Pest and vermin control in Liverpool and Wirral has seen a lively and brisk start (2010) which is rather surprising given the somewhat colder (weather of this last winter|winter of 2009/10}.

Pest and vermin operatives were kept busy with the usual town centre rat calls during the winter of course, but the relatively cold late winter has already brought some ant problems reported.

The fairly wet summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the taste of the hymenoptera (sawflies, wasps, ants & bees) but this year looks like it will be a busy year for flying ant calls.

Frequently ants make their nests under the floors of buildings and inside cavity walls causing an army of foraging ants to visit kitchens and food cupboards.

However it is at the annual mating time when they can be most troublesome as they produce winged males and winged queens which then mate in flight.

The release of many thousands of these flying ants inside houses can be horrible in the extreme.

A relatively new pest was quite numerous in the the North West area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

It was rare for pest controllers in Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire to come across these pests until recent times but they seemed to arrive from nowhere in 2008 and already this year has seen reports of varied carpet beetle in large numbers.

These beetles have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, called woolly bears devour natural fibres and can do substantial damage to carpets and all fabrics. They can be a difficult and tricky pest to get rid of.

Those who work in in pest control note that Bed Bugs are continuing their return in the Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire area, often arriving as unwanted guests in the suitcases of returning travellers.

Regularly the first reaction of those unfortunates who realise that they have been infested with these revolting,blood-sucking pests is to destroy the old beds and purchase.

This is an expensive mistake as despite their name bed bugs don’t just stay in beds and in an infested bedroom will be found everywhere within up to fifteen feet of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds will be quickly re-infested.

A lot of people mistake bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.They both take a different type of gatley pest control.

They dine solely on blood which they take from their sleeping hosts. People regularly associate bed bugs with dirty conditions but nothing could be further from the truth, they do not require dirt, their food is you!

Up to April 30th 2010 Harrier & Manchester Pest Control are offering a 25% reduction on their guaranteed ant treatment.

The revolutionary treatment which is guaranteed for three years, extendable indefinitely in additional three year chunks by a affordable re-treatment every three years, can be carried out on most houses subject to satisfactory,free

For the summer of 2010 Harrier Pest Control are offering a fixed price for destroying wasps nests in the Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester area of just thirty two pounds.

Contact Harrier Pest control for details on 0800 019 8382 or 0161 930 8814