Category Archives: Newsletter Pest News – Mar 26

The Bumble Bee

The Bumble Bee Duncan Bosomworth, NPTA Technical Manager   As winter now hopefully enters its final stage, and god forbid it stops raining every day you may be thinking about the forthcoming calls coming in from your customers and the public. With the occasional warm and sunny day bringing a flurry of insect activity into…

Know your foe: The house mouse

Know your foe: The house mouse Duncan Bosomworth, NPTA Technical Manager   Mus domesticus As one of the recognised commensal rodents, and one of four species mentioned on rodenticide labels this delicate little rodent is one of the most common pests in the UK. Originally thought to originate from the boarders of Russia and Iran…