Bug Bytes Volume 12 Issue 10

June 13, 2025

Posted By: Glenda Lehmberg in Bug Bytes,

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June 13, 2025 | Vol. 12 Issue 10

GPCA is dedicated to

Growth, Professionalism, Community & Advocacy

GPCA Membership Renewals-Due July 1
Thank you for your continued engagement with GPCA

Commission Meeting Notes-June 10, 2025
CLICK HERE

FYI-Need to Know

Public Announcement from USDA-New World Screwworm
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Info Bulleting: New World Screwworm
Animal Health Alert from GDA

Notice from GDA: Georgia Department of Agriculture
Invasive Tick Found in Georgia
See Details: The Asian Longhorned Tick

Georgia Department of Agriculture Structural License Renewal
Due June 30, 2025
License Renewal information

Asian Needle Ants
See UGA article: https://news.uga.edu/are-asian-needle-ants-our-next-invasive-threat/

Summer Conference-Vacation with a Purpose
GPCA Members ONLY
Book your Hotel Room ASAP (limited space)
Block rate ends TODAY (June 13)

Monday PM, July 7
Golf Tee Time 8am (Contact GPCA office if interested)
10am-2pm Vendor Set Up
1:00pm GPCA Board Meeting
3:00pm Welcome Reception with Vendors
8:00pm Cigar/Bourbon Social

Tuesday, July 8
7:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am Interactive 2 hr CEU Course w/Industry Leaders
10:00am PWIPM Brunch
2:00pm Beach Party
8:00pm Guardian Dessert Reception (shotgun winner announced)

Wednesday, July 9
8:00am Continental Breakfast
9:00am General Membership Meeting/New Officer Induction
2:00pm Ice Cream Social
6:00-9:30pm Finale Dinner followed by Casino Night and Kids-Only Party

GPCA Guardian Shotgun Raffle
Random drawing to be July 8, 2025 at the GPCA Summer Conference
Guardian Dessert Reception

FAIR SLX De Luxe 600 Black 28 gauge Over & Under shotgun
Purchase 1 Entry for $25 or 5 Entries for $100
Winners DO NOT need to be present to win.

Two guns with the words with Springfield Armory in the background

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Two guns with the words with Springfield Armory in the background

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Participation Ends July 7, 2025 at 1pm

All are welcome to participate in the Raffle!
To learn more about becoming a GPCA Guardian go to https://www.gpca.org/catalog/guardian-membership
or contact co-Chair Walt Weinwurm at walt.weinwurm@envu.com..

Buy Raffle Entries

Bob Russell Entomology Scholarship
The Georgia Pest Control Association is offering a $1000 scholarship to a student who is enrolled in the Entomology Program at the University of Georgia.
Apply Now

Glenn H. Burnett Scholarship
The Georgia Pest Control Association offers scholarship opportunities to a child of an Active or Allied Member in good standing who has been a member for at least 3 years. See other details online.
Apply Now

Scholarship Submission Deadline: July 30, 2025