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Filth flies, as the name suggests, are insects that thrive in unsanitary conditions.

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Odorous house ants are a common household pest known for their distinctive odor. They are small, dark brown to black ants that often invade homes in search of food and shelter. Their presence can be both annoying and embarrassing, especially when they congregate in large numbers.

Odorous house ants are typically 1/16 to 1/8 inch long and have a slender, elongated body. They are often confused with other ant species, but their characteristic odor is a reliable way to identify them. When crushed or disturbed, they emit a strong, unpleasant odor similar to that of rotten coconuts or decaying fruit.

Odorous house ants are omnivores and will eat a variety of foods, including sweets, meats, and greasy substances. They are particularly attracted to sugary foods and can often be found in kitchens and pantries. These ants are social insects that live in colonies, often nesting outdoors in rotting wood, under stones, or in the soil.

While odorous house ants may not pose a direct health threat, their presence can be a nuisance. They can contaminate food and surfaces, and their strong odor can be offensive. Additionally, their foraging behavior can lead to damage to plants and property.

To prevent and control odorous house ant infestations, consider utilizing some of following ideas and techniques.

Inspect your home for any cracks or gaps in the foundation, walls, or windows that could allow ants to enter. Seal these openings with caulk or silicone sealant.

Store food in airtight containers and clean up spills promptly. Avoid leaving crumbs or food particles on countertops or floors.

Odorous house ants are attracted to moisture. Repair leaky pipes, faucets, and gutters to minimize damp areas.

Ant baits are a popular and effective way to control ant populations. These baits contain a slow-acting poison that is carried back to the nest by worker ants, killing the entire colony.

If you have a severe ant infestation or are unable to control the problem on your own, consider contacting a professional pest control company.

By following these tips and techniques, you can help prevent and eliminate odorous house ant infestations and enjoy a pest-free home.

At Faith Pest Control, we offer a free consultation and a 100% “Make You Happy” “Money Back Guarantee”:  If you hire Faith Pest Control to get rid of your bug problem and, at the end of 30 days, you are not 100% Happy…..we’ll come back and retreat your home for FREE…..and we’ll keep on treating it for FREE until you tell us that you ARE Happy.  If that still doesn’t make you happy we’ll give you back every penny you spent on the original treatment…..PLUS…..we’ll pay you an additional $25.00 for your time and trouble just for fooling with us.  Bottom line is this:  You will be happy with the service we provide or you won’t pay a penny…..period.  If you feel like what I’ve said makes sense, call Faith Pest Control today at 770-823-9202 and ask to speak to me, Fred Talley. I will be more than happy to speak with you and answer any questions you may have.

Pharaoh ants, while small in stature, can cause significant problems in homes and businesses. These tiny insects are known for their ability to rapidly infest structures and their resistance to traditional pest control methods.

Pharaoh ants are typically 1/16 to 1/8 inch long and have a yellowish-brown color. They are social insects and live in colonies, often with multiple queens. These colonies can be difficult to locate as they can nest in a variety of places, including walls, voids, and electrical outlets.

Pharaoh ants live in large colonies with multiple queens. This allows them to reproduce quickly and spread rapidly.

They prefer warm, humid environments, often nesting in cracks, crevices, and voids within structures.

These ants are omnivores and will feed on a variety of foods, including sweets, meats, and grease.

Pharaoh ants use pheromones to mark trails, allowing them to efficiently find food sources and return to their nest.

Pharaoh ants are considered a pest for several reasons. First, they can contaminate food and surfaces with bacteria, potentially causing illness. Pharaoh ants can be a nuisance by virtue of crawling over food and surfaces and causing discomfort. In large infestations, pharaoh ants can cause damage to insulation and wiring.

Preventing and controlling pharaoh ant infestations can be challenging, but it is possible. Here are some tips to help you control pharaoh ants. Keep food and drink areas clean and free of crumbs. Store food in airtight containers. Eliminate sources of water by repairing leaks and eliminating standing water. Prevent ants from entering the building or house by caulking or otherwise sealing all the accessible cracks and crevices at the exterior. If you have positively identified a pharaoh ant infestation, it may be helpful to consult with a professional pest control company as they can use specialized techniques to eliminate the infestation and prevent future problems.

Controlling pharaoh ants can potentially present some challenges. Pharaoh ants can be difficult to control due to their ability to rapidly reproduce and their resistance to certain pest control methods. Additionally, they can often spread to neighboring buildings, making it challenging to eradicate an infestation completely.

By understanding the habits and behaviors of pharaoh ants and taking proactive steps to prevent and control infestations, you can help protect your home or business from these tiny but troublesome pests.

