Flying ant control in Perth
Swarms of flying ants in Perth and Kinross have been causing problems all through the county in the past couple of weeks. Flying Ants are the sexually mature forms of the Garden Ant or Black Ant, which is very common in Scotland. These ants cause a lot of problems by invading kitchens and houses and…
Read MoreBusy bees and butterflies in Perth
It’s a beautiful, hot summer’s day in Perth today and the warm weather is increasing insect activity. Insects are invertebrates and not warm blooded like humans; they rely on the heat around them to give them energy to move, rather that producing their own heat energy in the body like we do. So, hotter weather…
Read MoreBrave mother stoat
We disturbed a mother stoat when we were out ferreting rabbits earlier in July. Our white ferret went down the last rabbit hole at a rabbit clearance and control job in the hills above Perth and a stoat popped out the other end, turned round and then went straight back in again. There was a…
Read MoreCan you spot the wasp nest?
Can you spot the wasp nest in this picture? It’s well hidden in the shrub, isn’t it. If you look more closely you can see the off-white, papery cone that is so characteristic of wasp nests; you should be able to see the entry hole at the bottom right too. The weather was warmer this…
Read MoreWasp control in Perth for cheeky wasps
These pest wasps were certainly cheeky when they decided to set up camp uninvited and build a wasp nest in Perth in a porch this week; you can see then crawling all over the nest. Our customer hadn’t spotted the wasp nest being built in the front porch. She hadn’t been going out to the…
Read MoreA scary wasp nest in Kinross
This large wasp nest in Kinross set all the alarm bells ringing for an electrician this week. Because it was large he could see it as soon as he’d got through the hatch into the customer’s attic – and so he got out again as soon as he could. He did exactly the right thing;…
Read MoreA hungry otter
This hungry otter moved in our pest control operations in Perth today. A customer had been losing hens at the hen run and had seen a fox in the grounds too, so they’d asked us to visit and do a pest control survey to see what could be done about it. Whilst we were having…
Read MoreA very friendly pigeon
We found a very friendly pigeon at the weekend or, rather, a very friendly pigeon found us. We’d been called out to Fife for bird control to get rid of pest pigeons. These unpleasant birds were plaguing the residents of a street by nesting in gaps in the roof and leaving mess and droppings on the roof,…
Read MoreIs this a Bees Nest or a Wasp Nest?
Is this a bees nest or a wasp nest in my garden shrub? Is it a bee swarm perhaps? These were the questions a customer in Pitlochry asked today. She had been making the most of a break in the weather to catch up with a few jobs in the garden and found a rather…
Read MoreWhat’s the cost of pest control?
Well, at face value, the cost of mouse control for the Poundland chain this week is 24,000 items at £1 each; a total of £24,000. This is the amount that Poundland in Croyden has just been fined for breaking the Food Hygiene laws. The store found some packets of biscuits had been chewed by mice;…
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