The best thing you can do is reduce mosquitoes and ticks in the yard by trimming vegetation, removing standing water, and investing in professional treatment. Beyond that, remember to do regular tick checks and use personal repellents if going in untreated areas.
If you have a family and pets, you want to be able to use the yard. Having to constantly worry about mosquitoes or ticks, or the illnesses they might be carrying, is a huge stress that shouldn’t ruin the fun. The most reliable way to help protect your family is by taking a few steps each season, each of which will provide meaningful protection.
The first is to make the yard itself less hospitable to ticks. You can do this by trimming back vegetation where ticks wait for a host to pass by and removing sources of standing water where mosquitoes breed. This reduces how many mosquitoes and ticks you are likely to run into on your own property.
DIY pest control helps, but professional treatment can help even more. Barrier treatments are used on the places where mosquitoes and ticks hide during the day. Once dry, you can use the yard just like normal, but with up to a 90% reduction in mosquitoes and ticks for up to 21 days at a time. Regular re-treatment is done to make sure your coverage stays steady.
Beyond that, you can always use repellents with DEET or picaridin. You can also use permethrin-treated clothing. For pets, use the tick-and-flea preventive your vet recommends.
If you're tired of weighing your family's yard time against the bugs, Mosquito Squad of Southern Westchester & Rockland County can help. Mosquito Squad reduces mosquitoes and ticks in the spaces your family uses and offers a natural option, helping protect your kids and pets with up to 90% reduction in pest activity on a recurring 21-day cycle.
