Tick Control Tips: Safeguard Your Yard and Family from These Pesky Pests
The arrival of warm weather heralds the return of outdoor activities and the joys of nature. Unfortunately, it also ushers in the peak season for ticks, those tiny yet potentially dangerous pests. With rising concerns about tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease, it’s essential that we arm ourselves with the knowledge and strategies to minimize […]
Tick Prevention Tips | Town and Country Pest Solutions
As people venture outside to enjoy the sunshine and warmer weather, Town and Country Pest Solutions encourages increased public awareness of ticks and their numerous health risks. Certain species of ticks are capable of transmitting serious diseases to humans when they bite, including Lyme disease, babesiosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. We encourage people to […]
The Number Of Lyme-Carrying Ticks Around Homes In The Adirondacks Will Be Higher Than Ever This Summer
It won’t come as a surprise to anyone to learn that tick-borne disease is a serious issue in the northeast US, but the situation is getting much worse, as tick-borne disease cases are increasing dramatically each year in all New England states. In fact, ticks are the only disease vectors in the United States that […]
The Invasive Longhorned Tick
There exists several tick species within the state of New York, but some are more common and more medically significant than others. The state is home to the American dog tick, the brown dog tick, the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, and most recently the lone star tick, which resides in the […]
Disease-Carrying Tick Populations Are Rising Dramatically In Rochester
The progressively warmer winters are allowing more ticks to survive the cold upstate New York winters, and studies show that the state contains the highest percentage of lyme-carrying deer ticks when compared to other states in the northeast. Traditionally, the largest lyme-carrying deer tick populations have been found on Long Island and in the lower […]
