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  • Freezing temperatures won't kill a tick.

  •  A single tick will lay three to five thousand eggs.                                                                                                                                                                             

  • Ticks aren't born with lyme disease, they feed on rodents and birds that already have the pathogen.

  • The most effective control time in Fairfield County; May - June.

  • A tick can live without a blood host or water for up to 200 days.

  • Ticks are sedentary and have low energy levels therefore they travel to areas that require little effort such as animal paths and trails.

Tick Facts

Colonial Tick Control

Est. 1984

  2017 Tick Update

     We have had the warmest winter on record therefore the tick infestation will be a real problem this coming season. Dr. Gourdaz Molaei, a researcher at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven, has his team test ticks for lyme and other diseases and the results have been staggering! Recently 65 ticks were tested at a 50 percent positive infection rate, as opposed to last years rate of 30 percent. A new tick born virus has surfaced in Connecticut, borrelia  miyamotoi. Our suggestion in addition to the chemical applications would be mechanical in nature such as; undergrowth removal and vector control. Mice are the primary problem,carrying fifty to one hundred nymphal ticks on their head alone.

     We are one of the most respected, licensed  full-service tick extermination companies in Fairfield County Connecticut.The owners of  Colonial Tree care do  the applications, so you can expect great care and quality work at reasonable rates. 

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    Be Tick Safe

  • Stay ten feet away from meadows and heavily wooded areas.

  •    An example of a  Safe zone would be areas of lawn mowed below ankle level.    

  • Nymphal ticks seek refuge in leaf litter, 71% of lyme disease cases occur in this stage

  • Knowing the ticks biological tendencies and preferences can help you as a home owner eliminate contact in a possible harborage area.

  • Keep play equipment, tables, chairs...etc, in the sun. 

  • Keep trees pruned to allow the sun to shine through.

  • A Nine Foot gravel or wood chip barrier around the premises greatly reduces the probability of migration.

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Michael Healy
 
Colonial Tree Care
155 Granville St.
Fairfield, CT 06824
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  • Tree Removal
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  • Tick Control
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