Mule Deer vs Whitetail Deer: What’s the Difference?

Mosquitos are a common pest known for spreading deadly diseases and causes itchy bites on the skin. Yet, they are also pollinators and a food source for other animals. Because the bad outweighs the good, scientists have devised a plan of  action to eradicate mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. The prevention of deadly diseases being […]

The population that has been affected most harshly by the disease spreading and blood sucking tendencies of ticks are moose in the temperate zones of North America. Moose populations have been dropping dramatically in the temperate regions of North America, even as they remain relatively healthy and relatively stable in the subarctic and arctic. This […]

In the geographic region where ohDEER does business – Massachusetts, including Cape Cod and the Islands; the eastern part of Long Island, NY; and central New Jersey – white tailed deer populations are booming. A rapid rise in numbers of deer also result in more of the animals getting hit by automobiles, more deer carrying […]

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 […]