


World Food Day: Fighting Pests for Food Security
World Food Day (16 October) provides an occasion to highlight the plight of 870 million undernourished people in the world. There are many threats to global food supplies, including population growth, food prices, climate change, food waste and land pressures. But one...
How Ant Infestations Start (And What to Do About It)
If you’ve woken up to find your home suddenly crawling with ants, you’re not alone. This time of year is prime time for ant infestations as the warmer weather urges worker ants to get busy foraging for food and water to sustain the colony. Like any other insect, ants...![The 6 Tell-tale Signs of a Rodent Infestation [Infographic]](https://thespecialists.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/rodent-signs-01.png)
The 6 Tell-tale Signs of a Rodent Infestation [Infographic]
Rodents are nimble pests, often staying out of sight and undetected as they settle into buildings and homes where they can breed safely away from threat of predators and scavenge for food and water under the cover of darkness. Signs of a rodent infestation will often...
World Pest Day: Imagining a World without Pest Control
6 June 2019 is World Pest Awareness Day, a worldwide campaign that aims to raise awareness of the important role pest control and pest management plays in protecting public health and property. Pest infestations are considered a global threat for many reasons far...