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Experts Predict Summer 2021 Will Be a ‘Tick Time Bomb’ — Here’s How to Stay Safe - Yahoo Lifestyle
Jun 12, 2021 56 secs

“We are already seeing more ticks this season than last year.”.

Robert Lockwood, associate certified entomologist for Ehrlich Pest Control, says experts are already noticing a thriving tick population in 2021?

“Due to the mild winters and climate change, we are already seeing more ticks this season than last year,” he says.

As a result, “regions that experienced wetter and warmer winters will have higher tick populations this spring and summer,” says Ben Hottel, Ph.D., technical services manager for Orkin.

To prevent bites, the CDC recommends applying a tick repellent that contains at least 20% DEET, picaridin, or IR3535 on exposed skin and avoiding wooded and brushy areas with high grass and leaf litter (a.k.a. tick minefields).

You can protect your property from ticks by landscaping, Hottel says.

“Keeping your lawn regularly mowed, creating a barrier between overgrown shrubs and your property, and reducing leaf litter will reduce the presence of all tick species,” he says.

“The greater the frequency of these drying periods,” Tsao says, “the higher the mortality rate of the ticks.”

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