Tiny Black Ticks: What Nashville Area Residents Should Know

Have you found a tiny, black tick on your shoes, socks, kids, or pets after spending time in your Nashville area backyard? You’re not alone!

Ticks are big outdoor concerns throughout Middle Tennessee, including the entire Nashville area. They’re most common around wooded and grassy areas, as well as among leaf litter and beneath wood piles or other areas where wildlife and pets spend time.

But what are these tiny black ticks? There’s no simple answer to this question. The tick you’ve found or seen could be a young nymph tick or even a small adult tick species. Because young ticks can be very small, many of us notice the color and size – but not the actual tick species.

Are Tiny Black Ticks Baby Ticks?

In many cases, the tiniest ticks we see are immature ticks. Ticks move through several life states: larvae, nymph, and adult. Nymph ticks are especially easy to miss due to their very small size. They can attach to people and pets without being noticed for days – if they are even noticed at all. This is one reason tick control is so important.

And here in the Nashville area, you might encounter one of a few species, including black-legged ticks, American dog ticks, and lone star ticks. Black-legged ticks can be very small and dark, especially in earlier life stages.

Are Tiny, Black Ticks Dangerous?

Whether a tick is black, brown, or reddish in color, it can be dangerous. The same goes for their size. That said, tiny nymph ticks are believed to be the most common vectors for diseases, like Lyme disease and Powassan virus, because they are so difficult to find after attachment.

Because all ticks found in the Nashville area are capable of spreading illnesses to you, a family member, or a pet, all sizes and colors of ticks can be bad news.

Why Am I Finding Tiny Ticks in My Yard?

Ticks do not typically live in open, sunny areas of your yard. If you have found one there, or attached to a family member, it likely came from a protected area, where ticks hide out to wait for a host to attach themselves to.

If you have a firewood pile, brush pile, or popular wildlife spot on your property, there is a chance you also have ticks there. If your property is near the woods, has mature landscaping, or areas with shade, ticks are probably there too.

Because ticks are extremely sneaky, can live and breed in many types of protected spaces, and carry the threat of dangerous illnesses, tick control should be an important part of your outdoor living. Mosquito Squad Plus of Nashville can help.

Where Do We Offer Tick Control?

Mosquito Squad Plus of Nashville is pleased to offer professional mosquito control, tick control, as well as expanded outdoor pest control services throughout these areas in Davidson County, Wilson County, Sumner County, Williamson County, and beyond.

• Murfreesboro Tick Control
• Hendersonville Tick Control
• Brentwood Tick Control
• Gallatin Tick Control
• Juliet Tick Control
• Lebanon Tick Control
• Belle Meade Tick Control
• College Grove Tick Control

Choose Mosquito Squad Plus for Nashville pest control!

Mosquito Squad Plus treats mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, and many more outdoor pests throughout the Nashville TN area! Contact us today at (615) 492-3662 or fill out our online form for your complimentary outdoor pest control assessment and treatment quote.

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