At Faith Pest Control, we offer a free consultation and a 100% “Make You Happy” “Money Back Guarantee”:  If you hire Faith Pest Control to get rid of your bug problem and, at the end of 30 days, you are not 100% Happy…..we’ll come back and retreat your home for FREE…..and we’ll keep on treating it for FREE until you tell us that you ARE Happy.  If that still doesn’t make you happy we’ll give you back every penny you spent on the original treatment…..PLUS…..we’ll pay you an additional $25.00 for your time and trouble just for fooling with us.  Bottom line is this:  You will be happy with the service we provide or you won’t pay a penny…..period.  If you feel like what I’ve said makes sense, call Faith Pest Control today at 770-823-9202 and ask to speak to me, Fred Talley. I will be more than happy to speak with you and answer any questions you may have.

Tawny crazy ants are a small but mighty invasive species that has wreaked havoc in various parts of the world. Native to South America, these ants have spread to numerous regions, including Australia, the United States, and the Caribbean, causing significant ecological and economic damage.

Tawny crazy ants are relatively small, typically measuring around 1/8 to 1/4 inch long.

They are usually brown or tawny in color.

These ants are known for their erratic and unpredictable movement, often appearing “crazy” as they run in circles or zig-zags.

Tawny crazy ant colonies can be extremely large, with millions of individuals.

They are aggressive predators that can prey on a wide variety of insects, including beneficial species like honeybees.

Tawny crazy ants can disrupt ecosystems by outcompeting native species for resources and destroying their habitats.

These ants can cause significant damage to agricultural crops by attacking plants and pollinators.

They can also infest buildings, causing damage to electrical wiring and other structures.

Tawny crazy ants are particularly harmful to honeybee populations, as they can invade and destroy beehives.

Controlling and preventing the spread of tawny crazy ants is a challenging task. However, several strategies can be employed.

Identifying infestations early can help limit their spread.

Integrated Pest Management, a combination of methods, including physical removal, chemical control, and biological control.

Educating the public about the dangers of tawny crazy ants is crucial for prevention and control efforts.

Tawny crazy ants are a formidable invasive species that poses a significant threat to ecosystems, agriculture, and human infrastructure. By understanding their characteristics, impacts, and control measures, we can work towards mitigating their negative effects and protecting our environment.

At Faith Pest Control, we offer a free consultation and a 100% “Make You Happy” “Money Back Guarantee”: If you hire Faith Pest Control to get rid of your bug problem and, at the end of 30 days, you are not 100% Happy…..we’ll come back and retreat your home for FREE…..and we’ll keep on treating it for FREE until you tell us that you ARE Happy.  If that still doesn’t make you happy we’ll give you back every penny you spent on the original treatment…..PLUS…..we’ll pay you an additional $25.00 for your time and trouble just for fooling with us.  Bottom line is this:  You will be happy with the service we provide or you won’t pay a penny…..period.  If you feel like what I’ve said makes sense, call Faith Pest Control today at 770-823-9202 and ask to speak to me, Fred Talley. I will be more than happy to speak with you and answer any questions you may have.

Welcome again to the Faith Pest Control podcast. Hi, I’m Mike Stewart, your host and we’re here today with pest expert Fred Talley of Faith Pest Control, Faith Pest Control services all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia Ellijay, Georgia and pretty much anywhere in the North Georgia mountains. If you have a pest problem, Fred Talley is the man to take care of those problems. And now here’s Fred Talley.

