Plant pests
A-Z of pests
Keep your garden pest free. Learn about plant pests, how to prevent them and how to eliminate them.
Plant diseases
A-Z of diseases
Keep your garden disease free. Learn about plant diseases, how to prevent them and how to eliminate them.
Pests in the home
Ants in the home
Ants have a varied diet. The search for food by the worker ant often takes them indoors. They eat sugar, fats and grains.
Rats and mice
Rat and mouse activity is usually first noticed in the autumn when they are looking for a warm shelter where there is food available.
Cockroaches
Cockroaches are a nocturnal household pest that will eat almost anything, even the grease on walls and the wallpaper.
Fleas
Wasps
Silverfish
Silverfish appreciate damp, humid conditions and so are often found in kitchens, larders, bathrooms and behind loose wallpaper.
Woodlice
Large numbers of woodlice may appear in your house gaining entry though cracks, doors and windows. They prefer damp conditions.
Earwigs in the home
Although Earwigs do not damage household furnishings their presence is annoying and they may feed on stored food items.
Articles
The plant doctor
The plant doctor: makes it easy to identify pests and diseases attacking your flowers, shrubs, roses, fruit and vegetables.
Chemical safety
Children, pets, wildlife
In the case of most products the label will contain a warning to ‘Keep Product Away From Children and Pets’ or some words to this effect.
Ant species, nests and lifecycle
There are about 11,000 species of ants in the world, but because they prefer warm environments only 50 species are in the UK.
