Learn where ticks live in your yard, how they get onto pets and people, and how to reduce your family's risk.
Ticks are external parasites often picked up in tall grass and wooded areas. They're arachnids with eight legs, a flat oval body that swells after a blood meal, and while they can't jump, they wait in vegetation for a host to brush past.
Arachnid — eight legs, no wings, flat oval body that swells after feeding
Tall grass, thick foliage, leaf piles, firewood, and other yard debris
Carried in on pets, rodents, or wildlife rather than infesting homes directly
Spread Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, babesiosis, anaplasmosis, and more
Finding ticks on your property or pets?
Ticks can carry serious diseases like Lyme disease. Call BHB and our team will help you understand the right next step.
Ticks are not likely to infest a home directly, but they can be carried inside by pets, rodents, or wildlife — or picked up outdoors in your own yard.
Woods or tall grass surrounding your home create ideal tick habitat close to your property.
Wildlife moving through the yard can bring ticks in even without a direct rodent infestation.
Pets that spend time outdoors can pick up ticks and carry them inside.
Tall grass, thick foliage, leaf piles, and firewood are where ticks are most often found in a yard.
BHB Pest Elimination's specialty tick control services help remove these unwanted, disease-carrying pests from your yard.
A professional inspection identifies the areas of your yard where ticks are most active.
BHB targets tall grass, foliage, and debris piles where ticks live and wait for a host.
Fencing, securing garbage cans, and removing bird feeders helps limit the wildlife that can carry ticks onto your property.
Keeping the lawn trimmed short and removing organic debris helps keep tick populations from rebuilding.
Tell us what you are seeing and whether this is for your home or business. Our team will help you with the right next step.
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Ticks are not likely to infest a home directly, but they can be carried inside by a pet, rodent, or wildlife infestation.
It can help to save the tick in a sealed container — having the actual pest can help medical professionals test for disease if symptoms develop.
Tall grass, thick foliage, leaf piles, and firewood are the most common places ticks wait for a host.
