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Welcome to our Pest Library here you will find a picture of the most common Pest's and a description of each. If you would like to see others listed just contact us and we will try and add it to our library.

Ants
Bees
Fleas
Mosquitoes
Rodents
Roaches
Scorpions
Spiders
Termites
Ticks

Ticks

American Dog Tick

Size : About 1/4-inch in length.
Color : Dark reddish-brown.
Like all ticks, the American dog tick is a bloodsucking ectoparacite. It is often referred to as a wood tick because it is found in wooded areas where mammalian hosts such as deer, raccoons and possums live. It lives near bodies of water where animals drink as well.

Black Legged Tick

Size : Tiny in size with adults measuring 1/8-inch, while young nymphs may be pinhead-sized.
Color : Dark brown to black body and darker legs. Like all ticks, the black-legged tick is a bloodsucking ectoparacite. Ticks require a blood meal at each stage of life in order to grow and the female will engorge herself with blood to obtain the nourishment necessary to produce the thousands of eggs she will lay soon. Commonly known as the deer tick, black-legged ticks have a two-year cycle beginning in the spring when the female tick deposits her eggs. Despite the thousands of eggs produced, only a small percentage will survive to maturity.

Lone Star Tick

Size : About 1/4-inch in length.
Color : Grayish-brown with a white dot that resembles a star in the center top of the abdomen. Like all ticks, the lone star tick is a bloodsucking ectoparacite. It is often referred to as a wood tick because it is found in wooded areas where mammalian hosts such as deer, raccoons and possums live. It lives near bodies of water where animals drink as well.

More Facts about Ticks

Ticks, next to mosquitoes, transmit the greatest variety of disease organisms from animals to humans, our pets and our livestock.

Ticks transmit several disease-causing organisms in the United States, including, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (R.M.S.F.) rickettsiae, babesiosis piroplasms, and Lyme disease spirochetes. While all of these diseases are a constant threat, Lyme disease has become the most prevalent.

The blacklegged tick, I. scapularis, is the primary vector of the Lyme disease spirochete, B. burgdorferi, in the northeastern states and in the upper Midwest. They infest various hosts, as larvae and nymphs, including 31 species of mammals and 49 species of birds. Adults have been found on 13 species of medium or large sized mammals. Small animals, such as, mice, are more significant resevoir hosts.

Ticks use plants, including, grass, undergrowth and shrubry, as vantage points from which to move onto passing humans, animals, or birds. Areas of the yard, garden, or shrubry can become infested.

You can understand why exterior control for these pests is so important.

Picture Courtesy of Texas A&M University