callum, Author at Pest Control Company Essex

Pest Control for Wasps in Chelmsford and Essex

When it comes to wasps there are two main species which are most commonly found in the UK. These are vespula vulgaris and vespula germanica, the latter being the wasp most frequently encountered during the British Summer. Vespula germanica is easy to identify because it has 3 black spots either side of its abdomen.

The brown rat – pest control service

The common brown rat (rattus norvegicus) never ceases to amaze me. During the daily course of my work I have grown to admire there tenacity to take advantage of every situation available to them, from there ability to climb just about anything, and find there way into our loft or cavity walls, to there very sharp incisor teeth which can gnaw through metals and even concrete. They can swim up to half a mile on open water and dive to a depth of 3 ft or more. There has been a case where a local river authority had concerns, because the rats were diving to take the swan mussels ofF the river bed.

Moles (Talpa Europea) – the unwanted turf pest.

Moles can be a real nuisance in many situations, from sports turfs and agricultural land to our gardens.There busy lives of excavating tunnels, which can be up to 20 meters in one day, leaves behind the mounds of soil which spoils our well kept lawns and makes the job of mowing a difficult one. If these subterranean miners are not dealt with quickly, large areas of turf and crops are damaged.

Mouse invasion (pest control Chelmsford)

A recent call from a customer in the Brentwood area, found us surveying an old house with a large presence of mice. One of there children had also spotted a rat on the kitchen table, so clearly something had to be done.We discussed the options, and decided baiting would be the way forward to get this pest problem under control again.When baiting for mice, the more bait you put down the better as they are sporadic feeders, and in this house all rooms and the loft showed evidence that mice were running a mock.

Identifying the (Pest) Noises in Your Loft

When there is noise coming from the loft space, especially at night times it is normally one of two things - rats or squirrels. Mice are not big enough to make any real disturbance and after having them in mine own loft they would have gone undetected if I had not gone up there to find their droppings everywhere.