Where they come from
Mosquitoes need only a small amount of standing water to breed, and a typical yard offers more than you would think: clogged gutters, plant saucers, low spots that hold rain, tarps, and buckets. During the day the adults rest in shaded, humid spots under decks, in dense shrubs, and along wood lines. Ticks wait in tall grass and leaf litter along wooded edges, especially near the Red Cedar corridor and lakes.
The tick and Lyme picture
Tick and Lyme pressure has climbed across Michigan in recent years, which makes homes near woods, tall grass, and water worth paying attention to. Ticks move into the parts of the yard people and pets use from those shaded, overgrown edges, so treating and cutting back the borders is where the control happens.
How treatment works
Instead of fogging the open air, treatment targets where mosquitoes rest and breed and where ticks wait, the shaded harborage, standing-water sites, and the wooded yard edges, as a recurring treatment across the biting season so the pressure stays low.
See the full approach on the mosquito and tick control page, or call to connect with a local East Lansing exterminator.