Insecticide Treatments

There are around 20,000 different types of known insects in the UK. Urban areas our homes and commercial sites can be attractive to insects as they provide a safe harbourage, food and concealed areas to breed in.

Insects present numerous risks such as

Food contamination
Fleas and Bed Bugs can bite and cause allergic reactions.
Risk of disease transmission.
Bad publicity from insect sightings.
It can sometimes be difficult to spot the first signs of a potential pest infestation, this can lead to infestations that go unnoticed and need professional riddance treatments as a matter of urgency.

Enviroguard provide control services for the following insects

If you require insect control, Enviroguard provide a 24 hour emergency call out facility where a qualified technician will carry out the required work to bring the infestation under quick control, we will also give you advice on prevention and any recommendations.

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Cockroaches

Cockroaches carry food poisoning germs on their bodies and are responsible for the spread of dysentery and gastroenteritis. Contamination will occur when the insect comes into contact with food or work surfaces or through faecal contamination of foodstuffs.

Cockroaches

Stored Product Insects

“Stored Product Insects” is a general term given to any insect capable of infesting the raw materials of food or the finished food goods themselves. They generally live, feed and breed within the commodity but some stages of the insect life cycle may migrate away from the stored product, where cross infestation of other stored goods may occur. Larder Beetle Adult Larder Beetles are about 8mm long and dark brown, with a broad, pale yellow, black-spotted band across the front... View More >

Stored Product Insects

Insects

Woodworm refers to the damage caused to timber by wood-boring beetles. The larvae feed on the wood, creating a network of tunnels. The length of time spent in the wood by the larvae depends on the species but is typically 3 – 5 years. At the end of this period the larvae pupates and emerges as the adult beetle , forming the ‘flight’ holes that are often seen on the timber. The adult then mates and the cycle continues; new... View More >

Guaranteed Woodworm Control from Enviroguard

Enviroguard have experienced first hand the increase in bed bug acytivity in the UK, with an increase in enquiries to hotels and guest houses in Cumbria and Lancashire, that are experiencing active and sometimes quite large infestations of bed bugs. Bed bugs are insects that commonly hide in mattresses, carpets and in the crevices of furniture. They are a reddish-brown, oval-shaped insect that can grow to a quarter of an inch long, take a look at Enviroguards pest identifier bed... View More >

Bed Bugs on the Increase in Cumbria and Lancashire

Every summer thousands of people througout the UK suffer from problems with Wasps and Wasps Nests. The North West of England is no different. Wasps start nest building in early spring when the queen comes out of hibernation and starts the solitary task of creating the nest. When the first workers hatch from eggs in the small nest (the size of a golf ball), they then begin the hard work of nest building. As nests get bigger, so does the... View More >

Wasp control, a little information about wasps

When Enviroguard received a routine enquiry to treat a wasp nest in a loft space, the technician was instructed to treat at once, as the wasps were causing a public nuisance. Upon inspection of the loft space a bat roost was encountered. The law protecting bats is strict and usually it is best to organise work so as to avoid affecting bats or their roosts, thereby avoiding the risk of committing offences. In this situation the wasps were causing a... View More >

Working with Natural England

Enviroguard were recently contacted by a large Zoo in Lancashire who were suffering from a heavy infestation of American cockroaches in their tropical display units after a large national company couldn’t control the problem! The cockroaches were in very high numbers in the tropical tanks and surrounding areas, due to the ideal breeding conditions and abundance of food. After the initial survey, a program of works was swiftly actioned to get a quick nock down of the live insects. Ongoing... View More >

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