

Solutions:

• Powder treatment
• Surface spraying
• Smokes

Black Ants

Workers are 3.4-5mm long, queens 15mm long. Workers are dark brown-black, queens mid-brown; waist of only one segment. An active insect, it nests outside in grass and walls and under paving. It will forage widely in search of food, which is how it comes to enter domestic premises.

Solutions:

• Insecticide treatments

Cat & Dog Fleas

Adults, 2-3.25mm long. Adult fleas live exclusively as parasites of warm-blooded animals, especially mammals, although birds may also be attacked. Whilst they show a certain degree of host preference, fleas are by no means specific and will feed on other animals in the absence of the normal host.

Solutions:

• Insecticide treatments

Cockroaches

The most common species in Northern Europe are Oriental (Blatta oreintalis) & German (Blattella germanica).

Adults, 20-24mm long. Cockroaches are common in commercial premises associated with production or handling of food. Also in public buildings and domestic premises e.g. apartment blocks. The germanica generally prefers warmer, humid environments, e.g. centrally heated buildings, whilst the orientalis is frequently encountered in cooler, less humid areas such as basements and drains.

Solutions:

• Surface sprays
• Space sprays
• Insecticidal baits

If you have any queries or would like to know more about a pest problem you may be experiencing please contact us.