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Exterminating & Pest Prevention
Greater Glasgow and Ayrshire
Millipedes, centipedes, woodlice, springtails, silverfish, and spiders
Millipedes and centipedes
Myriapoda
Millipedes and centipedes are not insects but myriapods. They both have elongated shapes of the body that consist of many segments. Centipedes have a pair of distinct legs per segment, millipedes have 2 pairs of legs per segment. Centipedes are carnivores, millipedes feed on vegetable matter. They both prefer dark and damp areas. Centipedes and millipedes normally live outdoors but may come indoors to escape cold or hot temperatures.
How we control millipedes and centipedes in Glasgow and Ayrshire
Thorough cleaning and keeping the internal areas with millipedes or centipedes dry should help get rid of them indoors.
We can help you control centipedes and millipedes with residual sprays of pyrethroids and desiccants dispersed with a compression sprayer along the outside perimeter of the house and onto the floor/wall junctions indoors.
How much it costs to exterminate millipedes and centipedes
The prices of treatments vary by the size of the property to be treated, or of its affected part to be treated.
£120 4-bedroom flat or 3-bed house
£111 3-bedroom flat or 2-bed house
£103 2-bedroom flat
£95 1-bedroom flat, studio or bedsit
FREE Add a perimeter spray
£89 kitchen and bathroom only
£80 kitchen or bathroom only, or any 1 room
Contact our insect control expert for advice, insect ID, and/or to confirm the cost of the pest control service you require. Book a callout.
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Silverfish, springtails, and woodlice
Lepisma saccharina, Collembola, and Crustacea
Silverfish and springtails are both insects, woodlice are crustaceans. Their presence indoors is an indicator of excessive dampness or humidity.
Appearance, size, and life cycle of silverfish, springtails and woodlice
Indoor Infestations of silverfish, springtails and woodlice are often linked to dampness or high humidity. Silverfish and springtails are insects, both following incomplete metamorphoses i.e. egg-nymph-adult. The size of adult silverfish is up to 20 millimetres, the size of springtails is 2-5 millimetres. Springtails can jump. Woodlice are crustacean. In reproduction, woodlouse eggs are contained in a pouch, within a female woodlouse body. Size in adult is up to 15 millimetres, oval shape of body.
How we control silverfish, springtails, and woodlice
We control silverfish, springtails and woodlice by administering treatments of pyrethroid insecticides and desiccants, dispersed with a compression sprayer onto the floor-and-wall junctions indoors and along the outside perimeter.
How much it costs to control silverfish, springtails, and woodlice in Glasgow and Ayrshire
The prices of our treatments for woodlice and for dampness or humidity associated insect pests such as silverfish and springtails vary by the size of the property to be treated, or of its affected part to be treated.
£120 4-bedroom flat or 3-bed house
£111 3-bedroom flat or 2-bed house
£103 2-bedroom flat
£95 1-bedroom flat, studio or bedsit
FREE Add a perimeter spray
£89 kitchen and bathroom only
£80 kitchen or bathroom only, or any 1 room
What else we advise for woodlice, silverfish and springtails
Good hygiene and ensuring the affected areas are and remain dry. Ventilation, heating, and the use of dehumidifiers.
Spiders
Arachnida
Not insects (6 legs and 3-segmented body consisting of head, thorax and abdomen), arachnids have 8 legs and 2-segmented body consisting of head and abdomen.
Appearance, size, and life cycle of spiders in Britain
There are no native species of spiders in the UK that could be dangerous to humans. Although black widows or tarantulas that are imported species, kept as pets by some people, can be dangerous. All spiders are capable of injecting venom from their fangs into the prey animal, most often insects but very few spiders in Britain would be able to pierce human skin with their bites. As suggested, spiders are predatory, feeding usually on insects that they catch in silky webs they make. Spiders follow incomplete metamorphoses. Eggs are deposited in the spider webs and balled together by the silk they produce. The eggs hatch into small spiders that are like miniatures of adult spiders, called spiderlings. Most spiders in Britain produce 1-2 generations per year. As mentioned above, spiders have 8 legs and body consists of 2 segments only - the head and abdomen.
How we control spiders in Glasgow and Ayrshire
Spraying pyrethroids can control spiders as well as the insects that spiders feed on.
How much it costs to control spiders in Glasgow and Ayrshire
The prices of our treatments for spiders vary by the size of the property to be treated, or of its affected part to be treated.
£80 for any 1 room (residential)
£95 1-bedroom flat or studio
£103 2-bedroom flat
£111 3-bedroom flat or 2-bed house over 2 levels
£120 4-bedroom flat or 3-bed house over 2 level
FREE Add a perimeter spray
What else we advise for spiders
Good hygiene, physical removal of spiders and their webs, proofing.
Page last updated on 22/03/2025