A Health Epidemic That’s Going Largely Unnoticed We’re in the midst of a terrifying epidemic, although you wouldn’t know it to talk to most doctors and health specialists. The disease is growing at a rate faster than AIDS. From 2006 to 2008 alone, the number of cases jumped a whopping 77 percent. In 2008 alone, [...]
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A Health Epidemic That’s Going Largely Unnoticed From Ticks
Posted in Ticks, Wood Ticks, Woodticks in Minnesota, tagged Lyme disease, tick control, Ticks, Wood Ticks on June 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Minnesota Tick Control and Treatment Part 3
Posted in Green Pest Control, Wood Ticks, Woodticks in Minnesota, tagged deer ticks, Lyme disease, tick control, tick identification, Ticks, Wood Ticks, wood ticks in Minnesota on June 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Controlling Ticks In Minnesota High risk areas for tick exposure in Minnesota include the north central, east-central and southeastern regions of the state, also extending into some northwestern counties. Greatest risk is found within hardwood or mixed hardwood forests, which provide suitable habitat for blacklegged ticks. Risk of bites from these ticks in Minnesota is [...]
Minnesota Tick Control and Treatment Part 2
Posted in Green Pest Control, Ticks, Wood Ticks, Woodticks in Minnesota, tagged blacklegged tick, tick control, tick identification, Ticks, Wood Ticks, wood ticks in Minnesota on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Controlling Ticks In Minnesota The blacklegged tick, I. scapularis, is the vector of Lyme disease, human anaplasmosis, babesiosis, and Powassan encephalitis. You can generally recognize an unengorged adult female blacklegged tick from its black legs and scutum (the area behind the head) and its orange to reddish body. It is about 1/10 inch long or [...]
Minnesota Tick Control and Treatment Part 1
Posted in Green Pest Control, Minnesota pest removal, Ticks, Wood Ticks, Woodticks in Minnesota, tagged dog ticks, tick control, tick identification, Ticks, Wood Ticks, wood ticks in Minnesota on May 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Controlling Ticks In Minnesota There are thirteen known species of ticks in Minnesota. The majority of these species are known as hard ticks, because they have a relatively hard body and possess a plate-like shield, or scutum (fig. 1), behind the head. Of these, three kinds are commonly encountered by humans: 1) American dog tick, [...]
Ticks The Season For Lyme Disease In Minnesota ~ Minnesota Tick Control and Treatment
Posted in Green Pest Control, Minnesota pest removal, Ticks, Wood Ticks, Woodticks in Minnesota, tagged Green Pest Control, minneapolis pest removal, Minnesota tick control, tick control, Ticks, Wood Ticks, wood ticks in Minnesota on May 24, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Ticks The Season In Minnesota 1282 cases of Lyme Disease (LD) were reported to the Minnesota Department of Health in 2008, a 450% increase in 10 years, ranking Minnesota 8th in terms of total cases in the United States With the blossoming of spring comes the growing number by the thousands of cases of Lyme [...]
