{"id":1468,"date":"2012-08-06T11:19:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/blog\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2012-08-06T11:21:15","modified_gmt":"2012-08-06T16:21:15","slug":"non-native-invasive-beetle-found-by-pest-control-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/new.allisonpest.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/06\/non-native-invasive-beetle-found-by-pest-control-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Native Invasive Beetle Found By Pest Control Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pest control professionals bring to the table a great deal of knowledge about pesticides as well as pests that they encounter in the areas of the country that they provide services for.\u00a0 In addition to providing excellent customer service and eradicating pests, it\u2019s important for a pest control professional to always keep their eyes peeled for other potential pests that could cause damage to a customer\u2019s home, business, or even the environment.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pctonline.com\/rare-invasive-beetle-caught-pennsylvania.aspx\">PCT Magazine reported on August 2, 2012<\/a> that a technician from a NJ pest control company was providing services for a business in Pennsylvania when he encountered a strange looking beetle which knocked a maintenance worker in the head.\u00a0 Not recognizing the specimen, he collected it for later identification.\u00a0\u00a0Reports are that the beetle looked similar to the Asian longhorned beetle, but the markings were not exactly correct.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pctonline.com\/rare-invasive-beetle-caught-pennsylvania.aspx\">NJ pest control<\/a> company\u2019s staff entomologist contacted the Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant Health and the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for help identifying the beetle.\u00a0 It was confirmed that the unidentified beetle was not the feared Asian longhorned beetle that would burrow into trees causing extensive damage.\u00a0 The trouble was that nobody knew what kind of beetle it was.<\/p>\n<p>It did not take long for an entourage of entomologist big wigs to descend on the mystery beetles hide-a-way.\u00a0 The inspection of the facility revealed pallets of wood that were burrowed into and larvae from the offending beetle.\u00a0 Inspection of the surrounding neighborhood revealed that the beetles had spread to trees across the street.\u00a0 Those trees were cut down and destroyed in hopes of ending the beetle\u2019s path of destruction.<\/p>\n<p>The beetle has now been identified as the Yellow Spotted Longhorn Beetle which is native to Southeast Asia.\u00a0 The insect now resides at the Smithsonian.<\/p>\n<p>This is just another reason why you should always hire a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allisonpest.com\/about-us\/index.php\">NJ pest control <\/a>professional or one for your local area.\u00a0 Their extensive knowledge cannot be duplicated!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pest control professionals bring to the table a great deal of knowledge about pesticides as well as pests that they encounter in the areas of the country that they provide services for.\u00a0 In addition to providing excellent customer service and eradicating pests, it\u2019s important for a pest control professional to always keep their eyes peeled [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[58,55],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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