A bug in the system I was speaking to my friend Jai Aenugu of the Techforce ltd about the origin of the phrase there is a bug in the system, in the early days of computing a moth got in to the inside of a computer…
Invasion The U.K is experiencing record numbers of Clothes Moths due to the mild winter and early spring; call-outs for pest controllers to treat for moths more than doubled between February and March of this year! My colleagues round the country agree that this is…
A guide to pest control pricing. Pest control pricing: Rodents The technician has to take in to consideration the extent of the infestation in his pest control pricing. A rat or mouse infestation may need several visits. Contact us for price …
Picture This… You’re outside and it’s freezing cold in the dark depths of Winter. Desperate to find some warmth and to fill your hungry stomach, you smell the lovely aroma of fresh bread in the air. Your nose leads you toward the source of that…
The Ants are Busy It’s Winter and the thermometer is reading -4 deg C and yet at Aberkil Pest Control here in Aberdeen, we’ve had several call-outs for ants in the past week. It just goes to show that not much will get in the…
Don’t Let the Bed Bugs bite! A customer recently told me that they had always thought bed bugs were a myth – something maybe to scare naughty children with, and we’ve all heard the old saying, ‘Sleep tight, and don’t led the bed bugs bite!’ This customer…
Slugs in my Home! A perennial problem of gardeners everywhere, slugs and snails can wreak havoc with vegetables and leaves etc in gardens. Despite being very slow-moving creatures, they are of the ‘slow but steady‘ nature and can travel a large enough area to get right…
Angry Wasps – Why? As we enjoy the last of a summer’s sun in the back garden, we often seem to get bothered by wasps more and more and they seem intent on dive-bombing glasses of drinks – both soft and alcoholic drinks. Why does…
Unfortunately I read each year that someone has died due to being stung by a wasp. The Sun newspaper reports today that Katrina Heaton could have died if a Doctor had not been passing by the area. Katrina had been carrying an EpiPen but was…
I have just been reading an article about a family getting attacked by wasps, the poor dog is in a bad way and the family have ended up with a large bill. This happened down by a river bank where the wasps will make a…
