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Ticks are a very serious problem as infestations can spring up out of nowhere due to the transportation of pests on animals such as deer and raccoons. It can be quite difficult to spot an infestation at first, especially if there are no signs of ticks on anyone’s skin. However, once ticks are spotted, professional tick control services are your best defense.

Did you know that ticks are active and on the hunt anytime the temperature is above freezing? There will be plenty of warm days this year, too. It’s important to prevent these pests year-round.

The good news is that we offer expert tick treatments by experienced exterminators to control ticks on your property, including your lawn and garden.

If you require tick control services in Southold NY, you can trust East End Tick Control to work quickly and efficiently. Call today for a free inspection.

Why You Need Professional Tick Exterminators

Ticks are some of the worst pests to be infested with due to the likelihood of diseases that they carry. In fact, the United States Center for Disease Control identifies over 15 different illnesses that originate from the pathogens that ticks can carry. Some of these diseases, such as Lyme disease, are incredibly debilitating if early intervention is not taken, which is why dealing with the tick population of your home or business is the safest, most proactive course of action.

Tick Spraying – Highly Effective In-Season Tick Control

For best results, we recommend our tick spraying service every four weeks during tick season from April through November. We spray your lawn, landscaped areas, and into the perimeter, to kill ticks and create a protective buffer zone around your property.

Why get tick spraying? Tick spraying is the most effective in-season treatment for the immediate elimination of active ticks on your property.

Where is it applied? We spray your lawn and landscaping with the aim of creating as much coverage as possible. We do not spray against the foundation. Many clients ask us to spray into the woods. We always tell them we can spray a buffer into the woods, but our technicians will not walk into the woods.

When is it applied? We recommend this treatment every four weeks between April and November, as long as needed. We are also happy to offer one-time service or semi-regular service for rental properties. If you have any questions or would like a free estimate, please give us a call and speak with one of our friendly experts.

Tick Tubes – Great for Beginning and End of Season

Tick Tubes are small biodegradable cardboard tubes filled with pesticide-treated cotton. Our technicians place them strategically around the property where rodents tend to live, like under the deck, woodpile, under the shed, and any other hotspots they identify.

Why use tick tubes? This is a great addition to a monthly tick control spray service, best for long-term prevention at the beginning of the season and maintenance at the end of the season.

How do tick tubes work? Rodents use the cotton as nesting materials. When the tick-infested rodent lies on the cotton, the ticks are killed. Rodents carry hundreds of ticks.

Where are they applied? Tick tubes are placed in areas where rodents are known to traffic. By eliminating ticks on rodents, it goes a long way toward eliminating ticks on your property, pets, and family.

When is it applied? One or two applications per year at the beginning and end of the season.

Tick Shield: Our Granular Pre-Emergent Tick Treatment

Tick Shield is a pre-emergent tick control treatment that can be applied from December through March. It’s a highly effective granular tick treatment that can give year-round protection against tick bites in yards, including on beautiful grassy lawns.

Why use granular pre-emergent tick treatment? Tick season comes around the same time every year, and pre-emergent treatment waits for them, ready to stop ticks before they can establish themselves. On those warmer winter days when the temperature rises above freezing, the ticks that have not fed will emerge looking for a blood meal. Tick Shield will be waiting when they emerge, giving you the ultimate protection against tick bites in your yard.

How does granular tick treatment work? Our technicians spread Tick Shield into the leaf litter on the edges of the property and into your shrub beds where ticks are overwintering. We use Bifen LP, which controls ticks for two to three months around your property.

Where is it applied? Our technicians will perform a granular tick preventive treatment on the perimeter surrounding your property and shrub beds where ticks are overwintering.

When is it applied? Pre-emergent Tick Shield can be applied monthly from December through March. If you miss treatments in December, January, and February, it’s still a good idea to get it in March, as it can make a big difference for the season ahead.

When Should I Get Tick Control?

Since a tick population boom can happen quickly and without obvious notice on your property, we suggest spraying for ticks every month during the active tick season of April through November.

We use a low-toxicity acaricide to combat the tick population while keeping your family and pets safe. We offer service plans that allow us to spray once a month so that the population in your home or business never has a chance to grow and the problem is controlled at the source.

We set up scheduled appointments for tick spraying so that your property remains tick-free during their peak months of activity and even offer off-season tick control services to reduce the chances of infestations during milder winter months.

Tips to Prevent Tick Infestations

As your full-service pest prevention expert, we want to provide some helpful tips so that your property remains as tick-free as possible:

Reduce wildlife accessibility to your property.

Ticks gain their mobility by being transported on the wildlife of Southold NY’s woods. To prevent an infestation on your property before it even happens, we suggest closing off any entrance from wooded areas or areas with tall grass. By utilizing fences or netting to close off these areas from your space, you can prevent deer from coming and bringing ticks with them. As fence construction can run up a substantial bill, we suggest wire fencing or plastic deer fence netting to avoid expensive costs.

Make sure your property is clear of tick habitats.

Contrary to popular belief, ticks don’t live right in the middle of your lawn. In actuality, ticks often inhabit areas with ample amounts of shade and moisture, including leaf piles, woodpiles, and mulch beds. Keeping the area clear of debris is an important step in maximizing tick control on your property. We suggest raking up leaves, removing excess woodpiles, and keeping the grass short. This will help get rid of the area where ticks tend to populate.

Create a tick-free perimeter.

Sometimes contact with ticks is unavoidable. In this case, we highly suggest creating a tick control perimeter around your property to mitigate the spread of ticks. To do this, lay down a 3-foot wide barrier of gravel around your property where there are wooded areas. This will provide a visual reminder for your family and guests to avoid this area. This gravel barrier can reduce the number of ticks that would otherwise get to your property.

The best option to control the tick population on your property is to have a professional yard spray service from East End Tick Control.

East End Tick Control has kept Southold NY families safe from ticks and mosquitos for over 20 years. Let us help protect you and your family this coming spring.

The Most Trusted Hamptons Tick Control Company

If you suspect that you have a tick infestation on your East Long Island home or business, there’s no time to wait.

Contact East End Tick Control today so that we can use our tried and true services to quell the tick population on your property. You can give us a call at any of our regional numbers or fill out our contact form here. We’ll be happy to schedule an appointment to spray your property and set up a monthly service.