Spotting the signs
In this guide, Beaver Pest Control show us how to spot the signs of pests while cleaning.
so if you catch one and look under a magnifying glass you will be able to tell them apart.
As with drain flies, fruit flies can easily be dealt with by removing the breeding grounds. In this case it will be fermenting fruit, juice or wine. In order to locate the breeding site, look for moisture, decaying or fermenting fruit or debris and warmth.
Some common breeding areas to check are:
Pests cause damage to buildings, spread disease and can chew through cabling, causing fire risks. Your cleaning teams are onsite every day and are in the perfect position to proactively alert your client, your partner pest control company or your in-house pest control team to the early warning signs of pests.
Here are the signs of some of the most common pests:
Mice Most people will recognise mice droppings, small dark rice- sized droppings scattered normally behind furniture, under kitchen cupboards, and in corners. An adult mouse will leave roughly 50-80 droppings a day, which will be scattered along their ‘runs’.
Train cleaning staff to watch out for signs of mouse droppings behind furniture, in the corners of rooms and under kitchen sinks.
Clothes moths
The first signs of a clothes moth infestation are normally damage to carpets in corners or dark, warm places. Carpets with a high natural fibre content are more prone to clothes moth damage as the larvae feed on the natural fibres. You may also see small golden coloured moths flying around.
Drain/filter flies
These tiny flies are very often found hovering by drains and stagnant water. The first job is to remove the breeding ground as they breed in the organic matter found in drains, grease, food and general sludge. Keeping drains free of this material will prevent them breeding, and it’s important to remove stagnant and still water from anywhere it’s pooling.
Fruit flies
Fruit and drain flies are often confused with each other as they are similar sizes. Fruit flies have bright red eyes
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Once you have found the breeding site, it’s just a matter of cleaning it thoroughly. Stagnant or still water, warmth and organic matter are all these insects need to breed. Remove the environment and you remove the problem.
Beaver Pest Control carries out training for teams of cleaners so either ask us or your existing pest control company for training.
www.pestcontrolservices.co.uk twitter.com/TomoCleaning • The bottom of refuse bins.
• The area where empty bottles of juice or fizzy cans are stored prior to recycling.
• Under food preparation areas or from the gaps between worktops.
• Standing water under fridges or ice machines. • Between or under damaged floor tiles.
• Do not leave damp mop heads facing down in the bucket in a warm store cupboard or speak to your cleaning team if you have commercial cleaners. Turn the mops upside down and make sure there is enough air for them to dry out properly.
• Fruit left out which is starting to ferment.
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