Flies are a very common pest in the UK, and for most of us having a fly buzzing around is very annoying, as well as this they can also pose a health risk, particularly for businesses within the pharmaceutical or food industry. With this said flies are actually quite fascinating little insects. Our team have put together 9 interesting facts about flies that you probably never knew!
Pests are likely to take up residence in your home if they can find a way in. Particularly if there is easy access to food and water. With this said there are a few things that will make your home more inviting to pests giving them the perfect conditions to breed and thrive.
Some of The Biggest Causes of Residential Pests Include:
If you have a pest infestation or would like advice on how to avoid future pest infestations, then contact Anglo Scottish Pest Control today – 0131 452 8228
Rubbish causing rodent activity as lockdown eases in Scotland, business is almost back to normal. Which means the excessive rubbish situation is too.
Local business waste management
As you may or may not be aware most business’s dump excess rubbish out the back waiting to be collected.
This is a red flashing light to rodents such as mice and rats. And once they have finished on the outside the temptation to find a way into your business is next on the agenda.
Make sure your business practices safe and secure ways to store rubbish.
These points apply not only to a local business, but in your home too. If we all work together and manage our own rubbish it can not only affect your home and business but it can improve your neighbours too which decreases the chance of recurring pest problems.
Stay safe, stay clean and tidy and if you need professional pest control contact us now.
At this time of the year during a heatwave it tends to be ant season here in Scotland. Often people will see flying ants and commonly mistaken them for a fly. From the photo you can see worker garden ants hard at work outside. But if left to roam free can cause problems inside the house if they find a way.
Heatwave is coming. And flying ants love this type of weather.
Currently due to our unusual climate and a combination of Covid-19 we are finding more bugs are finding homes where they normally wouldn’t.
Feel free to check out the info graph to identify some of the more common pests that could possibly be found out and about not only in the UK but Europe and Asia.
Do you find yourself being bugged by flying pests then get in touch with Anglo Scottish Pest Control. We are only a phone call away and can help out in the Edinburgh and Lothians area.
If you would like further information on specifically flying ants please take a look at this very informative link below.
Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, particularly in urban areas, the winged insects you see are almost always the sexually mature queens and males of the black garden ant, Lasius niger. The larger ants are the queens. They can be up to 15mm long.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/when-why-winged-ants-swarm-nuptial-flight.html
How to identify signs of rats where you live or work.
Have you heard scuttling under the floorboards or above your head in the attic?
The Common, Brown or Norway Rat, also known as the sewer rat, and are prevalent across the whole of the UK.
More and more children are born in big cities and becoming detached from nature and the living creatures that reside there – like all sorts of bugs. And we often fear things we’re not used to or understand – that is how the human mind works.
Not having a lot of knowledge about insects combined with an experience of being bitten by one or seeing someone else being afraid of one might result in a deeper, more irrational fear – a phobia. Entomophobia (fear of insects) is relatively common – particularly in urban areas.
Apart from most of us not liking the way bugs look, feel or sound, what is it about these (mostly) harmless little things that we are so afraid of?
Wasps are a pest that can bother you especially in late summer. We specialise in wasp nest removal in Edinburgh and the surrounding areas.
Large wasp
There are a few things you can do to minimise the risk of having lots of wasps flying around in your garden or near your house.
Make sure you rinse all your empty juice and beer bottles and other food packaging before you put them in your bin. Also make sure to have a tight-fitting lid and regularly clean your wheelie bin out. Avoid planting lots of flowers in your garden as they’re a definite wasp-magnet.
If wasps are still bothering you, you can easily make your own wasp trap. Just remember to be careful when handling and emptying the traps, and if you have any doubts just get Anglo Scottish Pest Control to do it for you.
Most of us prefer to be as far away as possible from any sort of bug. They’re just a pest that we could happily live without. An aversion for bugs is usually based on three things: knowledge or experience (bees), a culturally understandable repulsion (cockroaches) or fear based on inadequate information (crickets).
For some this dislike of insects turns into something more serious: entomophobia (or insectophobia). A phobia can be defined as: “A persistent, abnormal, and irrational fear of a specific thing or situation that compels one to avoid it, despite the awareness and reassurance that it is not dangerous”.