01233 640681

 07790 532420

 07307 162022 (Emergencies & 24 Hour Call Out)

Common pests found in homes and around commercial properties

A variety of pests that can be found in and around the home as well as on commercial propertyin cities and in the country. These typically include wasps, hornets, flies, spiders, ants and rats and other types of pests.

Moles, rabbits, and foxes can be found in country areas although some foxes do tend to venture into urban towns. Find out more about them here.

Pitcure of wild rabbit

Rabbits

Rabbits are small mammals with fluffy, short tails, whiskers and distinctive long ears. There are more than 30 species around the world, and while they live in many different environments, they have many things in common.

Picture of hare

Hares

Hares like rabbits are members of the Leporidae family. Their distinctive features include: elongated ears that measure from 3.7 to 4.3 inches from the notch to tip, large hind legs, brown coats and lives of 4 to 8 years and can live as long as 12 years.

Picture of mole

Moles

Moles have bluish-black to gray fur. Their characteristics are: a slender snout, teeth like needles, flattened feet, claws and small ears. Moles can grow up to 12 inches but this depends on the species.

Picture of female fox

Foxes

Foxes are small-to-medium-sized, omnivorous mammals that belong to several genera of the family Canidae. A fox’s main characteristics are: a flattened skull, upright triangular ears, a pointed and slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail referred to as a brush.

Picture of bed bug

Bed Bugs

Bed bugs are parasitic insects of the cimicid family that feed exclusively on blood. Bed bugs prefer to hide in cracks and crevices during the daytime and come out to feed on the host’s blood at night, usually while the host is sleeping.

Picture of brown banded cockroaches

Cockroaches

Picture of mosquitoe

Mosquitoes are small flying insects, and they are experts in finding people and bite them and infect millions of people all over the world.

Mosquitoes

Picture of long bodied cellar spiders

Spiders

Picture of damp wood termite

Termites