Tick control is valuable where the risk of exposure to ticks is greatest in the woods and garden fringe area. However, ticks can also be carried into your landscape by animals such as small rodents. Integrated tick control lawn treatments concentrating on the lawn perimeter areas provide the greatest protection by quickly reducing the number of active ticks in your landscape. In addition to these tick control treatments we recommend the use of Damminix to reduce tick populations without harming wildlife.

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Deer Tick Control Through Mice

Deer tick control can be achieved by focusing on a favorite host of the deer tick, the white-footed mouse. Damminix placed in mouse habitats by professionals is very effective in reducing Lyme Disease carrying deer tick populations on your property. Damminix consists of cardboard tubes containing cotton balls laced with an ingredient that is very effective at killing ticks while leaving the mice unharmed. These tick control tubes are placed in strategic areas in the landscape and surrounding wooded areas. The mice, a favored host of the deer tick, bring the cotton balls back to their burrows to line their nests. The ticks feeding on the mice then come into contact with the treated cotton and are quickly eliminated. We recommend Damminix for tick control lawn treatment because it does not harm the mice or wildlife in your landscape and is totally biodegradable.

Tree Care Experts For Tick Control

Tree care experts are also knowledgeable when it comes to tick control. If you are concerned about Lyme disease and the presence of deer ticks in your yard, an arborist can prescribe a treatment applied to the ecotone areas (and sometimes to the lawn areas) to provide an immediate reduction in the number of ticks on your landscape. The ecotone is the transition zone between lawn areas and wooded areas that is the preferred habitat of the deer tick. According to published research, approximately 90% of deer ticks on a property will be found in the ecotone areas with less than 2% found in lawn areas.

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