So today I’d like to talk to you about the misconceptions of termite letters. I did record a podcast on termite letters about three years ago. But this episode speaks of a couple of the misconceptions is associated with the termite letter. And I think it’s worthy of sharing. So this past week, we had a customer call and our office, our admin was taking a personal day off. And so I just happen to be the one that feels the call, the customer was calling to schedule their annual termite renewal inspection. And for those that do not know an annual termite renewal inspection is generally an inspection of the property to detect the presence of any active subterranean termites is normally a requirement of the pest control company that the perform the treatment in order to maintain the their guarantee the customers guarantee. The next the customers next comment those what really prompted the subject of the podcast comment was they wanted to make sure that they made that maintain their termite letter for good, and for those that don’t know in the state of Georgia in the home buying selling financing world, there is a document that some lenders demand or that prospective purchasers will request. It’s generically called termite letter. Some people in the pest control industry in some in the real estate industry use this term to refer to what is officially in the state of Georgia known as the official Georgia wood infestation inspection report. And this is a written instrument this report is a written instrument that’s created by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Quoted directly from the rules of the Georgia Structural Pest Control Commission. The official Georgia wood infestation inspection report shall be the written instrument for the purpose of certifying that a structure is apparently free from wood destroying organisms as a basis for transfer of real property, and shall be issued only by pest control operators certified in wood destroying organisms. Such an instrument shall carry a guarantee that if an infestation wood destroying organisms from which apparent freedom is certified is found, within 90 days from the date of issuance, the investor structure shall be treated by the licensee free of charge, subject to the following I didn’t go into the subject to the following, it’s inconsequential due to what we’re going to talk about. There are some exceptions listed within rules and regulations. But as a general rule, those of us in the industry assume that have an active infestation is found. We’re providing a free treatment. What I wanted to convey in that is that the official would infestation inspection report is an instrument for the transfer of real property. Also, it has a finite life, the life of it is only 90 days. To this official Georgia wood infestation report Report lists five organisms rest recognized by the state of Georgia is wood destroying organisms, only one of which are subterranean termites, the five are subterranean termites, powderpost beetles, wood boring beetles, dry wood, termites, and one decaying fungus. Granted some subterranean termites are by far the most traded wood destroying organism by most pest control companies in this state. But still there only one of five organisms listed on this letter. I said all of that, to convey the message that the annual termite renewal inspection has absolutely nothing to do with the Georgia wood infestation inspection report. Another subject that’s often misunderstood by homeowners is that they they may have a subterranean termite guarantee or any other wood destroying organism guarantee for that matter. With a company that is treated the property has a valid guarantee on the on the property. The company is under no obligation whatsoever to offer to issue this official Georgia would in in section report, official Georgia would infestation inspection report. All of that is to say the annual termite renewal inspection and the in fish the official Georgia wood infestation inspection report or art are totally independent of each other issuance of the Georgia wood infestation inspection report Work is solely up to the discretion of the pest control company. The Georgia Department of Agriculture is typically not going to force the company to issue that inspection report. We offer a free money back, make you happy guarantee, if you hire faith pest control, get rid of your bug problem. At the end of 30 days, you’re not 100% Happy, we’ll come back and retreat your home for free. And we’ll keep on trading it for free until you tell us that you are happy. That still doesn’t make you happy. We’ll give you back every penny you spent on the original treatment. Plus, we’ll pay you an additional $25 for your time in trouble just for fooling with us. Bottom line is this. You will be happy with the service we provide or you won’t pay us a penny period. If you feel like what I’ve said and makes sense. Please call faith pest control today is 770-823-9202 and ask to speak to me Fred Talley. I’ll be more than happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you may have.

Well, Fred, that’s great information. Hey, if you’re in the north Georgia mountains in Jasper, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Georgia, or anywhere in the north Georgia mountains and you have problems with bugs, just listen to this podcast over and over again and share it with your friends, so you’ll know what to do. And then of course, if you’re like me, and you just don’t want to deal with it, call Fred. Fred will take care of you and make sure you get the problem solved. We do this podcast as a community service for all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Ellijay, Georgia, and anywhere in the north Georgia mountains. You can get this podcast from our website, or you can get it from any of the fun podcast services like Apple, Google podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon. Even if you just ask your Alexa Hey, play the faith pest control podcast latest episode, it will start playing and you can listen right there on your speaker devices. So until next time, this is Mike Stewart for the Faith Pest Control podcast.

Transcribed by Otter.AI Please excuse typos or grammer mistakes

Welcome again to the Faith Pest Control podcast. Hi, I’m Mike Stewart, your host and we’re here today with pest expert Fred Talley of Faith Pest Control, Faith Pest Control services all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia Ellijay, Georgia and pretty much anywhere in the North Georgia mountains. If you have a pest problem, Fred Talley is the man to take care of those problems. And now here’s Fred Talley.

