Spring is now well underway, which means the weather is starting to warm up… which is certainly very welcome news indeed, except for the fact that we’ll soon start to see an increase in certain types of household pests - such as the not-so-humble wasp! We’re a fair few weeks away from wasp season, you’ll

Moths are a very common sight in the UK throughout the year and, although they’re undeniably incredibly beautiful, they can wreak all sorts of havoc if their numbers get out of control… especially clothes moths, which love nothing more than having a good old munch on all our favourite clothes and upholstery at home! There

There’s nothing worse than having a moth infestation and seeing all your beautiful clothes left munched and full of holes, but if you’re a historic National Trust house with some important collections from the past, the damage these little critters can cause can be particularly devastating. However, it seems that webbing clothes moth populations are

Having a pest infestation of any kind is always going to be a nuisance, but it’s always best to get it sorted out sooner rather than later or you could find serious damage is done to your property. It could even prove to be a risk to your health and that of your family, depending

Prevention is generally better than cure, or so they say - and this is most certainly the case when it comes to household pests.  There’s nothing worse than having a serious infestation of some kind on your hands and they can be very difficult to sort out, depending on the pest in question, so taking

If you’re in the general Essex vicinity, you may want to be on your guard and keep a good eye out for Asian hornets, as sightings of these invasive insects have now been confirmed. Residents and beekeepers in the Rayleigh area, in particular, are being asked to be as vigilant as possible, with the National

There can be no denying that summertime is a particularly lovely time of year, but it does bring with it some unfortunate inconveniences, such as an increase in wasp populations. Of course, wasps are important pollinators and we’re very grateful to have them from an ecosystem point of view (they’re helping to keep us alive,

We don’t tend to think of wasps as being of superior intelligence. After all, they have a brain that’s the size of a grain of rice or thereabouts, so just how capable can they actually be? Well, it seems that size may not be as important as first thought when it comes to brain capacity

Over the last few years, serious declines in bee populations have been seen in the UK and further afield, as a result of climate change, habitat destruction, mites and so on… and, while we no doubt can all agree that this is sad in and of itself, it seems that there are many of us