It’s almost the holiday season and lots of us will be travelling to visit relatives and friends across the country. This is one of the busiest seasons for hotels which means there’s a greater likelihood of...
Flies carry a host of diseases including cholera and salmonellosis and it is therefore essential hygiene practice for food preparation areas to employ some method of fly killer. In the home, house flies are not only irritating...
It’s that time of year again when signs of spider activity peaks. In the garden, the eight legged invertebrates string their magnificent webs across bushes to trap insects for a last supper feast. Indoors, it’s mating...
The spike we normally see every year in mice infestations never arrived. When the temperature dips in November the phones start to ring from customers reporting mice infestations. Mice are opportunists and will sneak into a...
The mystery of why zebra’s have stripes may have been solved. Researchers from Hungary and Sweden say the stripes keep away flying insects such as blood-sucking flies. A report, published in the Journal of Experimental Biology,...
A story by Science Alert caught my eye yesterday about an experiment to test how clever pigeons are. The article commented on new research from psychologists at the University of Otago in New Zealand. Damian Scarf,...