So, we recently received our May issue of the farmers and consumers market bulletin, which is a publication of the Georgia Department of Agriculture. And there’s an article excellent on the front page that I found quite intriguing. And that was the presently emerging cicadas. So I thought I’d talk to you guys about that today is as well as share what little bit of knowledge I’ve gained about cicadas since they’re not considered to be passed by the standards we operate under in the Structural Pest Control industry. So my knowledge of cicadas is actually pretty limited. Most of the information here not all of it, but most of it that I’m sharing with you is retrieved from the article in the Georgia farmers and consumers market bulletin by Jordan powers is as well as an article by Joyce Luciani, from Fox five Atlanta. So this year, periodical cicada brood, 13 and brood 19 will emerge in 17 states. An event that has actually not occurred since 1803, which was 221 years ago, and will reportedly not happening again for another 221 years. The state of Georgia will only see one brewed which is brewed 19 in that emergence will predominantly be in the west northwest area of the state. During the last emergence in 2011 brewed 19 cicadas were verified in 75 of George’s County, so almost half 47% So almost half the counties. So according to Nancy Hinkle and she’s a professor quoted in the in the article in the market bulletin, and she is an entomology, a professor in the Entomology Department at the University of Georgia, Georgia. Trillions of periodic cicadas are set to emerge from the Georgia Soil this month actually, actually it should have occurred about predominantly about two weeks ago. Now there are annual circadence cicadas is we will briefly touch on in just a few minutes, and there are periodic cicadas in Georgia, that is the this current emergency is being called the Great Southern brood. As brood 19, Georgia is only 13 years cicada is the largest periodical cicada brood in North America, covering at least a dozen states in the southeast. These are since they only occur on a 13 year cycle they’re considered periodical insects are periodic insects. And these have black bodies. Their eyes are red and they have an orange tint in their wings which are translucent. They’re harmless. They don’t bite they don’t stain. They’re not poisonous, and other than very small young trees that are harmless to plants. Ironically, I find it ironic or unique periodical cicadas are unique to the eastern United States. Annual cicadas are pretty common throughout the US. And yes, we do have annual cicadas here in Georgia as well. But like I mentioned earlier, the brood was expected to emerge mid May, which was about two weeks ago. I personally have not seen any. We are in Pickens County, which actually is classified as North Central Georgia, so we may not even see any here this year. For those that don’t know much about the lifecycle, the periodical cicada brood emerging this month began their life in 2011. When the female later eggs, the female cicada will typically lay a range of two to 400 eggs in tiny holes that they make in branches of trees and then shrubs and they’ll kind of they’ll deposit those eggs under under the bark. And about six to 10 weeks. The egg after the eggs have been laid. They’ll hatch in the young juvenile is our nymphs will they’ll fall to the ground, burrow underground and attach to tree roots because that’s where they will acquire their nutrition. So the current emerging brood has been underground for almost 13 years. Researchers do know that the adult lifespan of the emerging cicada is actually measured in weeks, and they will most likely nearly all be dead. By the beginning or middle of June. In an effort to avoid predators, then then the nymphs actually emerge from the ground at night, and they will climb the tree trunks the skin along their backs, has a split. And that split is what allows the adult to emerge. And the byproduct of this is the exoskeleton which is pretty common for people to find. But they if you see if you happen to be under a tree that had a cicada of population of females that deposit is their eggs. They’re 13 years ago, you will think there stout hundreds of 1000s of cicadas as the their exoskeletons are laying everywhere. The newly emerged adults will spread their wings out, you know, and allow them to dry and after they’re able to fly. After they dry, their wings are able to fly. By Daylight, most of the adults will have flown up into the treetops. And as they begin to warm up by the rising of the sun, the males will begin to sing their I guess their mating cadence or whatever to attract the females after after mating the female deposits or eggs at the end of the tree branches under the the flexible bark. As you recall, I said a few minutes ago she’ll bore a tiny hole in the bark. And after that the adult cicada dies. After a month or so the after the adults have died, the the eggs will hatch from under the tree bark and again fall to the ground burrow into the soul. Find a tree root and begin sucking the SAP waiting another 12 plus years to emerge. Starting the sock cycle all over again. Periodic cicadas are not considered pest as we said earlier. So normally there’s there’s little to no need to control them. Most will be dead in just a few weeks anyway. As always, here at fates pest control, we offer a free consultation, as well as 100% make you happy Money Back Guarantee few higher fates pest control to get rid of your bug problem at the end of the 30 days, you’re not 100% Happy, we’ll come back and retreat your home for free. And we’ll keep on trading it for free until you tell us that you are happy. If that still doesn’t make you happy, we’ll give you back every penny you spent on the original treatment. Plus we’ll pay you an additional $25 for your time in trouble just for fooling with it. Bottom line is I want you to be happy with the service that we provide, or you won’t pay a penny period. If you feel like what I’ve said make sense please call fate pest control today is 770-823-9202 and asked to speak to me Fred Talley. I’ll be more than happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you may have.

Well, Fred, that’s great information. Hey, if you’re in the north Georgia mountains in Jasper, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Georgia, or anywhere in the north Georgia mountains and you have problems with bugs, just listen to this podcast over and over again and share it with your friends, so you’ll know what to do. And then of course, if you’re like me, and you just don’t want to deal with it, call Fred. Fred will take care of you and make sure you get the problem solved. We do this podcast as a community service for all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Ellijay, Georgia, and anywhere in the north Georgia mountains. You can get this podcast from our website, or you can get it from any of the fun podcast services like Apple, Google podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon. Even if you just ask your Alexa Hey, play the faith pest control podcast latest episode, it will start playing and you can listen right there on your speaker devices. So until next time, this is Mike Stewart for the Faith Pest Control podcast.

