What Does A Tick Nest Look Like? ohDEER Answers Your Burning Questions.

Despite our love for the animal, it is true that deer can be a nuisance and health hazard to many humans.  Disease-carrying ticks fasten themselves to deer and consume the blood of the host, and if deer visit your property so too can ticks which may fall off and on to the land around your […]

We have talked extensively in this space about the mosquito and tick borne illnesses with which people in the geographic area in which ohDEER does business need to concern themselves: West Nile virus, transported by mosquitoes, and Lyme disease, carried by deer ticks. ohDEER has also discussed here diseases other than West Nile virus with which mosquitoes […]

Only the female mosquito bites (actually she pierces your skin with her proboscis), and that is for the purpose of feeding on blood necessary to produce eggs. Male mosquitoes feed on flower nectar, an activity a by-product of which is one of the few positives that mosquitoes render our planet – that would be pollination.There […]

Known for their spooky reputation from Halloween decor, bats actually serve beneficial purposes in nature. They are responsible for the dispersal of seeds, as pollinators and as natural pesticides. They consume masses of insects including mosquitos, which they prefer to eat 1,000 of, per night! “Individuals of some bat species can capture 500 to 1,000 […]

Despite their positive contributions to society such as acting as pollinators and food sources for other animals, this is outweighed by the negative contributions. They bite humans, causing skin irritation and spreading diseases to humans, pets and livestock. Mosquitoes can even infect pets with heart worm. It has long been discussed and considered – with long […]

Today we talk about ticks and testing for disease that ticks spread.  Of particular concern in the places were ohDEER does business is the deer tick  (so named because if feeds on the blood of deer), also called blacklegged tick, whose scientific name is Ixodes scapularis.   Deer ticks are carriers of Lyme disease. When deer ticks […]

Today we will be talking about the connection between the cute creatures known as chipmunks, and disease-carrying ticks. A mild climate over the past few years has been hospitable for providing food and for mating.  Chipmunk populations have boomed.  They are out and about in big numbers. And, here’s the thing, chipmunks are go-to source […]

Stagnant water is an environment that is fertile for mosquito eggs to be laid and hatch, and mosquito larvae to mature. Small ponds, in which water flows slowly or not at all, can be hospitable places for mosquitoes larvae to grow and develop. This includes decorative pools, yard ponds, bird baths and anything holding stagnant […]

A mild past winter and a generally warming environment over the past several years … in combination with what has been thus far a wet and rainy spring, makes conditions particularly hospitable and happy for mosquitoes. Mosquitoes like warm weather and standing water. Standing water is an effective incubator for mosquito eggs and larvae, and […]