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As you may know, each week, Northwest Exterminating sends out a Customer Satisfaction Survey to our customers who have recently received a new service. This feedback enables us to pursue our goal of Customers for Life!
Below are just some of the comments we received in the month of April. For additional comments, please contact us HERE.
Do to the massive amount of calls that we have received lately regarding kudzu bugs, or stink bugs, we thought this earlier post would be beneficial!
In the past several weeks, our service centers have seen an emergence of kudzu bugs. Kudzu bugs, also known as lablab bugs or globular bugs, have made their way to Georgia in recent years from Asia. Thoughts are that because Atlanta has the “World’s Busiest Airport”, they could have arrived through Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson International Airport. Since kudzu bugs are fairly new to experts, research is still being done on this particular bug.
Kudzu bugs look like brown lady bugs and eat what other than…kudzu. But kudzu isn’t all that these bugs are feeding on. Kudzu bugs also eat soybean plants. More research is being done to find out if kudzu bugs will eat our Georgia crops as well.
The kudzu bug is an occasional invader, choosing to enter properties for the shelter and possibly needing moisture. Think of them as the same as boxelder bugs, but with an increased amount of generations and smaller so they fit in tiny cracks and crevices. They are known to eat specific plants, but can survive on others. They have 3 generations per year, so they can build up populations in great numbers, but once the population is reduced, control can be maintained.
Kudzu bugs have a notorious stench they emit when they feel threatened so it is suggested that if you come in contact with such bugs in your home or vehicle that you vacuum them up instead of squashing them. It is highly recommended that you dispose of the vacuumed bugs so they do not continue to emit their stench.
For more information, check out the University of Georgia’s kudzu video:
University of Georgia – Kudzu Bug
Northwest Exterminating offers a treatment plan specifically for kudzu bugs. Call us at 888.466.7849 for more information.
Smyrna’s 1st Annual Standing Together Car & Motorcycle Show
Saturday May 14, 2011
Registration Begins at 9:00 am
Ride Departs at 10:00 am
This event will be held at the Smyrna Police Department to benefit the men and women who serve our community!
2646 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, GA
Police Escorted Classic Car and Motorcycle Ride
$20 per vehicle ride donation followed by a picnic at Cobb Park on Sanford Place in Smyrna
Car & Bike Show
$20 entry fee donation (free if participating in the ride)
Prizes awarded from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Best in Show, Best Care, Best Bike
Smyrna’s 1st Annual Standing Together Car & Motorcycle Show
Saturday May 14, 2011
Registration Begins at 9:00 am
Ride Departs at 10:00 am
This event will be held at the Smyrna Police Department to benefit the men and women who serve our community!
2646 Atlanta Road, Smyrna, GA
Police Escorted Classic Car and Motorcycle Ride
$20 per vehicle ride donation followed by a picnic at Cobb Park on Sanford Place in Smyrna
Car & Bike Show
$20 entry fee donation (free if participating in the ride)
Prizes awarded from 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm – Best in Show, Best Care, Best Bike
Attachment sites of four tick species parasitizing humans in Georgia and South Carolina.
From June 1995 through January 1998, 677 tick specimens were submitted by 521 humans from 14 states. Analysis was limited to specimens originating in Georgia and South Carolina, representing 87.3% of total submissions. Attachment sites were specified in 367 specimens (62.3%). The American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis (Say), a vector of the agent of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, favored the head and neck in 59% of attached specimens. The lone star tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.), a strongly implicated vector of the agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, favored the lower extremities, buttocks, and groin in 54% of specimens. The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis Say, the main eastern vector of the Lyme disease spirochete, had widely distributed attachment sites with no apparent site preference. The Gulf Coast tick, A. maculatum Koch, parasitized humans in too few instances for analysis. In the southeastern United States, prevention of tick bites and tickborne illnesses such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, and Lyme disease may be enhanced by personal practices and public health measures based on knowledge of preferred attachment sites of potentially infectious tick species.
Source: Department of Family Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912, USA.