Transcribed by Otter.AI Please excuse typos or grammer mistakes

Welcome again to the Faith Pest Control podcast. Hi, I’m Mike Stewart, your host and we’re here today with pest expert Fred Talley of Faith Pest Control, Faith Pest Control services all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia Ellijay, Georgia and pretty much anywhere in the North Georgia mountains. If you have a pest problem, Fred Talley is the man to take care of those problems. And now here’s Fred Talley.

So Roly polies. What officially I guess known as pill bug is not actually an insect. Although it may look like one. It’s actually a crustacean that lives on the land. And for those that don’t know are unaware, most crustaceans live primarily in the water. They have a hard shell segment and body and joint jointed legs, crustaceans that you would recognize a big crabs, lobsters and shrimp. And now the pill bug. So since Roly polies live on the land and not in the water, that makes them actually a very unique crustacean rolly pollies or oval shape, and they have a hard outer shell segmented shell as we said before. One of the things that distinguish Roly polies from being classified as an insect is the fact that they have seven six sets of legs. Insects have only three pairs of legs. Rolie polies, are probably best known for their ability to roll themselves into a ball when they become threatened. They are native to the Mediterranean. However, they can be found all over the north Georgia mountains. Roly polys go by several different names. Officially, they’re called pillbugs. But in the United States, they’re commonly referred to as Roly. polies doodlebugs. Woods, shrimp and wood lies here in the southeast. The only term I’ve ever heard for him is Rolie polies. In the UK, they’re called chiggy, pigs, penny sales and cheesy bugs. I thought that was kind of ironic. As Roly polies will and may or may and will eat some of your plants. They’re not harmful to humans as they do not buy nor do they staying there primarily just can be just a nuisance. As I said earlier, their proper name is pill bug. And they look like a bug but but they’re not insects at all their land living crustaceans, more closely related to lobsters, crabs and shrimp than the ants and bees. And they’re the only crustaceans that have adapted to the living completely on the land. There’s they’re very small, only range in length from a quarter to a half inch long. As we’ve already said, they’re classified as crustaceans that live on the land not in the water, but they breathe with gills. Therefore, in order to preserve their moisture and to keep them from drying their bodies out. Roly polies are only active or primarily active at night, while spending the daylight hours in wet damp areas like under rocks, logs, and limbs that are laying on the ground and under the mulch in your flower beds, where there have an opportunity to roll into a bowl and protect whatever moisture they have on their gills. pill bugs are referred to as Roly polies because when they get disturbed or feel threatened, they roll themselves and then this tight little ball. The school of thought is that this is a defect defense mechanism that has evolved over time to protect their soft underbelly from their predators and to maintain the moisture on their gills. Roly polys do not urinate due to their high tolerance for ammonia gas. Instead, they is excrete their waste fluids through their shells. Now this is somewhat disgusting, but a lot of animals do this. But as for their solid waste, they eat their own feces. Ironically enough, recycling their own fecal deposits allows them to obtain some of the nutrients they may have missed during their first digestive cycle for drinking, Roly polys had two choices. They can drink from their mouse, like most other creatures, or they can use these tube shaped structures that jet out from their rear ends. Doesn’t sound to me like Roly polies have much regard for sanitation. Their preferred food source is dead organic plant matter. If you’re looking for a great composting partner in your garden or flower beds Rolie polies are your friend by chewing up the rotting vegetation and returning it back to the soul. They are actually helping to speed up decomposition and as a result provide a free service to you the gardener because of the bacteria in their gut, they’re able to process dead fruits leaves, in other forms of vegetation, returning it back to the earth or in your compost pile, to be digested by more fungi and bacteria. Strangely, though Roly polies play another important part in our environment. And actually, I didn’t even realize this until doing some research for this podcast. They can take in heavy metals such as copper, zinc, and lead, and then crystallize those heavy metals in their bodies. This quality or this the quality alone has has made them ideal, I guess test subjects in studies about pollution, and other environmental research. Their unique ability remove the heavy metal from the contaminate souls allows them to thrive in polluted locations where other species cannot survive. Just like crustaceans. Female Roly polies have a brood pouch called a marsupium on the underside of their belly, the females carry their eggs in their pants for two three months until they hatch. And even after hatching, the young Roly polies sometimes returned to the pouch and continue to grow and receive nourishment from their mothers marsupial fluids. before they head out into the into the real world. I was somewhat shocked by this I didn’t. I didn’t realize any of the bugs we dealt with had a marsupium. At any rate, here at fates pest control, we offer a free consultation, as well as a 100% make you happy money back guarantee. If you hire faith pest control, to get rid of your bug problem. At the end of 30 days, you’re not 100% Happy, we’ll come back and retreat your home for free. And we’ll keep on trading it for free until you tell us that you are happy. If that still doesn’t make you happy. We’ll give you back every penny you spent on the original treatment. Plus, we’ll pay you an additional $25 Just for your for your time and trouble just for fooling with us. The bottom line is this. I want you to be happy with the service we provide or you won’t owe us a penny period. If you feel like what I’ve said makes sense, please call fetes pest control today at 770-823-9202 and asked to speak to me, Fred tally. I’ll be more than happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you may have.

