I know, this is far too obvious choice but flies are going to become very topical shortly. With the weather warming up, they will soon start to annoy us all…once again. We will be reaching for our fly swatters...
The name of this pest has always baffled me. Everyone knows I am not a big insect fan. But even the name of this particular pest is creepy! Why ear? And wigs? Why name it earwig? Having done a...
Not bed bugs again, I hear you whine! But I could not do “B” and not talk about this stubborn pest. A couple of years back, it seemed everywhere I looked everyone was talking about bed bugs. They were...
So here we go with my pest related experiences & comments starting, in alphabetical order, with the letter A. A is for Arachnophobia and all things arachnids. I do not have a particular fear of spiders but I am...
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, Harlene Hayne and...
Do you know any facts about rats? Now the temperatures are falling the phones have started ringing with customers wanting us to wave our magic wand and make their rat infestations vanish. Throughout Ireland rats live in close proximity...