Cellphone video purportedly showing rodent feces falling from the ceiling of the food court at the Westfield Culver City mall over the weekend has prompted an internal investigation. After feeling something hit her, Choi at first thought children sitting nearby were throwing food; then, she and her mother realized it was something else. “These two little, small dots landed on my mom’s cup, and instantly she noticed it was rodents’ fecal matter,” Choi told KTLA in an interview Monday. “And… Read more »

A KFC restaurant temporarily closed after a customer claimed to have spotted a rat race through chips is back open for ‘finger lickin’ good’ business under the watchful eye of pest control experts. Bosses at the North Tyneside eatery say they have been working with rodent regulators to make sure there is no more pest “activity” and will be keeping a close eye on the premises over coming weeks. ChronicleLive told how disgusted mum Sam Schofield said she saw a… Read more »

If the thought of beady-eyed rodents nauseates you and the actual sight of one scurrying across your kitchen sends you screaming into the street, you might not want to move to Chicago. For the third year in a row, the city was named the “rattiest” metropolis for having the most rodents by pest control company Orkin. The Chicago metro area had the most residential and commercial property rodent treatments performed by Orkin, an Atlanta-based company with both national and international… Read more »

There are 70 white mice in individual boxes set like tiles on the floor of a gallery on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In clear plexiglass cages, designed to be stepped upon, they peer up underfoot in an exhibition exploring phobia. To Natasha Millikan, a self-described mouse expert who squatted on the checkered floor on Sunday afternoon, her head pressed into her hands as around her mice shivered, chewed bits of wood or slept beneath her boots, it was an exploration… Read more »

Your getting bites, but can’t find any bed bugs??!! If you’ve had a really good look and cant find any bed bugs or fecal matter, it may be time to conduct some research to make sure that you REALLY have bed bugs. Unfortunately, bed bug bites share similar symptoms with several other types of insect bites, and there are a few other insects that look alike. Here are some of the bugs most commonly misdiagnosed as bed bugs. Carpet Beetle/Larvae… Read more »

Waking up to itchy, red bites on your body is an experience many people are familiar with, but some cities are worse than others when it comes to the scourge of bed bugs. Toronto tops the rest of the country when it comes to bed bug problems, according to a ranking released Tuesday by pest control company Orkin Canada, followed by Winnipeg and Vancouver. The list was calculated based on commercial and residential bed bug treatments ordered between July 2016… Read more »

TORONTO – Mice may look like cute, adorable creatures, but the reality is they can be full of disease, do damage to your home and generally do not make good roommates. Here’s what you need to know about them and how to get rid of them. They can make you very sick While the common house mouse is not as dangerous to your health as a deer mouse, they can still spread disease, such as hantavirus, salmonellosis and listeria through their… Read more »

  There continues to be an increase in complaints related to rats throughout the City of Hamilton. The number of complaints has roughly doubled compared to last year, with rain and construction believed to be two major factors. At a meeting at City Hall on Monday, Hamilton’s Board of Health was told that improper garbage disposal and the feeding of feral cats, geese and other wildlife are also concerns. Ward 8 Councillor Terry Whitehead wonders if it’s time for more… Read more »

Ever heard of eye mites? Millions of people have them but most don’t even know it. CBS Miami reporter Ted Scouten began looking into the problem after he was diagnosed with eye mites — known medically as Demodex Mites — along the base and lid of his eyelashes. He wanted to share his story to help others avoid his fate. “I had never heard of eye mites so when he said eye mites it was just really gross, so yeah, I freaked out… Read more »

It may be alarming to see thousands of winged insects emerge from the sidewalk, or worse, your basement. But take comfort in the fact the flying ant invasion will be over soon — and it will end better for you than for the male ants. Every summer, including right now in Vancouver, swarms of normally wingless ants take flight from their colonies for a brief orgy, more politely known as a “nuptual flight.” Here’s your guide to what’s going on and when… Read more »

The concrete jungle got extra wild when a New York City subway rider was caught on camera feeding her pet raccoon. Brooke Hogan, an Australian model, was riding uptown on a 6 train near 42nd Street last Tuesday, when a fellow straphanger whipped out a plastic bowl and fed the masked critter, NBC New York reported. Hogan shot video of the animal casually clutching the bowl with both paws and munching the snack as stunned onlookers snapped photos and gawked. She… Read more »

An ant’s life is supposed to be cheap with the colony, a utilitarian ‘super-organism’, the only thing that matters. But scientists have discovered that one species of ant will rescue comrades wounded on the battlefield, then take them back to the nest to recover. Matabele ants are widespread south of the Sahara and feed exclusively on termites. They set out in raiding parties of up to 500 between two to four times a day, killing worker termites and dragging them… Read more »