Ants 

Ants are social insects that live in more or less permanent nests. Colony sizes vary enormously and are mostly located in soil, wood and among rocks. The main enemy of the ants are termites. Ants often regarded as “nuisance” pests in around buildings. They may also present a health risk. There are known cases where ants were mechanically carrying disease organisms causing dysentery, smallpox & variety of pathogenic bacteria, including Salmonella.

Facts about ants

        • If a 175 pound human had the comparative strength of an ant he could lift almost
            9000 pounds.

        • There are about 9000 species of birds identified throughout the world. There are
            almost that many species of ants - currently about 8800.

        • The largest ants in the world are the Driver Ants in Africa. Some workers reach
           almost one and a half inches long. In contrast, the smallest ant species is one from
           Sri Lanka, whose workers are only 1/30th of an inch long.



 Fleas

There around 2380 species of fleas worldwide. Fleas are small & very specialized, adult fleas are blood suckers, the majority feeding on mammals & some feeding on birds. Fleas transmit disease from animals to humans. Historically, bubonic plague has claimed untold millions of human life. (The “Black Death” that occurred in the middle ages in Europe)

Facts about fleas

        • Fleas are vectors of Bubonic Plague, carried from rodents to humans when they suck
           our blood. In an epidemic in Europe in the 14th Century 25,000,000 people died from the
           disease. That was over one-third of the entire population of that continent.

        • This epidemic was part of a worldwide epidemic, and from 1347 to 1351 over 75 million
            people died around the world.



 Bedbugs

The bedbug is found worldwide. It is associated with human habitation, hiding in furniture and structural cracks and crevices, emerging at night when hungry to search for blood for meals. Although they do not seem to be involved with any serious disease transmission, the bite of bed bugs in the night can prove very irritating, even unbearable at times.

 Silverfish

A species found worldwide and often in association with humans. They feed on most types of human food but seem to prefer materials such as book-bindings, paper, photographs, cotton, linens, wallpaper.






 House Dust Mites


Very common worldwide living in dust domestic dwellings & feeds on minute moulds living in human skin scales. Probably responsible for a number of allergic reactions caused by droppings, cast skins and dead bodies of mites. They cause skin & respiratory problems.




 Spiders


Spiders have colonized all environments in the world with the exception of salt water. Even in Sri Lanka we have many species of spiders in a wide range of environments. Spiders play a significant role in the biological control of invertebrate pests.

All spiders spin silk, produced from specialized glands at the tail of the abdomen called spinnerets. Frequently many threads are spun together, each one being perhaps less than one hundredth of a millimetre in diameter. The liquid silk pulled into threads is spun together. The liquid silk pulled into threads dries chemically, rather than due to the action of air and weight for weight is considerably stronger than steel.



 Caterpillars
Many hairy caterpillars (larvae of some moths) produce a rash on the softer-skinned areas of the body. These hair cause irritation, which if rubbed, become intense, often requiring medical treatment. The larvae (caterpillars) of the mistletoe browntail moth (euproctis edwardsii) feed on mistletoe on trees & are hairy. If they are handled, or when they pupate and thus shed many hair into the atmosphere, intense irritation is caused perhaps without the insect being visible.

A school in New South Wales in Australia was closed for some days due to the hairs of pupating caterpillars becoming an airborne and affecting many pupils in the playground area.




 Integrated Pest Management System

We will carryout the treatment according to The Exterminators Integrated Pest Management System by identifying the pest species, breeding spots & infested areas.