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A brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) drinking from a bird bath Credit: alamy.com Every week, Telegraph gardening expert Helen Yemm gives tips and advice on all your gardening problems whether at home or on the allotment. If you have a question, see below for how to contact her. Back to basics Rats are having a moment or two in the news. Emboldened by our relative absence from the streets this winter and having to make do with the thin pickings of takeaways, and any scavengings to be found under the ...

Released on Friday, 12. March 2021 - 11:30 The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is continuing its campaign to combat Queensland fruit fly (Qfly) in Coolbellup and surrounding areas. The Quarantine Area Notice (QAN), which has been in place since 8 January 2021, has been renewed to support additional baiting and surveillance work, after a single male Qfly was trapped in the area at the end of February.There are no changes to the current quarantine restrictions, whi...

THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY has revealed the results of a survey that asked British gardeners in 2019 what pest proved most popular in their garden. The box tree caterpillar topped the list, becoming more and more widespread in Britain in recent years. This was the third year in a row that the caterpillar reached number one in the pest ranking.

https://www.afinalwarning.com/501690.html (Natural News) Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) lockdowns are worsening London’s rat infestation. The disappearance of the garbage dumps they used to scavenge in inner cities has used them further from their usual habitats and caused them to start appearing in people’s homes. Members of the  British Pest Control Association (BPCA), which represents hundreds of pest control workers in the United Kingdom, have reported a 51 percent increase in rodent ...

Western quolls reintroduced to unprotected outback area survive despite extinction threats FriFriday 5 MarMarch 2021 at 9:21pm Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Watch (Supplied: Katherine Tuft, Arid Recovery) Share Print text only Key points: Western quolls are listed as a vulnerable mammal species Researchers in SAs far north are monitoring the progress of those reintroduced outside a protected area Tracking data shows males are su...

NOW THAT spring is on its way and the UK will experience sunnier days, there are plenty of tasks to get busy with in the garden. March is the perfect month to start planting shallots, onion sets, summer-flowering bulbs, and more. But there is no point in doing this if you cannot protect your new spring shoots from pests that can damage them, such as slugs.

Time to get out the secateurs: how to tackle brambles, and what to do when variegated shrubs revert to green

Gross discovery behind massive ‘tornado’ At first glance it looks like these cars are driving towards a huge tornado, but the looming formation is actually made of something much creepier. Environment 27th Feb 2021 11:10 AM Motorists in Argentina were faced with a confronting sight as they drove towards what appeared to be a forming tornado recently - but on closer inspection, it was actually something else entirely. Footage filmed by a person drivi...

Chinese mainland issued a temporary ban on the importation of pineapples from Taiwan to prevent the fruit from bringing pests in and it will take effect on Monday, the General Administration of Customs said on Friday.