Reducing the risk of Insect infestations

Although the weather seems to be taking its time to warm up this year its never to early to start thinking about reducing the risk of insect infestations!

Your home, smallholding, farm (or anywhere) can suddenly find they are the perfect place for insects.

And as the weather will, eventually, warm up this Spring. More and more flies, mites, wasps and other bugs will start to emerge and cause problems.

House flies shouldn’t be ignored as they carry so many different diseases which they leave on every surface they land upon.

Cluster flies are a persistent nuisance and can leave dots of dark excrement on windows which is difficult to get off. Hibernating in tiny cracks and crevices it is often difficult to proof your home to prevent cluster flies intruding.

You can bait flies using a number of methods, including, fly strips, traps or pesticides or resort to swatting them.

Spring Checklist

• Check lofts, garages, sheds for any signs of wasp nets
• Trim branches and shrubs so they are not near your home or anywhere you don’t want to attract flies
• Remove rubbish and food waste. Make sure external rubbish is sealed/covered.
• Check your poultry and game birds regularly for mites
• Remove manure and feed mess frequently which are prime locations for fly breeding

Product Spotlight:

Digrain Perbio Choc RTU

For professional use! To be used by a suitably qualified person!

Use in and around industrial, commercial, domestic and agricultural buildings. For use against flying and crawling insects including ants, cockroaches, fleas, flies, wasps, mosquitoes, stored product moths, red mites, fruit flies, bedbugs by application to surfaces, hard and soft furnishings, cracks and crevices.

• No diluting
• Simply spray or brush onto walls and floors for comprehensive insect control
• Can also be fogged for space treatment against flying insects
• Oil base ensures adhesion to treated surfaces and provides longer residual action – effective for up to 3 months!

How to use:

• Surface spray – 50 ml product to 6.25 square metres
• Space treatment – 0.4ml product to 1 cubic metre (5 ltrs treats 12,500 cubic metres)