Posts Tagged ‘insect’

Bird Pest Control – Pigeons

Why would pigeon control be part of pest control?   By the definition of a pest – “A destructive insect or other animal that attacks crops, food, livestock, etc.” pigeons can cause destruction to both agriculture and buildings.

The feral (city pigeons) and wood pigeons cause two entirely different problems and have their own respective solutions.

Pigeons can be controlled in an entirely humane way where culling is unnecessary.   While shooting, poisoning and hawking pigeons have and are practiced to remove pigeons, there are other ways to go about it.

As a building owner, having pigeons defacing one’s building or property through it’s faeces can be a major problem which can be rapidly resolved.

Professional Pest Control  services should be called but pigeon control can also be dealt with by property owners themselves.

In fact the only pigeon control product that has been recognized and recommended by experts such as PICAS and RSPB are pigeon spikes – also known as ‘anti-roosting spikes’.   They can be easily installed and are available from a large variety of vendors.

Pigeon control spikes are available in many shapes and sizes; many off-the-shelf, purpose built spike combinations for sills, chimneys, roof-tops, columns and other exterior ledges where pigeons could roost.

Of course beware that if you spike one or two ledges where you currently have the problem; don’t be surprised if they move on to nearby sills.

Then there is, handling the root cause of why you have pigeons ‘hanging around’ your building – there is a nearby food source.   This is normally out of the building owner’s hands and is something the local authorities are responsible for.  A surprisingly simple solution of ‘it’s illegal to feed pigeons’ will force pigeons out of an area to find another food source.

Pigeon spikes are by far the most cost effective solution to eliminate pigeon problems.

M. Deehan from http://www.effectivepestcontrol.ie/

How many people can you name with a insect or part of a insect in their name? Generally speaking names have somewhat changed over the years, celebrities trying to be different name their children Apple or Blanket. So it got me to thinking about the relationship of insects in their names. I guess these technically aren’t their real names but professional names

STING – Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his professional name of Sting, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, activist, actor and philanthropist. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal songwriter, lead singer and bassist of the rock band The Police. (Wikipedia)

Adam Ant - (born Stuart Leslie Goddard on 3 November 1954 in Marylebone, London) is an English musician who gained popularity as the lead singer of New Wave/post-punk group Adam and the Ants and later as a solo artist, scoring ten UK top ten hits between 1980 and 1983, including three No.1s. Ant was also a star in America where he not only scored a string of hit singles and albums, but was once voted sexiest man in America by the viewers of MTV. He is also an actor, having appeared in over two dozen films or television episodes between 1985 and 2003.^[1]

Can you think of any others? Maybe I should change my name? Keith “Stinger” Birkemeyer or just leave it at STINGER?

300 million years old fossil (just for the record I wasn’t around then) Jerry from www.pestcemetery.com was around then I think, you might want to ask him.

Some type of flying insect (mayfly) probably stayed in the mud long enough to leave the impression. (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/pictures/110407-science-fossils-insects-bugs-mayflies-mayfly-flying/) also here is a article about the oldest ever bee found in amber (http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/10/061025-oldest-bee.html). Thanks to National Geographic for these great articles.

Giant Ant Colony 10 tons of cement, fungus gardens, ventilation, shortest transportation routes, 50 square meters (164.4 feet) and 8 meters (26.25 feet) into the soil.

Read and see the great article and pictures here: Another great example of how photography is changing and macro technology is becoming more abundant.