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BEST PRACTICE BED BUG CONTROL

With reported incidences increasing by over 500% in some cases recently, especially in major cities, bed bugs are certainly posing growing problems for many hotels, hostels, residences and homes these days.

Greater international travel, increased pressure on houses in multiple occupation, and decreased use of residual insecticides in cockroach control are amongst the many factors
blamed for the rise in bed bugs seen across much of the UK – and indeed the world over,
particularly during the last five years. More >>

NEW RESEARCH INTO COCKROACH BEHAVIOUR

Recent research has shown that even the seemingly unpredictable aspects of cockroach behaviour have a structure and those seeking to kill cockroaches may be among those to benefit. Research published in Current Biology finds cockroaches confronted with More >>

BED BUGS ON THE RISE

Only one in ten Britons are able to identify what a bedbug looks like, according to researchers at the University of Sheffield. These research findings, published in the Journal of Medical Entomology, are cause for concern as bedbugs are on the rise in the Western World. More >>

KENTUCKY MAN SETS COCKROACH-IN-MOUTH RECORD

A Kentucky man has shoved 11 live cockroaches in his mouth in a new world record attempt. 35-year-old Travis Fessler held the Madagascar hissing cockroaches in his mouth for ten seconds smashing the previous record of nine. More >>

NEW WEAPON IN EUROPEAN COCKROACH WAR

Avert Gel-Plus cockroach baits are a range of performance-proven cockroach baits from world-leading professional pesticide manufacturer, Sorex to help European pest controllers meet their increasing cockroach control challenges. More >>

SOREX SUPER FLY SPRAY - THE IDEAL REPLACEMENT

On the 22nd August 2008 any products containing a Notified active substance for which no active substance dossier was submitted under the Biocidal Product Directive review programme will have to be withdrawn from the market. They may no longer be sold, supplied, stored or used. More >>

SCIENTISTS BUGGED BY MYSTERY INVADER

Insect experts at the Natural History Museum thought they'd seen it all - they do have 28 million specimens in their collection, spanning roughly half a million species. That was until a tiny red and black bug, no bigger than a grain of rice, turned up in their own back garden. More >>

WASP NEST TREATMENTS

When the temperatures start to rise in the summertime, so too does the wasp population. Wasps can be regarded as beneficial insects as they kill an enormous number of other ‘pests' e.g. flies, caterpillars More >>

GETTING TO GRIPS WITH BED BUGS IN NEWQUAY

Persistent bedbug problems have been overcome at a substantial seaside hotel in Newquay, Cornwall. But only after the most thorough, systematic treatment of all 50 bedrooms in a programme requiring a good 15 man days of professional time in two separate visits. More >>

SLEEP TIGHT! THE BED BUGS MIGHT STILL BITE

As if pest control teams were not busy enough with rats and mice, now they are facing growing numbers of blood-sucking bed bugs. Exterminators say they are being inundated with calls about the dreaded creepy-crawlies. More >>

NEW YORK HOTELS ENLIST BEDBUG SNIFFER DOGS

Just one infestation can taint a hotel's reputation for good - which is why New York hoteliers are seeking canine help to root out pests. More >>