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  1. Gov of Jersey adopts UK rodenticide stewardship regime

    The Government of Jersey is introducing rodenticide stewardship covering the sale and use of professional rodenticides, modelled on the Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use UK’s regime. Jersey’s Growth, Housing & Environment department has announced that stewardship point-of-sale competence checks will be introduced on 18 July next year, with CRRU assisting towards this. Jersey authorities have […]

  2. Reminder: use up old stocks of Ficam D before 25 July

    Pest controllers are being reminded to use up any stocks of Ficam D with old labels, displaying HSE 4829, by 25 July 2019. The popular insecticide Ficam® D (UK-2018-1136), used for over 95% of wasp nest treatments, was re-approved with a new label earlier this year. It was approved with the caveat that Ficam® D […]

  3. Confirmed Asian Hornet Sighting – Hampshire

    The National Bee Unit has confirmed a sighting of an individual, female Asian hornet in New Milton, Hampshire, after it was reported by a member of the public. Monitoring is underway to detect any other Asian hornets in the vicinity. Identifying an Asian Hornet Asian hornets have a dark brown or black velvety body. They […]

  4. The Sky’s the limit: how high do flies fly?

    PCN is able to share a short communication article ‘House Fly Trap Height Placement’ to provide advice ahead of anticipated peaks in fly activity during the upcoming warmer months. By: Joseph Diclaro, Phil Koehler, and Roberto Pereira. Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida. A social benefit of being an Entomologist is that people always […]

  5. Know your friend – The Beaver

    You won’t find any beaver jokes in Pest Control News because we are too dam professional for that. On the 1st May it was announced that beavers are a protected species in Scotland. This instalment of ‘know your friend’ reminds readers about the reintroduction of beavers into Scotland, the biology behaviour and impacts of this […]