Residents of the Wrexham area of North Wales recently learned that their local council had decided to abolish its pest control programme. From April of this year (2015), the council will no longer provide service for private properties and non-council housing. The council will...

Gardeners all across the UK are preparing for the invasion of a Spanish slug capable of wreaking havoc on vegetables, fruits, and plants of all kinds. Why such dire warnings? Because a relatively mild winter has allowed many of the slugs that would have otherwise...

Aluminium phosphides are a group of inorganic compound formulas used in pest control as rodenticides or fumigants. They are used to control everything from rats to moles to rabbits, either by mixing the chemicals with bait food or initiating a chemical reaction that produces a...

Every now and again, we will see a news story or blog post talking about natural pest control that does not involve pesticides or trapping the animals in question. The writers of the stories usually make very good points in respect to preventing...

It's that time of year again when the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) releases its annual list of the top 10 pests, as observed during the previous year. Their 2015 list include some household pests that most of us have never heard of. However, some...