Burnett Exterminating Company, LLC

06/15/2022

Good after everyone. I hope everyone is having a great Wednesday afternoon. If you ever have any questions about our services or booking an appointment, please call our office at 865-933-9948 or call Gene Burnett at 865-455-2618

05/24/2022

Good after everyone. I hope everyone is having a great day. If you ever have any questions about our services or booking an appointment, please call our office at 865-933-9948 or call Gene Burnett at 865-455-2618

03/29/2022

Good after everyone. I hope everyone is having a great Tuesday afternoon. If you ever have any questions about our services or booking an appointment, please call our office at 865-933-9948 or call Gene Burnett at 865-455-2618

06/25/2021

Good afternoon friends,

I realized a little while ago that I have quite a few pictures of spiders 🕷 on my phone and that it would be fun to post them here. I don’t know what kinds they all are, but if I find out, I’ll update this post. If y’all know, feel free to comment.

Favorites:
- Appearance-wise, I like the last one cause it’s tiny, adorable, and a pretty bright red.
- Attitude-wise, I liked the original funnel web spider cause she was a chill neighbor that ate the flying bugs near our door.

Here we go!

06/19/2021

Good afternoon folks,

Dad and I did a yellow jacket job yesterday. This video is of one trying to go back into one of the nest entrance holes, but it was filled with the liquid chemical we used to treat the nest. We followed the liquid chemical treatment with dust in both entrances (and a third suspected entrance).

The nest was taken care of that day. Any yellow jackets that were out foraging, once they came back and were exposed to the chemical or dust, also died shortly after exposure. We checked today to make sure it was taken care of, and it was. The homeowner told us he found dead yellow jackets near the nest. Successful one-and-done treatment. Also, perfect timing. The homeowner’s wife and MIL were on vacation and set to return today.

*The most important thing to remember about yellow jackets is to remain calm. If you make sudden movements or run away, they will chase after you and sting. 🏃🏻💨🐝🐝

06/07/2021

Good morning friends,

Here are some pics of the moths that hang around our doors and windows when the lights are on at night. (This reminds me that we need to clean the glass doors and windows 😁)

If I can figure out the names or types of moths they are, I’ll update this post.

06/03/2021

This is a Western Honey Bee. I’m SO PROUD of these pictures. I was wearing sunglasses so I couldn’t tell if the pics were in focus. I’m so glad they were.

Look at the pollen on its little back leg. ❤️ 🐝 They’re called pollen baskets.

I took these pics while in Austin, Texas visiting my in-laws; we were at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. These bees are found all over the United States.

05/06/2021

Hope y’all are having a good Thursday, I know I am!

Look at our awesome new business cards that we just got in. I’m so proud. 😃🎉

05/02/2021

Happy Saturday night!

It’s time for the answer to “Guess the Bug”.
🐝🐛🦋🐞🐜🦟🦗🕷

The answer is 🥁 🥁 🥁

Red Paper Wasp, probably Polistes Rubiginosus.

To be honest, this one kind of stumped us at first. 🤔 It’s definitely a wasp, but it took us time to suss out which kind. It has similar coloring to a Red and Black Mason Wasp, but the shape and size weren’t right.

Interestingly, there are only two red paper wasps found in the eastern United States. Polistes Carolina and Polistes Rubiginosus (and they’re visualy similar, too). Via Wikipedia: One distinguishing feature between these two is the greater presence of black markings on the thorax of Polistes Rubiginosus. ⬅️ This is why I think it’s the P. Rubiginosus and not P. Carolina.

Thanks for playing; I hope y’all have a good rest of your weekend.

Polistes rubiginosus is one of two species of red paper wasp found in the eastern United States (the other being Polistes carolina) and is noted for the coarser ridges on its propodeum.[1][2] It is a social wasp (subfamily Polistinae) in the family Vespidae. Until taxonomic revision by Matthias Buck...

05/01/2021

Happy Saturday!

Just a quick update for now. I know I missed Friday’s “Guess the Bug” answer and I apologize. I graduated with my Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a concentration in Accounting. 🎉👩🏼‍🎓 It was a busy day. I’ll have the bug answer and info before the end of the day.

Thanks for your patience! 😃

Kira

04/27/2021

Happy Monday evening y’all!

Let’s play “Guess the Bug”
🐝🐛🦋🐞🐜🦟🦗🕷

This stinging bug here is brought to you by a job that Dad and I went on a little while ago. We were treating for ants 🐜🐜 and it happened to be there, so we got it, too. (I added the flower 🌸 pic cause it was pretty and Dad assured me the chemicals we used wouldn’t hurt the flower at all. 😃)

These come in various colors, build nests from chewed up and spit out wood, and *will* sting. I got stung by one when I was at a pool and I blubbered like a baby 😭. It hurt!

Answer and info will be posted Friday. Good luck everyone!