March Pest Watch: How to Tackle Slugs, Flies & Ants

As we step into March, the changing season brings new challenges for gardeners and homeowners alike. Rising temperatures and increased moisture create the perfect conditions for a surge in common pests, including slugs, flies and ants. These uninvited guests can cause havoc in gardens, homes, and commercial spaces, but with the right products, you can keep them under control. Here’s what to watch out for this month and how the Organ-X and Insecto ranges from Lodi UK can help eliminate unwanted visitors.

Slugs: The Silent Destroyers of Gardens

Slugs thrive in damp conditions and are particularly active as spring arrives. Slugs may look harmless, but they can cause devastating damage to gardens, plants and crops. These nocturnal feeders are particularly drawn to young seedlings, leafy greens, and soft fruits, stripping plants of their foliage and leaving behind a slimy trail of destruction. Thriving in damp conditions, slugs are a problem that can persist year-round, with populations booming after rainfall or in humid environments. If left unchecked, they can quickly reduce a garden green haven into a wasteland.

Solution: Organ-X Slug Killer Turbo Lentils

Organ-X Turbo Slug Killer Lentils provides gardeners and growers with years of research and innovation, developing the fastest, most effective bait for the control of slugs, protecting and reducing damage to plants.

• Max Coverage - 1 x 300g pouch treats up to 500m²
• Max Strength - 3 x more powerful than competitors
• Max Control - Kills adults & juvenile slugs

Each lentil is packed with higher levels of protein (14%) made from 95% Elite Wheat; Max strength Ferric Phosphate (25g/kg) is evenly distributed inside the lentil matrix using a patented extrusion process. Slim nibble edges and premium ingredients promote rapid uptake from all adult and juvenile slugs. 

• Can be used around animals
• Suitable for organic gardening
• Rainfast and mould-resistant

Flies: The Persistent Nuisance

With temperatures rising, flies start becoming more active, meaning you may begin to see them creeping into your home or buildings more regularly. Not only are they a nuisance, but they also pose serious hygiene risks by spreading bacteria and contaminating food.

Houseflies can carry hundreds of diseases such as TB, Typhoid, Dysentery and Cholera. The diseases are carried on their bodies, feet and mouth, as well as through their waste.

Flies live on a liquid diet, so they produce waste quickly and regularly (perhaps even every time they land on something!). They also vomit part-digested food onto surfaces, causing further risk of disease and infection.

Solution: Insecto & Organ-X 

How do you get rid of flies in the house?

Immediate measures you can take to keep flies out of your home include:

• Close windows
• Install fly screens
• Empty bins (especially food waste bins)
• Clean up food residue from surfaces

For continuous monitoring and control you can use our Organ-X Fly Trap: Pro-Formula Fly Trap XL is a non-toxic solution to fly problems. Using fast-catch technology, each trap can catch up to 40,000 flies. Simply add water and hand in outside fly zones. The bag is made from durable plastic with a strong handle, reducing the risk of breakage and leakage.

For indoor fly monitoring the Organ-X Fly Sticky Papers offer a natural and effective solution. 100% insecticide free this physical fly trap is designed to be easy to use, fix to walls and ceilings in areas where flies congregate. Flying insects are lured to the attractants in the sticky glue, trapping them on contact.

If you need something stronger, our all rounder Insecto Super Bug Destroyer offers a powerful and targeted solution. This is an insecticide for amateur use against flying and crawling insects such as ants, bedbugs, cockroaches, fleas, flies, moths, wasps and mosquitoes in domestic and public hygiene areas by spray application to surfaces including walls, floors, cracks and crevices and around the bases of machinery / equipment or directly at insects.

Ants: The Unwelcome Springtime Invaders

As ants emerge from their winter nests, they march in search of food, often invading kitchens, pantries, and outdoor eating spaces. Once a trail is established, they can become difficult to eliminate, creating a persistent problem indoors and out. 

Although ants may not be known for carrying diseases like flies, you still don’t know what they’ve stepped in outside, and therefore brought in your homes and onto your worktops. 

Solution: Insecto Pro Formula

Our Insecto Pro Formula Ant & Nest Killer Powder is a ready to use, dustable insecticide. The active ingredient, Deltamethrin, can kill insects such as Ants quickly on contact. It can be used by applying to cracks, crevices and any other places where insects might hide. Indoor and outdoor use, powder can be applied directly via an easy to use shaker bottle to cracks, crevices and any other hard to reach places.

You can also combat ant invasions using our Insecto Pro Formula Ant Bait Stations. Ants are born foragers constantly searching for food and water to take back to their nest and share with the rest of the colony. Pre-baited with real honey insecticide, nest, queen and entire colony within 21 days. Ready to use, press to activate design. 

Stay One Step Ahead

The month of March may be welcomed with open arms, but its arrival brings unwanted pest surprises. With proactive measures, you can keep your home and garden pest-free. Whether you’re dealing with slugs, flies or ants, Lodi UK’s Organ-X and Insecto ranges offer reliable, professional-grade solutions to protect your spaces. Browse our full selection today and take control of pests before they take over!