Pest advice for your home and garden

Fruit flies, moths, ants or wasps? Choose your pest below. Each guide explains where it comes from, how fast it multiplies and how to get rid of it. Further down you will find the latest articles from our blog.

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  • Get rid of fruit flies

    You get rid of fruit flies in three steps: remove what attracts them and where they lay their eggs (overripe fruit, the food waste caddy, empty bottles), flush the sin...

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  • Getting rid of fungus gnats

    Fungus gnats are small black flies of 2 to 4 millimetres that come out of the compost of your houseplants. You get rid of them in three steps: let the top 2 to 3 centi...

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  • Protecting yourself from mosquitoes

    Mosquitoes find you through your breath, your body heat and your smell. Most bites happen in the evening and at night. With fly screens, a mosquito net and less standi...

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  • Getting rid of flies

    On a warm day they are suddenly everywhere: flies around the barbecue, on the patio, by the compost bin or in the stable. Usually they are houseflies and bluebottles. ...

  • Keeping wasps away

    Wasps are most annoying in late summer: the colony is at its largest and the workers are looking for sugar. If you know what attracts them, you can make your patio and...

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  • Getting rid of ants

    Ants in the house almost always come from a nest outside. A few scouts find crumbs or sugar, lay a scent trail, and shortly afterwards a whole line of ants is marching...

  • Getting rid of cockroaches

    You get rid of cockroaches in three steps: take away their food, water and hiding places, put cockroach traps as close as possible to where you see them, and call in a...

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  • Getting rid of silverfish

    Silverfish are elongated, silvery, shiny insects with three tail bristles. They are active at night and avoid light, which is why you usually only see them when you sw...

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  • Catching clothes moths

    Holes in wool jumpers, scarves or rugs usually come from clothes moths. It is not the moths themselves that do the damage but their larvae, which eat their way through...

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  • Catching pantry moths

    Pantry moths almost always come into the house with an infested product, such as flour, nuts or muesli. It is not the moths that eat your food but their larvae: they l...

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