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There’s a new and potentially dangerous tick on the prowl. Keep your eyes out for the East Asian tick, also known as long-horned or bush tick. This new invasive tick was first spotted on a sheep farm in New Jersey and has since been found on Long Island. The Asian long-horned tick has the potential
May brings warm weather and sunshine, but with warm weather comes the return of ticks! The month of May is dedicated to spreading awareness of the prevalent, yet preventable illness, Lyme disease. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximately 30,000 cases of Lyme disease are reported in the United States, but
Tips from Your Friends at Twin Forks Pest Control® While it may still be “fall,” now is the time to take steps towards winter pest control. As temperatures drop, rodents, spiders, crickets, roaches, and many other insects look for a place to spend the winter. They create nests and multiply in the warmth of your
Memorial Day Weekend Tick Awareness Memorial Day Week is upon us and it’s finally feeling a little bit like sum-… we won’t say it out loud and jinx it. We’re just as happy as you are to feel the sunshine and get ready for a long holiday weekend. With that though, comes backyard BBQs and
Tick Control in the Autumn Autumn in the Northeast can be an incredible time of year. The leaves changing make any wooded area incredible to look at, football is back, pumpkin spice everything, Halloween, and cooler weather. This cooler weather provides for another benefit, the disappearance of many annoying bugs and insects from our lives.
Animals That Eat Ticks When it comes to ticks, it can seem like there is almost no help besides your friends over at . Deer, mice, squirrels, and even dogs, man’s best friend, can aid in the spreading of ticks. However, there are a few animals that can live on Long Island that actually eat
Long Island Tick Behavior One would think that something as tiny as a tick would not survive freezing cold temperatures under the snow. But actually, they are still alive, lurking, hidden in the leaves, beneath the bushes, conserving energy, waiting for the temperatures to rise. And now, here they come (insert ominous impending shark attack
Tick-Borne Diseases It is common knowledge at this point that there are a wide variety of diseases one can pick up if they are unfortunate enough to be bitten by a tick. One of the more debilitating, and well known diseases is Lyme Disease which can, if left untreated affect people for the entirety of
Are ticks active in winter? It’s winter here on Long Island and while the amount of bugs we see regularly dwindles in the wintertime we know they will be back once springtime rolls around again. While it is usually bitterly cold outside there can be warm periods in the winter where the temperature can get above