Your backyard may be a breeding
ground for ticks. The suburban sprawl has divided the forests where
mice, raccoons, opossums, and deer live and have caused them to
inhabit your backyard. Ticks live on shrubs and grasses and latch
on to anything that brushes by. There may be large areas in the
woods that have no ticks and smaller areas in the same woods with
thousands of ticks. This wide spread distribution may be the result
of the activity levels of the animals they feed on. Some tick
species may feed on any animal, where other species may feed on a
particular rodent, bird, or reptile. Ticks may be lurking in areas
such as playgrounds, picnic areas, courtyards, walking areas, as
well as wooded areas and fields.
A variety of pesticides can be
used on ticks. When you perform good tick management, you are not
only controlling a dangerous pest, but you are also reducing the
risk of contracting a tick transmitted disease.
Call Brown's
IPM today to see how we can help you with tick
control.
