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Organic Tick and Mosquito Control
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Although you may not see them, even the most perfectly maintained yard in New York probably contains ticks and mosquitos. Ticks and mosquitos survive with access to food sources, which include you and your pets, and in the case of mosquitoes, access to standing water for breeding.
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Facts About Ticks
- Ticks can live without feeding for up to two years!
- Ticks feed on hosts in all stages of life except for the egg stage.
- Nymphs and Adult Ticks can spread disease
- Ticks spend most time in shaded areas.
- Ticks can carry multiple diseases at once.
- There are around 900 species of ticks throughout the world, here on Long Island we have four species of ticks.
- Ticks “quest” which means they search for a host with their legs spread wide.
- A Ticks saliva has an anesthetic that allows the bite to go unnoticed which allows it to feed.
- Ticks are not insects, they are actually arachnids.
- Ticks use scent, breath, vibrations, and movement to detect a nearby host.
Facts About Mosquitos
- Mosquito’s have been around since the Jurassic period
- Only female mosquitos bite – Females need the blood for the eggs to develop.
- The bump you get after a bite is from the mosquitos saliva, which contains a mild anesthetic and anti-coagulant.
- Males live for 10 days and females can live for up to 8 weeks
- Mosquitos often stay within several hundred feet from where they were hatched
- Sweat and body heat helps mosquitos choose there victims because the heat and the odors act like homing beacons.
- A mosquito can drink up to 3 times it’s body weight in blood.
- Female mosquitos can lay up to 300 eggs per clutch.
- It would take 1,000,000 mosquito to drain a human body of its blood.
- There are about 2700 species of mosquitos in the world.
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