Manchester & Trafford Pest Control

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Liverpool Flying Ant Infestations on Radio Merseyside

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Liverpool Flying Ant Infestations on Radio Merseyside – hear Ken Chadwick talking on radio Merseyside about the difficulties of dealing with ant infestations inside houses. Ants are one of the more difficult pests we deal with but cures are available so you don’t have to tolerate the scourge of ants in your home.

Liverpool Flying Ant Infestations on Radio Merseyside

Harrier Lancashire & Manchester Pest Control New Areas & Websites

0800 019 8382 or 01257 230637.

Harrier Lancashire & Manchester Pest Control New Areas & Websites – Harrier pest control who have traditionally covered Manchester, South Lancashire and North Cheshire have extended their area of operation for 2010 and announce a series of new partner websites.

Harrier pest control have a fixed price for wasps nest destruction during 2010 0f just £32.00 except for customers on postal codes L, CH & CW where unfortunately we have to charge £44.50 to cover increased travel but as we do not charge extra for evening or weekend callouts this still makes us very competitive with other local companies and local authority pest control operatives, some of whom charge over £50.00.

We work seven days per week and will do our best to fit in with your busy schedule and not keep you waiting in all day. If the nest is accessible without going through the house you can even pre-pay by credit or debit card and we will destroy the nest whilst you are out. If it is urgent please let us know you have paid by telephone as we only pick up our email at the end of the working day. Use the buttons below to prepay.

Areas of Operation

Prepay your wasps nest then ring us to let us know.

Wasp Nest £32.00 all areas except Post Codes L, CH & CW – Pay Now

Wasp Nest £44.50 Post Codes L, CH & CW – Pay Now

Harrier Pest Control on Radio Lancashire

Harrier Pest Control on Radio Lancashire – Our principal Ken Chadwick now appears regularly on Radio Lancashire to talk about pests and pest control throughout the Lancashire & Manchester areas.

If you have a question about pest control or pest matters, be it bed bugs, mice, rats, flease or any other pest problem then tune in next on December 16th at around 1- 3 pm and email in your question.

Ken is an acknowledged pest control expert appearing on TV, The Radio and in Local & National Press.

For a more immediate answer to your problems why not give Harrier Pest Prevention & Control a ring now on 01257 230637

Hear a recording of one of Ken’s earlier broadcasts.

Flying Ants Infestations Cured Manchester

Flying Ants Infestations Cured Manchester –

Do you dread the start of spring when the ants start to wake up?

Garden ants (Lasius niger) are a troublesome pest when they enter properties and can make your life a nightmare year after year, especially in the summer in  the ‘flying ant’ season.

Putting down countless tubes of ‘Ant Powder’ has no effect and the ants crawl over your kitchen surfaces etc. spreading disease and dirt.

Are we ringing any bells?

Well now you can cure the problem by having the property professionally treated with a three-year extendable guarantee.

The treatment involves drilling small holes into the cavity walls of the property from the outside, (a little like putting in a damp proof course) and injecting an insecticidal powder into the cavity under pressure.

This puts a barrier around the house which the ants cannot cross. No more ants can enter the property and those already inside cannot get out to feed and the colony dies off.

The treatment which leaves no smell or mess and is perfectly safe for children and pets.

At the end of the three-year period it is a fairly simple and inexpensive matter to ‘top up’ the powder and extend the guarantee for a further 3 years and so on.

Cavity wall insulation does not affect the effectiveness of the treatment.

It is not possible to give an exact price without seeing your property but costs involved are generally in the range of £75.00 – £275 depending on size of property and number of walls needing to be treated etc.

Pest control in Manchester, Lancashire & Cheshire 2009

Pest Control in Manchester and surrounding areas has seen a lively start in 2009.

Pest controllers were kept busy with the usual city centre rat problems throughout the winter of course, but the relatively early spring has seen ant infestation call outs a month earlier than usual.

The wet summers of 2007 & 2008 were not to the liking of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but 2009 looks like being a busy year for ant infestation work.

Frequently ants nest under the floors of houses and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to visit kitchens & food cupboards.

However it is at mating time when they can be most distressing as they produce winged queens and males which then mate in flight.

The emergence of several thousand of these ‘flying ants’ inside houses can by traumatic indeed.

A relatively new pest has been especially troublesome this year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

It was rare for pest controllers in Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire to encounter these pests until recent times but they seemed to arrive from nowhere in 2008 and already this spring has seen reports of varied carpet beetle in unprecedented numbers.

Having a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, known as ‘woolly bears’ can eat natural fibres and can do substantial damage to carpets and natural fabrics. They can be a difficult and persistent pest.

Bed bugs are continuing their resurgence in the Manchester area, frequently arriving as unwanted guests in the suitcases of returning holiday makers.

Often the first reaction of unfortunates who realise that they are infested with these blood-sucking insects is to destroy the old beds and buy new.