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The Exterminator – Winter 2016
PyGar launched in New Zealand
PelGar International has received approval in New Zealand for its natural insecticide product – PyGar.
Black Rat
Large ears and a slender body, with a tail longer than the combined length of the head and body. Equally at home on the ground or at height. In the urban environment they will be frequently found in a building’s roof or attic space.
House Mouse
Has grey brown fur which is only slightly lighter on the underside, with a tail which is 80% the length of the head and body combined. The adult weighs on average 15-18 grams. Tend to infest houses and are rarely found outside where they are readily outcompeted by other rodents, like the wood mouse.
Black Ants
Widely distributed throughout Britain. Frequently close to, and in association with human dwellings. They create their nests outside underground in almost any location which will allow them to burrow.
Red Poultry Mite
Found throughout the UK outdoors, infesting wild bird nests. More recently have become a pest of poultry rearing facilities both domestic and commercial. Heavy infestations can cause severe debilitation of the birds and lowered egg production rates.
Oriental Cockroach
A large cockroach, 20-24mm long when adult. Primarily a nocturnal pest, preferring a moist environment. A common pest of basements and cellars, and found in association with toilets, behind baths and sinks, where large numbers will congregate around sources of water.
American Cockroach
Primarily nocturnal pest, prefers a warm, moist environment with an optimum temperature of 28°C. Live on average for 15 months. Can be distinguished from nymphal stages by the presence of wings.
Bed-bugs
A wingless ectoparasite with an oval body. The body is flattened unless it has taken a blood feed, after which the abdomen will be distended as it taken on a blood meal up to 7 times its own bodyweight. The bed-bug inhabits houses worldwide.