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A Smoking Rat, a Ride on the ‘Cockroach Express’ and other News
As part of my work I keep track on any pest related news. Most of the time, I get a lot of articles on disease outbreaks and epidemics caused by pests. Delayed monsoons and excessive rains have...
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Rat bites in ‘private’ parts, human eating pests and vice versa
I wasn’t planning to write about pest in the headlights so soon after the ‘interesting’ news of December. Luckily for us pest controllers, 2011 starts out to be an amazing ‘pest in the news’ year....
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It’s Fly Season
At times, I hate flies. Especially here in the Indian summer when there are millions of them buzzing around. In fact there are so many of them at certain times of the year that eating outside becomes a...
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How To Tell If You Have Roaches
Cockroaches are almost everywhere. They are most active at night, usually coming out of their hiding places a few hours after you switched off the lights. The odd one seen at daytime often indicates...
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Don’t share your home with pests this summer
The summer has just started in India. Increased temperatures also mean that the cold blooded insect pests will be able to reproduce and propagate much faster. The most common pests that live and breed...
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Home remedies for common pests?
Pest control in homes and especially kitchens can be tricky. If applied wrongly some pesticides have the potential to be harmful to humans, too. India, having a warm climate is home to a range of...
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How To Get Rid Of Cockroaches
Cockroaches, especially the large American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) and the smaller German cockroach (Blatella germanica) are a major nuisance in a large number of Indian homes. They are very...
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A Story Of Flies And Ants
Ah well, quite some time since I have written for deBugged. So what happened in between? I left India and am living in Europe now again. Also started breeding beetles again (These make fantastic...
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A useful creature gone bad – the enemy of French wines
First of all, it is a bit sad that there is no direct translation for the beautiful German word of ‘Nuetzling’. It is the word for the opposite and/or antidote to pest. Of course the definition is...
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Do we really need more cockroaches?
A few years back, on a trip to Dubai, I found a robot cockroach in one of the curiosity shops. These rather simple and slightly loud oversized roaches walk around and react to clapping or touch with a...
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