Well, Fred, that’s great information. Hey, if you’re in the north Georgia mountains in Jasper, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Georgia, or anywhere in the north Georgia mountains and you have problems with bugs, just listen to this podcast over and over again and share it with your friends, so you’ll know what to do. And then of course, if you’re like me, and you just don’t want to deal with it, call Fred. Fred will take care of you and make sure you get the problem solved. We do this podcast as a community service for all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Ellijay, Georgia, and anywhere in the north Georgia mountains. You can get this podcast from our website, or you can get it from any of the fun podcast services like Apple, Google podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon. Even if you just ask your Alexa Hey, play the faith pest control podcast latest episode, it will start playing and you can listen right there on your speaker devices. So until next time, this is Mike Stewart for the faith pest control podcast.

Welcome again to the Faith Pest Control podcast. Hi, I’m Mike Stewart, your host and we’re here today with pest expert Fred Talley of Faith Pest Control, Faith Pest Control services all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia Ellijay, Georgia and pretty much anywhere in the North Georgia mountains. If you have a pest problem, Fred Talley is the man to take care of those problems. And now here’s Fred Talley.

So Mikey southern flying squirrels that actually pretty much in the eastern half of the United States, from southeastern Canada all the way down into southern Florida, and they’re pretty much nocturnal animals. It’s actually pretty rare for humans to have any kind of meaningful interaction with flying squirrels. Because they are almost exclusively nocturnal animals. They mostly live in the forest, which have either acorn and barren trees, as well as some source of water. Their habitat must also have some kind of some scattered dead trees and some dead trees that kind of remain standing. Flying squirrels will sometimes nest in attics of of human homes, if you will. That’s when pest control Wildlife Control professionals get involved. Flying squirrels generally are less active during the colder months However, here in North Georgia, we typically don’t have winters cold enough for them to be totally inactive. Nighttime in the fall is considered one of the best times to be able to see see the flying squirrels because they’re they’re busy at that time of year, gathering and storing food for the winter. As far as sound goes, you can identify a flying squirrel by they have a high pitched, cheap, if you will, that in often can be heard around the first two or three hours after sunset. The Flying squirrels use these cheeps or chirps and various other sounds in with the sounds, they are able to keep track of each other as well as to warn each other of some type of impending danger. Sometimes the sounds are so shrill that they are they exceed the upper limits of the frequencies that humans can hear. In warmer weather. Flying squirrels feed on multiple forms of vegetation, notably mushrooms, persimmons, wild grapes and the bark of many hardwood trees. They also feed on hickory nuts and acorns and the pits of wild cherries to include other seeds as well in that flying squirrels do not hibernate. However, they will nest together during during the winter and they will nest together in groups. They have the ability to reach reduce their metabolic rate, as well as their body temperature in order to conserve energy. And they also rely on each other’s body heat that radiated in their friend group if you will. Female flying squirrels are actually very attentive parents to their young. The mothers will will maintain several secondary nests, which are available to them to take their young in order to keep them safe from predators, even if the predator is larger than the female or the mother. And even if she is outnumbered, she will not hesitate to defend her young a flying squirrel mother has been observed moving her young during a forest fire in which during that process and moving them she was actually sin singed herself, I guess, goes to saying hell hath no fury. Flying Squirrel nests in the wild are typically made of shredded bark and and or Spanish moss. As you can imagine, these squirrels do not actually fly but they are excellent gliders. They have a membrane that grows between their legs and their body, which allows them to spread their body out almost like a parachute and they’re able to glide. They can quite easily climb out on tree limb that’s higher than the roof of a house and just glide right over to the roof and land slay safely. Flying squirrels the baby flying squirrels are typically weaned from their mother when they’re six to eight weeks old. When when they are initially born. The young are typically about two and a half inches long as that’s measured from the top of their head to the tip of their tail. And usually way less than a quarter of an ounce. You they’re born blind, pink, and hairless. they will open their eyes in approximately three weeks. The membrane as we were talking about earlier that grows between their body and their legs. That allows them the ability to glide. It’s fully developed at birth. In the wild flying squirrels have the ability, and I guess in typically live about five years when in captivity, they have been known to live as long as 12 years, their ability to glide actually develops rather quickly. by about the age of eight weeks old, they can already execute. I guess, technically difficult. maneuvers, they can make 90 degree turns, lateral loops and other difficult maneuvers just like the adult skin. It’s not uncommon for and for adults to glide up to 160 feet. The longest observed Glide is actually about 100 yards, which would be 300 feet. Their major predators are after dark, or owl, snakes and raccoons. And their peak breeding seasons are February through March, and then again in August through October. So here at fates pest control, we offer a free consultation as well as a 100% make you happy money back guarantee. Do you hire fates pest control to get rid of your problem, bug problem, and at the end of 30 days, you’re not 100% Happy, we’ll come back and retreat your home for free. And we’ll keep on trading it for free until you tell us that you are happy. That still doesn’t make you happy will give you back every penny spent on the alleged original treatment. Plus, we’ll pay you an additional $25 for your time and trouble just for fooling with us. The bottom line is this. I want you to be happy with the service that we provide, or you won’t owe us a penny period. If you feel like what I’ve said makes sense, please call fetes pest control today at 770-823-9202 and ask to speak to me Fred Talley. I’ll be more than happy to speak with you and answer any questions that you may have.

