Best Tick Pest Removal Services

Facts About Ticks

Ticks are apparently just an annoying insect for your pets, but they can be very problematic for your entire family. The most noticeable fact is, these parasitic pests are responsible for the transmission of diseases to both humans and animals as they suck human blood such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Tick normal habitat is transitional areas, along edges of home yards where soil retains moisture e.g. lawn, woodlots and their host frequently passes. The other host included rodents, raccoons, deer, skunk and birds. 

Ticks adult size is about sesame seed (2.5mm) with an oval shaped body, to observe eggs and larvae you need a magnifying glass. The color of females is slightly different than male as it has orangish-brown while males are browner overall. 

This insect normally has a two years life cycle but in some areas it is up to three years.  Female adult ticks feed on mammals while male die after mating and the female remains attached with the host until spring then she deposits up to 3,000 eggs. During the warm or spring season larvae hatch and must require blood meal while with the appearance of six legs. Later larvae molt and overwinter as 8 legged nymphs or remain larvae. If remaining as nymphs it must feed on blood meal and are active from April through August. The peak activities period is June or July; definitely blood meal is available as an active nymph stage.