Pest control services in Northampton, Daventry, Corby, Kettering, Wellingborough, Towcester, Brackley, Market Harborough and all surrounding areas.
Is Monthly Pest Control Necessary? When it comes to pests, the question often posed is – is prevention better than cure? If you can’t see pests, does it mean that they aren’t there? The services of a regular proactive pest control plan, delivered by a competent professional company, can help prevent problems before they even […]
Is The Landlord Responsible For Pest Control? When renting out a property or offering premises for a business to lease, it can be confusing as to whom is responsible should pests appear – the landlord or the tenant. After all, both should surely have some responsibility towards the property, but it can feel a bit […]
Spider Pest Control Arachnophobes…look away now! Love them or hate them, spiders are seemingly everywhere at this time of year, lurking in the corners of bedrooms, scurrying across kitchen floors or maybe even attempting the backstroke in the bath. The first instinct upon seeing a spider for many is to recoil and run! Should […]
Finding pests in your home or garden is an unpleasant (and if ignored, potentially costly) experience. The aroma from rotting waste in your bins is attractive and enticing to pests, and often the very reason pests are drawn to your property. We all need to dispose of waste so how do we stop these uninvited […]
We’ve all heard the phrase ‘You are never more than 6 feet from a rat’ which is not a pleasant thought in any circumstances but when it comes to your business, it can have real knock-on effects. Not only can pests cause damage to your business premises, but they can also damage the reputation of […]
Wasps – the traditional blight of any picnic or BBQ! Fascinating as these tiny creatures are, finding a wasp nest on your property can be alarming, especially if you are allergic to Wasp stings, have children or other vulnerable members of the household. The tell-tale meandering of large numbers of wasps in the shrubs or […]
Honeybee Cut-Outs At iX5 Pest Control we are seeing a huge increase in the number of enquiries about our honeybee removal work (sometimes known as honeybee cut-outs). In the last 3 weeks we have undertaken a number of honeybee removal jobs, including removing an established colony from the ceiling of a listed building, another colony […]
How to Spot Bedbugs It can be quite hard to spot if you have an infestation of bedbugs. Bedbugs are small, usually measuring between 1 and 7mm, brown oval insects. Bedbugs are nocturnal insects that feed on blood, animal or human, they are not fussy. After feeding their bodies are engorged with blood and change […]
What Are Stored Product Insects (SPIs) At iX5 Pest Control we often receive enquiries from people advising they have tiny creatures all over their kitchen, and sometimes also in other rooms of their homes. A few carefully targeted questions usually help us identify the likely suspects as potential stored product insects, and a full site […]
How to Attract Bees this Spring There are over 250 bee species in Britain, some of which are solitary, some annual colony formers and some which live in a continual colony (honey bees). One thing they all have in common is that they feed predominantly on nectar and pollen. Bees are fantastic little garden helpers, […]
