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Mosquito and tick season is right around the corner—in fact, the ticks haven’t taken a break this winter, and we’ve got a new tick species to watch out for this year. Because our region has been a hotbed of diseases carried by these pests, New England tick and mosquito control is critical, and it’s never too early to start preparing. Here’s a quick rundown of facts by the numbers.

 

MosquitoesMosquitoes and Ticks by the Numbers

There are 3500 different species of mosquito worldwide

Females flap wings up to 500 times per second

Lay up to 300 eggs at a time

Can drink up to 3 times their body weight in blood

#1 deadliest “animal” in the world, with millions of mosquito-borne disease fatalities per year.

 

Mosquitoes and Ticks by the NumbersTicks

One female can lay several thousand eggs at a time

There are roughly 850 species of tick in the world

Ticks can go 200 days without food

But they feed for 2-3 days at a time

8 legs: Ticks are arachnids, not insects

 

Tick- and Mosquito-Borne DiseasesMosquitoes and Ticks by the Numbers

30,000 cases of Lyme disease each year

87,000 Massachusetts residents infected with Lyme-causing bacteria each year

0 – there is currently no vaccine for Lyme disease in humans

30,000 total cases of West Nile Virus in the US

Almost 200 confirmed cases of EEE in the past year

0 – there is currently no specific treatment for WNV or EEE

 

Mosquitoes and Ticks by the NumbersHow Burgess Bites Back

200 gallon hydraulic sprayers to blast away breeding grounds

Treatments every 3 to 4 weeks

$0 to re-treat after inclement weather

2 ways to get started

Plans start at $49 per month

P30 Pad Protection covers 30 pests, including mosquitoes and ticks

 

Call Burgess Pest today for your free estimate. We offer customized plans and a number of options to help you find the tick and mosquito control that works best for you.

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Topics: Mosquitoes and Ticks, mosquito control, cape cod tick control, cape cod mosquito control, lyme disease, massachusetts tick and mosquito control, tick control, tick and mosquito control in New England

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