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Crawling insects can refer to a variety of insect pests in the United Kingdom. Some crawling insects may be entirely unable to fly, whereas others may be capable but tend to avoid flying wherever they can. Most crawling insects are capable of jumping or climbing to access areas above the floor. Typical crawling insect pests in the United Kingdom include bed bugs, cockroaches, ants and fleas.
Accurate identification of crawling insects is the best way to approach treatment of the infestation. The most effective treatment strategies will be different depending on the type of crawling insect. Some crawling insects can even be resistant to certain types of insecticides, so it’s vital to be sure that you are treating the right insect.
Another crucial element of dealing with crawling insect infestations is to locate their access point and nests. Removal of any food sources that crawling insects are using is a highly effective way to rapidly reduce their numbers.
Experienced pest control companies can perform a survey of your home. This will involve identification of the crawling insect that is causing the pest infestation. Following this, the companies will perform an intensive treatment of the affected area. This might involve making use of a spray or powder insecticide to kill the pests, or a fumigation treatment of the entire property. Another very effective way of treating crawling insect infestations is to use a heat treatment, which will considerably raise the temperature in a contained area and kill pests at every stage of their life cycle, including eggs.
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Balham is a district in south London inside the London Borough of Wandsworth. The settlement appears within the Domesday Book as Belgeham. Bal means ârounded enclosure’ and ham a homestead, village or river enclosure. The area has been settled since Saxon times, and Balham Hill and Balham High Road follow the line of the Roman road Stane Street to Chichester.
Balham encompasses the A24 north of Tooting Bec plus the roads coming off it. The southern part of Balham which is near Tooting Bec includes a block of 1930s Art Deco flats referred to as Du Cane Court. There’s also the Heaver Estate which can be found in Tooting, which comprises substantial homes. It was constructed inside the grounds of the old Bedford Hill House by local Victorian builder Alfred Heaver.
Balham is located amongst 4 south London commons, namely Clapham Common to the north, Wandsworth Common to the west, Tooting Graveney Common to the south and the connecting Tooting Bec towards the east.
In WWII, on 14th October 1940, Balham tube station was badly affected by air raids on London. Families sheltered inside the tube station throughout the raids, but a bomb fell in the High Road and through the top of the Underground station, bursting a water and gas mains and killing about 64 people today. Ian McEwan describes the event in his novel âAtonement’, published in 2001.