{"id":55,"date":"2016-02-08T10:25:06","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T10:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/?p=55"},"modified":"2016-02-02T19:35:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T19:35:02","slug":"dont-be-caught-with-the-kissing-bug","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/dont-be-caught-with-the-kissing-bug\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be Caught With The Kissing Bug!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kissing Bug is a insect that you don&#8217;t want to be caught with on Valentine&#8217;s Day. The triatomine bug, aka Kissing Bug carries a parasite that causes Chagas disease.<\/p>\n<p>The Kissing Bug is known to live outdoors and can be found in a variety of places including;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under porches<\/li>\n<li>Under cement<\/li>\n<li>In outdoor dog houses<\/li>\n<li>In brush piles<\/li>\n<li>In rodent nests<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They are typically found in the southern United States and have been recently confirmed in South Carolina and Georgia\u00a0as reported by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrdw.com\/home\/headlines\/Health-officials-Deadly-kissing-bug-reported-in-Georgia-353134901.html?device=phone&amp;c=y\" target=\"_blank\">News 12 On Your Side<\/a>.\u00a0They are commonly confused with other beetles and should exercise caution when you discover them.<\/p>\n<p>If you find one around your home do not smash the Kissing Bug since it can potentially expose you to the Chagas disease. Instead, contact <a href=\"http:\/\/gottabugcalldoug.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gotta Bug<\/a> Call Doug \u00a0at (864) 582-3684 to discuss the best course of action and treatment at your home or business.<\/p>\n<p>More information on the Kissing Bug can be found:<\/p>\n<p>By visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/parasites\/chagas\/gen_info\/vectors\/\" target=\"_blank\">CDC<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Kissing Bug in Georgia and South Carolina &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrdw.com\/home\/headlines\/Health-officials-Deadly-kissing-bug-reported-in-Georgia-353134901.html?device=phone&amp;c=y\" target=\"_blank\">News 12 On Your Side<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kissing Bug is a insect that you don&#8217;t want to be caught with on Valentine&#8217;s Day. The triatomine bug, aka Kissing Bug carries a parasite that causes Chagas disease. The Kissing Bug is known to live outdoors and can be found in a variety of places including; Under porches Under cement In outdoor dog &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/dont-be-caught-with-the-kissing-bug\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Don&#8217;t Be Caught With The Kissing Bug!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2,3],"tags":[10,18,4,6,13],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-douglas-pest-control","category-pest-control","category-pest-library","tag-gotta-bug-call-doug","tag-kissing-bug","tag-pest-control","tag-pest-control-spartanburg","tag-unwanted-pests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions\/64"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gottabugcalldoug.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}