F.A.Q.

For many Connecticut homes, year-round coverage is worth it because different pests are problems at different times of year. Ticks stay active on mild winter days, spring brings ants and early mosquitoes, summer peaks, and fall pushes rodents and overwintering insects indoors.

Scrape and destroy the gray egg masses from fall through spring, and squash nymphs and adults on sight. If you have tree-of-heaven on your property, remove it or treat it.

Mosquitoes need water to breed and shade to survive the day, and most yards provide more of both than their owners think. 

The Northeast and upper Midwest are the highest-risk regions. Connecticut, where Lyme disease was first identified in 1975, is one of the most affected states in the country.

Yes, a serious one. Connecticut is where Lyme disease was first identified, and the state consistently ranks among the highest in the nation for tick-borne illness.

Tick ranges have been expanding steadily across the country, with species like the blacklegged tick moving into areas that had few or none a generation ago. Warming temperatures, milder winters, expanding wildlife, and other factors are pushing ticks, and the diseases they carry, into new regions.