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Service Description: Pests considered to be a risk to public health or food safety include rats, house mice, cockroaches and fleas. Pests that may become a nuisance in houses include a wide range of beetles, silverfish, earwigs and wasps. Environmental Health is not able to assist directly with pest control issues. Please refer to local resources e.g. Yellow Pages.

Also known as:- Household Pests, Mice, Rats, Wasps - Public Land

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Question: How can I identify a pest?

Answer: The Environmental Health web site contains a number of useful leaflets and pictures of pests which can be identified via the related link


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