Tick control?

46er

46er

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www.thermacell.com

Tick Control Tubes

Thermacell Tick Control Tubes are the no-spray, easy way to kill deer ticks and prevent them from spreading Lyme disease and Powassan virus to your pets and family members. Yard set-up takes only a few minutes twice a year.
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Jon Holcombe

Jon Holcombe

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I've been spreading 24 tubes around the property for a 1-1/2 years. Not cheap, but I have grandkids running all over my yard. Not sure if they work but nobody has picked up a tick while I've been using them.

They degrade slowly, so I have 72 soggy, beaten up cardboard tubes encircling my house.
 
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Sue Gremlin

Sue Gremlin

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Caveat: They work for Black-Legged ticks and other species that use small rodents for intermediate hosts, but aren't likely to make a big difference in populations of Lone Star ticks, since they don't bite rodents nearly as much.
 
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old jersey girl

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bobpbx said:
I've never attracted or even seen a tick in my yard. Strange.
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Still haven't seen many ticks of any species this year. Anyone know the latest theories/speculation about how vector population levels affect tick populations?

Mind you, I'm not complaining! A few years back, it seemed like everytime anyone, human or canine, went outside they had A tick or ticks on them.
 
bobpbx

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Just got bombed twice Guy! Chigger-ticks. Thought I'd be okay since I had my irrigation boots on and sprayed, but forgot to spray the pants. They bombed me at the lower front pocket on both legs. I swept them off, but spied a few going down my boots, so went home for the inevitable clothes washing and bath. Keep protected at all times, that is the only way.
 
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Sorry to hear that. We have had a few recently but so far have been doing quite well.
 
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old jersey girl

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As Sue said previously, this is the season for new population hatching, Tiny, almost invisible critters. Not only are they too small and light-colored to see, they are so small you may not feel them on your skin. How I didn't notice one on me until it engorged. Ugh.

Long pants tucked into socks, Sawyers sprayed on, knees to shoes.
Enjoy!
 
Sue Gremlin

Sue Gremlin

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old jersey girl said:
As Sue said previously, this is the season for new population hatching, Tiny, almost invisible critters. Not only are they too small and light-colored to see, they are so small you may not feel them on your skin. How I didn't notice one on me until it engorged. Ugh.

Long pants tucked into socks, Sawyers sprayed on, knees to shoes.
Enjoy!
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The lone star tick larvae are out and about through about September, and then in Oct/Nov, the adult deer ticks come out. Seems it's always tick season.
 
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