What’s new with the Critter Gitter?
Paper recycling bin now at Peninsular Pest Control
Peninsular Pest Control Service, 2609 Phyllis St. in Riverside, now has a paper recycling bin from the Paper Retriever program. The public can recycle newspapers, magazines, catalogs, mail, etc., there. All revenue earned from the recycled paper benefits HabiJax. For more information, call 940-3546.
Georgia Mote of Sweetwater will celebrate her 100th birthday 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 27, at the Twin Hills Civic Association, 6743 Watoma St.
Mote still lives on her own, loves word search puzzles, crocheting, watching the Food Network and talking about her past, said her niece, Sarah Lundy of the Westside. Lundy said Mote claims a census worker from Georgia came to her house and found that her parents had not yet given her a name, so he named her Georgia.
“Not sure if that’s true or not,” Lundy said with a laugh. “That was in 1910.”
Avondale artist’s work chosen for cultural council awards luncheon
Art by painter Tayloe White of Avondale was selected for the programs and invitations to the city’s cultural council artists award luncheon Tuesday, April 20, at the Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts.
White recently opened Tayloe White Studio & Gallery, 2720 Park St., where she teaches art classes and her work is on display and for sale.
White’s father, Frank McDonald, a professional copper sculptor who lives in Los Angeles, is coming to Jacksonville to do a father-daughter art show Friday, April 23, through Friday, May 14, at her studio. An opening night reception will be 6 to 9 p.m. April 23 for the show, billed as “Currents: Rivers, Reeds and Redfish,” which includes an exploration of the coastal South.
Both father and daughter started second careers as artists at about the same time. McDonald grew up in South Georgia and works in the ship repair industry.
Community garden grows at I-295 in Argyle area
A new nonprofit called the Argyle Area Community Garden hopes to grow vegetables at an 1-acre plot owned by Park City Farms at Park City Drive and Interstate 295.
“We are hoping this will be a model, with an educational component and to get youth involved. Young people love to connect with the land,” said Tom Dumas, an organizer. “We’ve lost that as a society.”
The garden will have plots for residents to grow produce.
For more information, go to meet up.com/Argyle-Area-Community-Garden.
Safe House ministry moving to Owen Street on Westside
Safe House, a non-denominational Christian ministry and church on Plymouth Avenue in Murray Hill, is moving to a bigger location at 540 Owen St. on the Westside.
The goal is to be operating in the new location by Saturday, May 1, said Gary Polletta, a board member of the nonprofit, which collects and distributes food to families in need.
Safe House is renting and renovating the Owen Street building, with the option to buy. At 6,600 square feet, it is twice as big as Safe House’s current facility. Plus it has fenced-in parking lot and a kitchen.
For more information, visit 425-4228 or visit safehousejax.com.
Bishop Snyder to dedicate track, host Catholic Invitational meet
Bishop Snyder High School on the Westside will dedicate its new eight-lane track at 2 p.m. Friday, April 9. The Daniel J. Brown track dedication ceremony will be followed by the first Catholic Invitational track meet.
Paper recycling bin now at Peninsular Pest Control
Peninsular Pest Control Service, 2609 Phyllis St. in Riverside, now has a paper recycling bin from the Paper Retriever program. The public can recycle newspapers, magazines, catalogs, mail, etc., there. All revenue earned from the recycled paper benefits HabiJax. For more information, call 940-3546.
Whether Residential or Commercial, We will just keep on trying and trying to get In! But not if the Critter Gitter is there… that guy is scary.
Reticulitermes hageni
Due to their wood-eating habits, termites can do great damage to homes and other wooden structures. Their habit of remaining concealed often results in their presence being undetected until severe damaged is done. Once termites have entered a building, they do not limit themselves to wood; they also damage paper, cloth, carpets and more.
Musca domestica
The house fly is the most common of all domestic flies, accounting for about 90% of all flies in human habitations, and indeed one of the most widely distributed insects, found all over the world; it is considered a pest that can carry serious diseases. Each female fly can lay approximately 500 eggs in several batches of about 75 to 150.
Hymenoptera
The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their numbers, or natural biocontrol.
Siphonaptera/Ixodoidea
Fleas are small (1/16”), dark, reddish-brown, wingless, blood-sucking insects. Their bodies are laterally compressed, (i.e., flattened side to side) permitting easy movement through the hairs on the host’s body. Their legs are long and well adapted for jumping. Ticks are blood-feeding parasites that are often found in tall grass and shrubs where they will wait to attach to a passing host. A tick will attach itself to its host by inserting its chelicerae (cutting mandibles) and hypostome (feeding tube) into the skin. The hypostome is covered with recurved teeth and serves as an anchor. Young ticks have six legs, and mature ticks have eight legs. They vary in size and appearance depending on the species.
Formicidae
Ants are pests around the home because they feed on and contaminate human foods, infest structures, and build unsightly mounds in lawns. In some cases, ants are able to inflict painful bites or stings. Ants do not attack or eat fabrics, leather or wood in houses; however, some species can establish nests in decaying wood in structures.
Mus musculus
The mouse usually lives in proximity to humans, in or around houses or fields. Originally native to Asia they have since been spread throughout the world. House mice can transmit diseases, and can damage food and food packaging. It is thought that house mice were the primary reason for the taming of the domestic cat.
Achaearanea tepidariorum
Arachnophobia is a fear of spiders or anything reminiscent of spiders, such as webs or spider-like shapes. It is one of the most common specific phobias, and some statistics show that 50 percent of women and 10 percent of men show symptoms. It may be an exaggerated form of an instinctive response that helped early humans to survive.
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