Pest and vermin control in Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire has seen a brisk this year which is somewhat surprising given the relatively cold winter of 2009/10.

Pest operatives were kept busy with the usual town centre rodent problems all thoughout the winter of 2009/10, but the relatively cold late winter has already provided some ant infestations coming in.

The fairly wet summers of 2008 and 2009 were not to the liking of the hymenoptera (wasps, bees and ants) but 2010 looks like it will turn out to be a hectic year for flying ant problems.

Often ants build nests under the floors of homes and inside cavity walls causing a large number of foraging ants to infest kitchens and food cupboards.

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

The appearance of many thousands of these winged ants inside your house can be traumatic indeed.

A relatively new pest was especially prevalant in the Lancashire, Manchester and Cheshire area last year, the Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci).

It was rare for pest controllers in Cheshire, Lancashire and Manchester to deal with these pests until recently but they seemed to arrive from nowhere in 2008 and already this spring has seen reports of these beetles in unprecedented numbers.

These insects have a similar life cycle to moths their larvae, known as woolly bears can eat natural fibres and can do a great deal of damage to carpets and any fabrics. They can be a difficult and tricky pest to get rid of.

Those involved in pest control note that Bed Bugs are carrying on their resurgence in the the North West area, often arriving as stowaways in the suitcases of home-coming holiday makers.

Regularly the first reaction of unfortunates who realise that they are infested with these horrible,blood-sucking creatures is to destroy the old beds and get.

This is a costly error as despite their name bed bugs do not just stay in beds and in an infested room will be found everywhere within up to five yards of the bed, in cupboards, drawers etc, even in electrical and telephone sockets and the new beds are quickly re-infested.

Many people mistake bed bugs with dust mites which are not visible to the naked eye.They both a different method of pest control.

They dine solely on blood which they drink from their sleeping hosts. People usually associate bed bugs with unhygienic conditions but nothing could be less true, they do not require dirt, they eat you!

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

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

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

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