Insect Control Services Archives - Pest Control Company Essex

Biscuit beetle (stegobium paniceum)

A recent pest control job in the Essex area found us treating a loft, and the seals around the upstairs windows for this fairly common pest. On inspection of the loft we discovered the owner had been leaving large amounts of mouse bait in trays on the loft floor. We looked carefully around the bait trays and it was clear that beetle larva had been at work on the grain mouse bait, small holes in the plastic trays and the grain in places eaten to a dust like substance, told our pest control experts at wild things pest solutions, everything we needed to know.

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.