Lyme disease, Babesiosis, and other illnesses are spread by the bite of an infected tick, and people living in or visiting New England are especially at a high risk.
If you and your family live near wooded or grassy areas, you could be susceptible to tick bites. By spraying for ticks, if done right, you can protects your family from tick bites and reduce the risk of tick-borne disease in and around your yard and home.
Three Reasons to be Spraying for Ticks This Season
1. Ticks are hard to see.
The deer tick species nymphal-stage is the size of a poppy seed, while the adults are not much larger (pictured above) While you should be performing tick checks daily after being outdoors, even if you wear protective clothing (which you should wash and dry immediately after coming home), these pests can be hard to spot.
Effective tick control lawn spraying eliminates them in all life stages; even the little, immature ticks! It is an extra layer of protection for your family and pets.
2. Ticks have a two-year life cycle.
To stop the spread of tick populations around your home, you have to start by eliminating them at their earliest stage of their life cycle. While products like tick tubes and our natural tick repellent treatments help prevent bites that spread Lyme disease, new populations are still hatching each year.
Regular lawn spraying eliminates their eggs on contact. We highly recommend spraying in early Spring and late Fall to eliminate the eggs and adults that are laying them, as just one female adult deer tick can lay up to 2,000 eggs!
3. Wildlife may bring ticks onto your property.
Often ticks catch a ride on hosts like deer, rabbits, and mice. Unless you have fencing around your yard and garden to keep wildlife out, there is a risk that these animals might be dropping them close to your home. Routine yard sprays eliminate any pests that wildlife may have brought to your property, usually hiding in potential tick habitats like tall grass or leaf piles.
Even though you may be thorough in reducing tick habitat and regularly checking your yard for them, spraying provides the best protection against tick infestations, and reduces future populations.
Now that you know how property sprays can protect you and your family from tick bites, you can begin looking for a provider of the service. There are chemical and natural solutions available, and we recommend you request a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) before your first treatment.
Our effective residential tick control solutions use a National Organic Program compliant natural product that's safer for your family and environmentally friendly. Contact our team to learn more from the pest control office near you:
Happy Outdooring!
