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Prevention, good habits and expert insights to keep your spaces healthy: rats, mice, bed bugs, cockroaches, wasps and hornets.
Wasps and hornets in October: when do they die off?
Many people think the danger from wasps and hornets ends in late August. It's exactly the opposite: it's between late September and early November that colonies have the most workers, that stings multiply, and that queens set off in search of winter shelter. A closer look at a badly misunderstood seasonal peak, with the right reflexes and the mistakes that send people to the emergency room every year.
Dead animal smell in a wall: how to locate and remove a dead rodent inside a partition
Every autumn, after the first rodent treatments and the first days of heating, thousands of households notice a smell of decay without finding its source. Here's how to identify a dead mouse or rat inside a partition, remove it without health risks, and neutralise the odour for good.
Closing Up Your Holiday Home in October: 9 Checks That Stop You Finding a Nest of Rodents in Spring
An empty, unheated house is the ideal habitat for a rodent: quiet, dark, free of human scent and free of traffic. Between the last October visit and the Easter reopening, six months is enough for three generations of mice. The 9-point closing-up protocol, explained by the people who get called out in April.
Flies, Gnats and Fruit Flies in Autumn 2026: Why Your Kitchen Is Overrun in October and How to Break the Cycle in 10 Days
Every autumn, reports of "swarms of tiny flies" in Paris-area kitchens double between mid-September and the start of November. Behind what people lump together as "gnats" there are in fact three distinct species, three different breeding sites and three control methods. Here's how to tell them apart and break the cycle in about ten days.
Voles, Wood Mice and Water Voles in the Garden: Why October 2026 Is the Month They Move from the Vegetable Patch into Your Home
Wood mice and voles are not house mice, and they can't be dealt with in the same way. Every autumn, between the last squash harvest and the first frosts, these garden rodents migrate towards warm shelter: garden sheds, garages, basements, pellet stores. Here's how to identify them, assess the damage and block their route before they settle in.
Spiders in the house in September–October: what's really going on (and why insecticide is a bad idea)
From mid-September onwards, calls about spiders skyrocket: big house spiders in the hallway, webs in the corners, panic in the family. Yet there is almost never an invasion: these are adult males looking for a female. Here's how that changes the way you should handle the problem — and why reaching for the insecticide spray is the worst reflex of all.