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Preventing Ticks
Apply Pesticides Outdoors To Control Ticks
Pesticides for ticks, known as acaricides, can reduce the number of ticks in your yard. These benefits have been best studied for Ixodes Scapularis (the black leg tick).
1. Consistent and timely pest control
2. Easy to apply
3. Relatively inexpensive
4. Safe if applied according to label
Only small amounts of acaricide applied at the right time of the year are necessary. Application should focus on control of nymphal Ixodes Scapularis ticks, the stage most likely to transmit Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis, and babesiosis, by spraying in the early spring and summer. Adult blacklegged ticks can be targeted in the summer and fall.
Create a Tick-safe Zone: Reduce Ticks in your Yard
1. Remove leaf litter.
2. Clear tall brush around homes and at the border of
lawns.
lawns.
3. Place a 3 foot barrier of wood chips or gravel between
lawn and wooded areas.
4. Mow lawn once a weekly.
5. Stack wood neatly and in dry areas
6. Keep playground equipment, decks, and patios away
from brushy areas.
from brushy areas.
7. Discourage unwelcome animals by using fencing.
8. Remove all old furniture and trash that may give ticks
a place to hide.
9 Call Grassy Meadows for all your tick spraying needs.
a place to hide.
9 Call Grassy Meadows for all your tick spraying needs.