Well, Fred, that’s great information. Hey, if you’re in the north Georgia mountains in Jasper, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Georgia, or anywhere in the north Georgia mountains and you have problems with bugs, just listen to this podcast over and over again and share it with your friends, so you’ll know what to do. And then of course, if you’re like me, and you just don’t want to deal with it, call Fred. Fred will take care of you and make sure you get the problem solved. We do this podcast as a community service for all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Ellijay, Georgia, and anywhere in the north Georgia mountains. You can get this podcast from our website, or you can get it from any of the fun podcast services like Apple, Google podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon. Even if you just ask your Alexa Hey, play the faith pest control podcast latest episode, it will start playing and you can listen right there on your speaker devices. So until next time, this is Mike Stewart for the faith pest control podcast.

Welcome again to the Faith Pest Control podcast. Hi, I’m Mike Stewart, your host and we’re here today with pest expert Fred Talley of Faith Pest Control, Faith Pest Control services all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia Ellijay, Georgia and pretty much anywhere in the North Georgia mountains. If you have a pest problem, Fred Talley is the man to take care of those problems. And now here’s Fred Talley

So pantry moths are actually pretty common household pests. They are small, flying insects that they will infest or can end or contaminate what we referred to as stored products. In the pest control industry we refer to it as stored products. But it’s stuff like grains cereal, flour, beans, nuts, other dry foods. They’re also known as grain moss or Indian meal moths because they commonly infest pattern Indian corn or corn meal in America. pantry moss are are attracted to food sources which they eat and and they lay their eggs in that food source. Small worms or larva emerge and feed on these food sources after they hatch. From the eggs and they make the food and inedible pantry moss can cause a nuisance in your home. They can be difficult to get rid of once they infest the food in your pantry. pantry monitors are six legged with antenna and wings. They are grayish brown Moss with copper or reddish colored markings on their outer wings. The bodies are about a half inch long and oval shaped and adult pantry moss wingspan from the tip of one wing. To the tip the other wing can be between five eighths and three quarters of an inch. Like I said earlier pantry Paul’s pantry mouths feed on dry dry foods stored in your pantry like cereal grains flour, beans, seeds, nuts, dried fruits, spices, chocolate candy, dry pet and bird food and powdered milk. A pantry moss lifecycle lasts from 27 to 305 days. So basically a month to what’s at 10 months. A female pantry moth may lay about 400 Eggs after mating. The stages of the pantry most life will include the egg, their eggs or have a lack of grayish white color and they’re very small, three tenths to five tenths of a millimeter. They will be they can lay the females can lay eggs singularly or in clusters but they will lay them directly on the food source. The hen eggs will hatch dependent on environmental conditions in three to eight days. The larvae are an off white colored they’re about a half inch long. Dependent on the food source the eggs are laid in. They may appear pink, brown, or greenish is once they hatch, they’ll disperse and infest the food stores. The larvae will develop in about six to eight weeks. The larvae will form a silky cocoon in order to change or metamorphosis metamorphose into a pupa the pupa are pale brown quarter inch up to about three eighths of an inch long. The larva move away from the infested food source to become pupa they may even climb other sails in your pantry in misdirect you as you’re trying to look for an infestation. This stage the pupa stage lasts from seven to 20 days, again dependent on environmental conditions. Adults will emerge from the cocoons and flutter around the room they’re attracted to lie and may move to other rooms in the house which is why you mistake may mistake them for clothing. Moth adults or do not feed on the food source they emerge emerge from they begin mating and lay eggs three days after emergence. So the larva is what is feeding on the food source the the grain or cereal, whatever. There are two I guess you’d call them mostly common pantry POS pantry moths and onesie Indian meal moth and it is actually the most common