Learn more about mosquitoes and ticks and how they can affect you and your family.
Mosquitoes:

Did you know?

1. Mosquitoes are vectors for harmful diseases like Malaria, Zika and West Nile and they’re responsible for approximately 1 million deaths per year
2. Female mosquitoes can lay up to 300 eggs at a time
3. Dark clothing attracts mosquitoes

Useful Links:

1. Life Cycle of a Mosquito
2. West Nile Virus: Prevention, Transmission, Symptoms, etc.
3. Zika Virus Fact Sheet
4. Equine Encephalitis

Ticks:

Did you know?

1. Ticks can be active all year provide it’s above freezing
2. Deer ticks are the primary vector for Lyme disease
3. Ticks need to be latched onto you for 24 hours before they transmit Lyme
4. If you think a deer tick has been on you for more than 24 hours save it for testing.
5. Over 50% of all deer ticks in the northeast carry Lyme

Useful Links:

1. Top Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Ticks
2. Tick Management Handbook
3. Life Cycle of Hard Ticks That Spread Disease
4. Tick-borne Diseases of the United States
5. Climate Change Indicators in the United States: Lyme Disease

Sources: CDC, American Mosquito Control Association