January 23, 2017

How To Prevent Termite Infestations At Home?

There will be times where things start to get out of hand with us trying to keep out pests from their actually natural habitats. When our city moved towards urbanization, we actually took over the living spaces of the natural creatures of earth and made it our own. Termites for example, are hard to control as they hide at invisible spots at home but they at the same time pose threats to our properties. How is it that we can […]
January 15, 2017

Fun Facts About Termites You Might Not Know

Termites, also known as white ants, can wreak havoc to our property and cause costly damage. However, there are many things yet to be understood about these highly social insects. Here at Ikari, we use our knowledge about these insects to efficiently control and prevent termite infestation. However, we have also compiled these few fun facts about termites that you might not know. Fact 1: Termites are blind As insects that spend most of their time underground, termites rely very […]
November 26, 2016

Hardy Cockroaches

Fast and agile, cockroaches have been roaming the Earth since the Carboniferous period. As we humans wage a war against cockroaches in our modern establishments, cockroaches have been found to exist for more than 300 million years. There are fossils of these insects that we tend to kill upon sight. But their presence in our homes at this age of time just proves to show their survivability and adaptability to the changing world. As much as we hate them, cockroaches […]
November 25, 2016

Importance Of Integrated Pest Management Techniques For Pest Elimination

Integrated pest management is a simple strategy to improve the ecosystem by focusing mainly on the long-term elimination of the damages caused by pests with the help of combined techniques that include habitat manipulation, biological control, use of different resistant varieties and modifying cultural practices. The work of integrated pest management is to use pesticides only after monitoring them and by using them as per the guidelines provided with a motive of targeting and removing organisms only. The materials for pest […]
October 27, 2016

Dear ants: Keep out and stay out!

Ants are tricky to manage. Firstly, it’s most probably because they come in such large numbers that they almost seem to replicate themselves; and secondly, it’s because of their small size that can find their way through the smallest of holes and narrow of cracks. Keeping our property ants-free is no easy task, but it is not impossible. It requires dedication and vigilance! Check out the methods below that can help us protect our property from these tiny little creatures. […]
October 25, 2016

Termites – Prevention and early detection matters

Termites in Singapore — Probably one of the scariest pests that can greatly diminish our property resale value would be termites. They munch and crunch on our buildings and structures as they feed to their hearts content. The worst thing is that their colony will only grow bigger with every morsel of food they bring back home! By the time we figured out we have a termite infestation in our homes, the damage might already be done- even after the […]
October 20, 2016

Ants: Hard workers or nuisance?

Perhaps the pest insect that we humans are most tolerable with are ants. Out of the common pest in the urban area such as cockroaches, bed bugs, and termites, ants are perhaps the ones that we see most on a daily basis. Though common and abundantly found all around the world, they are certainly not welcome in our homes, and especially not anywhere near our food. As a child, ants were introduced to us with a positive characteristic to learn […]