If you live in Oklahoma, you have more than likely encountered a tick or two. They are very unpleasant. Ticks are one the many pests that Platinum Pest and Lawn treat for. You can schedule with Platinum Pest and Lawn, after searching Claremore Pest Control. Ticks are parasitic arachnids. They are part of the mite superorder parasitiformes. Adult ticks are approximately 3 to 5 mm in length depending on age, sex, species and fullness. Ticks are external parasites, who live off the blood of mammals, birds, and sometimes reptiles and amphibians. Ticks have been around for at least 100 million years. They are widely distributed around the world, especially warm, humid climates, such as Oklahoma.
Adult ticks have pear-shaped bodies which become engorged with blood when they feed. Most ticks are plain brown or reddish brown. However, some species are decorated with white patterns. Ticks have 8 legs. Each leg has seven segments and is tipped with a pair of claws. They are born with 6 legs and then soon after they have a blood meal and molt,, they grow their last 2 legs.Their cephalothorax and their abdomen are completely fused. In addition to having a hard shell on their dorsal surfaces, known as the scutum, hard ticks also have a beak-like structure at the front, containing mouthparts. Soft ticks have their mouthparts on the underside of their bodies. The ticks mouthparts are designed to pierce skin and suck blood. Ticks locate potential hosts by sensing odor, body heat, moisture, and vibrations in the environment. Unless you want to be this tiny parasite’s next meal, you need to use Claremore Pest Control, and Reach out to Platinum Pest and Lawn.
A reason to use Claremore Pest Control is because ticks are extremely resilient animals. They can survive in a vacuum for as long as 30 minutes. Their slow metabolism during their dormant periods enables them to go prolonged durations between meals. Even after 18 weeks of starvation, they can endure repeated two-day bouts of dehydration followed by rehydration. Their survivability against dehydration declines rapidly after 36 weeks of starvation. To keep from dehydrating, ticks will hide in the humid spots of the ground or absorb water from saturated air by secreting hygroscopic fluid produced by the salivary glands onto the external mouthparts and then ingesting the water-enriched fluid. Ticks can withstand temperatures just above 0 degrees for more than 2 hours and can survive temperatures between 20 and 29 degrees for at least 2 weeks. Ticks have been found in Antarctica, where they feed on penguins.
A ticks saliva contains about 1,500 to 3,000 proteins, depending on the species. The proteins with anti-inflammatory properties called evasins, allo ticks to feed for 8 to 10 days without being perceived by the host animal.Ticks do not use any other food source than blood, therefore they ingest high levels of protein, iron and salt, but few carbs, lipids, or vitamins. A habitat preferred by ticks is the interface where a lawn meets the forest/wooded areas, which is an unmaintained transitional edge habitat between woodlands and open areas. Therefore, besides getting your lawns treated by Platinum Pest and Lawn which you can find by searching Claremore Pest Control, one tick management strategy is to remove leaf litter, brush, and weeds at the edge of the woods. Ticks like shady, moist leaf litter with an overstory of trees or shrubs and in the spring they deposit their eggs into such places allowing larvae to emerge in the fall and crawl into low-lying vegetation. The 3 meter boundary closest to the lawn’s edge is a tick migration zone, where 82% of tick nymphs in lawns are found.
Probably the most important reason to search Claremore Pest Control, to have Platinum Pest and Lawn come and treat your yard for ticks, is because ticks are very well known to carry and spread diseases. Ticks spread disease by passing along bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Most of these illnesses give you the typical flu-like symptoms, such as chills, fever, headache, and muscle aches. One of the most popular diseases that is spread by ticks is Lyme Disease. You get Lyme from blacklegged ticks in the upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic Stats, and the Northeast and the Western blacklegged tick on the West Coast. In the United States, the tick can give you two different bacteria, each of which causes Lyme disease. Early on, you may get the telltale bull’s-eye rash along with flu-like symptoms. If you don’t treat Lyme Disease, it can lead to severe problems, such as: Brain and nervous system problems, joint pain that doesn’t go away, heart issues and problems with memory and thinking clearly. Lyme disease is usually treated with antibiotics, and the sooner you start, the better. A strange reaction you can get from a tick bite is the Red meat allergy. For some people, a bite from the lone star tick, found anywhere from Texas to New England, can cause an allergy to red meat. You may get hives, asthma, or even a severe, life threatening reaction called anaphylaxis. Another one of the most popular illnesses you can get from a tick bite is Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever. You can get RMSF from the American dog tick, Rocky Mountain wood tick, and the brown dog tick. Despite the name, it’s most common in the Southeast. It usually starts off with a bad headache and high fever. Most people get a rash that starts on their ankles and wrists and spreads from there. This is treated with antibiotics. For best results, you would need to start meds within 5 days of when symptoms show up. If RMSF is not treated, it can be life-threatening. It damages your small blood vessels, which can cause swelling in the brain, heart, and lungs. There are many other illnesses different types of ticks can spread. This is not a pest you want to have around! That is why it is best to search Claremore Pest Control so that Platinum Pest and Lawn can come out to your home or business and treat all grassy areas.
