Crawling Insects
There are a huge number of insect which can, from time to time, be pests. These include, ants, cockroaches (2 species are common in Britain, the oriental cockroach and the German cockroach), silverfish, springtails, earwigs, domestic crickets, book lice and a wide range of beetle pests including carpet beetles, biscuit beetles, spider beetles, plaster beetles and larder beetles. Many beetles are pests of bulk stored foods and can occasionally be found in domestic kitchens. The more common of these include rice weevils and grain weevils, saw toothed grain beetles, flour beetles and khapra beetles.
Don't forget that Pest Free Home offers an insect identification service. If you are unsure what insect you have send an example to us, we will identify it and offer you some solutions.

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Use the Oa2ki Trigger Spray against crawling insects such as ants, earwigs, cockroaches and fleas. Oa2ki is based on concentrated natural plant extracts of food grade quality. It is pesticide free.

Oa2ki Powder is based on diatomaceous earth, a naturally occurring product. Oa2ki powder is non toxic, killing insects by causing them to dry up (desiccate). It can be used against a wide range of crawling insects found in the home including ants, cockroaches, earw ...

The Ant Control Kit consists of 42.5g of 'Gourmet' Ant gel containing 4.2% w/w of disodium octoborate. 'Gourmet' Ant Gel has been designed to match closely the high sugar diets sought out by foraging ants. The kit comes complete with 5 feeding stations ideal for indoor ...

The Ant Control Kit consists of 42.5g of 'Gourmet' Ant gel containing 4.2% w/w of disodium octoborate; A 500g puffer pack of OA2ki Powder based on non-toxic diatomaceous Earth and a Rentokil Ant Killer Pen containing 1.5% cypermethrin. The kit comes complete with 5 feed ...

The Ant Control Kit consists of 42.5g of 'Gourmet' Ant gel containing 4.2% w/w of disodium octoborate and a 500g puffer pack of OA2ki Powder based on non-toxic diatomaceous Earth. The kit comes complete with3 ‘Ant Only’ feeding stations ideal for garden use ...

Agrothrin contains 0.11% w/w pyrethrins, a natural insecticide extracted from chrysanthemums. Always read the label. Use pesticides safely

Contains 1.5% w/w Cypermethrin. A clear and odourless non sticky treatment for use in the home against ants. Always read the label. Use pesticides safely

This can be used as one large trap for cockroaches or split into 3 smaller traps for other smaller crawling insects such as ants. The traps are baited with an attractant.

This reusable insect detector is supplied with a prebaited sticky pad. Available in black or white, this detector is reusable and replacement prebaited sticky pads are available in packs of 10 at £2.99