Lion Pest Control Ltd

05/09/2026

A little close for comfort. We get a lot of calls from people thinking they have Asian hornets when they are our native European Hornets. I am sure the day is coming when it won't be our native hornets which are large and frightening but actually very docile unless provoked. Asian hornets are actually slightly smaller with distinctive yellow legs and are far more dull with less yellow on their abdomens. They have a big impact on bees and other insects so please make sure if you do find one you report it.

01/09/2026

I fully applaud people who try and live alongside their summer wasp residents knowing they will soon be gone in the winter. I am sure many manage it without incident, however, these wasps made a mistake and accidently chewed through the plasterboard ceiling into the bedroom 😬. There is cohabiting but this crosses the line.

22/11/2024

It probably wasn't the best day to be digging a trench around a park home with the frozen ground but the show must go on. This is to stop mice digging under the cladding and gnawing all the pipe lagging and nesting in the floor insulation which is ruining it. The customer was considering permanent baiting but prevention is always better than cure.

16/10/2024

It wasn't the nicest day in Devon to be crawling around under the decking but where there is a will there is a way. My customer kindly made me a hole which I told him must be 27cm wide for me to fit through 😁. Despite being soaked and covered in dirt I was happy to find where the rats are getting in, the very common hole around the foul waste pipe. I will mesh this up once I have reduced the number of rats inside. Getting rid of the rats is only a small part of the job, fixing the entrance point is a vital part of the job otherwise they will just be back again next autumn. He was very amused at the state of me as I came out from under the decking so he took this picture as a keep sake 😂.

29/07/2024

We find wasp nests in all sorts of places but the wheel arch of a car is an unusual one. The poor driver had been badly stung after parking the car and thought the nest must be in the hedge but turns out they were driving it around 😬

30/07/2023

Asian Hornets (Vespa velutina) have been found recently in Devon. There are reports of an Asian hornet nest near Plymouth which has been destroyed. Asian hornets are not native to the UK and pose a significant threat to our wildlife. They are predators of honey bees and other bee species. There are serious concerns about the impact these insects could have on our bee species which are vital for our ecosystem so please remain vigilant for them and report any sightings. Sightings can be reported either through an app (search Asian hornet watch) or to the non native species Directorate (https://risc.brc.ac.uk/alert.php?species=asian_hornet). Please be aware they do not pose more of a risk to human health than our native wasps and hornets.

24/01/2023

You never know what you are going to find: This property had current noises in the floor and historical evidence of rats and mice in the loft but none of the pieces of the puzzle as to what was currently making the noise added up properly. After digging around for quite a while I managed to find some unsual droppings for a loft but even I questioned my dropping identification skills as I could not believe it, it wasn't rat, mouse, bat or squirrel the usual suspects for lofts. This called for a bit of motion camera trapping to see what exactly was going on. After a few nights a mouse turned up and I began to think I had been wrong but then I got this footage, a weasel. The droppings looked like they were stoat or weasel but I've never found one regularly visiting a loft. Needless to say the mouse was not seen again. Weasels are excellent free 24/7, 365 days a year pest control and vicious predictors of rats and mice, given the history of the property it is definitely a benefit to have a residential weasel keeping the unwanted rodent visitors in check. When stoats or weasels turn up at any of my rodents sites I know my work there is done as they are the world best rodent catchers. Was a lovely find and my customer was happy to take no further action and keep their new tenant. Almost ten years in pest control and it is nice to still get surprises.

08/01/2023

If anyone is having an issues with 's*x mad super mice' (insert mild chuckle) as reported by the daily star please get in touch. Don't worry the article is missing some key elements of rodent control, namely mouse control is not only about rodentacides, we are expert mouse proofers to keep the little blighters out in the first place and not all rodentacides are anticoagulants. Some of the most effective and environmentally friendly rodentacides are not anticoagulants and have no known resistance. Plus sometimes you can't beat an expertly positioned snap trap 😁

British homes are under invasion from Spanish mice that are impossible to poison and love s*x. The new breed, a hybrid between the British and Spanish mouse has now been found in the UK for the first time

18/10/2022

We get rid of rats faster than Kwasi Kwarteng's time in office 😂 ,

30/06/2022

Having outgrown their current residence an extension was underway. This was not agreeable to the local honey bee colony concerned that with the every increasing numbers a honey robbery was being planned by the new wasp residents. They had no choice but to report the illegal build. On investigation it was discovered that a planning application for change of use from birds to wasps had not been submitted and as such the current squatters were evacuated.
A beautiful picture shared with us by one of our customers. Wasp season is well and truly in full swing.