pantry moth these Moszer As small as a grain of Cook dry, so by about a half inch long they have brown wings with a tan stripe and copper colored tips on the wings. Pretty common to see them at the junction of the wall and ceiling or in cracks and crevices. And Gomes grain moth is the next most common. They’re about three eighths of an inch long, kind of yellowish brown Moss with lighter front wings and fringed rear margins of the wings. pantry moths are found worldwide. They’re seen in kitchens, pantries, grocery stores, other places where food is stored. They infest food and lay their eggs on and around the food source. They also contaminate food products. pantry moths are also attracted to light and may even other enter other rooms in your house. Like I said earlier, possibly confusing you with some type of clothes clothes mouth. If you find tiny miles fluttering in your pantry or resting on shells, you may have pantry moss. You may also see warm like larva crawling on stored food in the ceiling ceilings or walls your home. That indicates that your house may be infested with the pantry Moss, adult moss or assignment of infested food items in your home. Female moths lay 100 to 400 eggs on or near stored food. The larva chew through and damaged food sources and their packaging like plastic bags or thin cardboard. Sealed packages can also become infested. The larva feed on the foods surface they will spend silky webs well which clump seeds or grains together they also leave droppings shed skin and egg shells on stored food and contaminated if you see food covered with droppings or webbings and find holes in plastic bags, you have a pantry Malte problem. pantry miles can be found inside any stored food areas female pantry moss lay their eggs own whole grains, like corn, oats, barley or rice. packaged food may be contaminated with eggs and may not be detected until much later. You may unknowingly bring contaminated food into your home from the grocery store. Bringing infested foods from the grocery store. Pet food or bird seed can lead to contamination of other stored food in the house. pantry miles can bore through packaging or enter through small holes in it. The infestation can and may spread from package to package. pantry miles are not harmful and do not transmit human diseases. They contaminate food with their droppings, egg shells, skin sheds, and webbing. It doesn’t affect the food’s flavor, but is off putting visibly pan three moss don’t bite or staying they only infest the food sources. Here’s some Do It Yourself tips that will help you. Inspect dried food products carefully for signs of pantry moth infestation, and throw away infested foods in bins outside the home. Clean, infested shelves and cabinets with a vacuum to remove spilled food, eggs and larva. Clean the shelves and cabinets with soapy water. Store food in sealed or airtight thick glass or plastic containers. pantry moth larva can’t penetrate these materials avoid using thin plastic bags is pantry moth larva can enter them. Place Nan infested food in the freezer for a week or heat in a pan at 150 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. This will stop the growth of eggs or larva in the food. Use pheromone traps are sticky traps to monitor the population of Petri moss and infested areas in your home in void using moth balls and specify pesticide sprays. In areas where food is stored or prepared. They release gases that can be harmful for consumption by pets and humans. insecticides and pesticides can control panfry moth infestation but in reality, they aren’t very effective. The

Well, Fred, that’s great information. Hey, if you’re in the north Georgia mountains in Jasper, Blue Ridge, Ellijay, Georgia, or anywhere in the north Georgia mountains and you have problems with bugs, just listen to this podcast over and over again and share it with your friends, so you’ll know what to do. And then of course, if you’re like me, and you just don’t want to deal with it, call Fred. Fred will take care of you and make sure you get the problem solved. We do this podcast as a community service for all the fine folks in Jasper, Georgia, Blue Ridge, Georgia, Ellijay, Georgia, and anywhere in the north Georgia mountains. You can get this podcast from our website, or you can get it from any of the fun podcast services like Apple, Google podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon. Even if you just ask your Alexa Hey, play the faith pest control podcast latest episode, it will start playing and you can listen right there on your speaker devices. So until next time, this is Mike Stewart for the faith pest control podcast.