Anonymous
Post 11/16/2013 22:25     Subject: Deer Ticks... lawn prevention that works
Anonymous wrote:Since part of the life cycle is on field mice we scatter around a those little tubes with the pyrethrin impregnanted cotton -- not sure of the brand name. The mice take the cotton bits back to use in their nests, but any tick larvae that land on them die when the go back to the next.


Not OP, but what time of year do you do this? Spring? (I'm also new to NoVa and scared about the tick situation. My kids are jumping into piles of leaves…)
TIA!
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2013 20:29     Subject: Re:Deer Ticks... lawn prevention that works
Frontline for the pets, Deet for humans, cut grass regularly, daily tick checks.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2013 15:30     Subject: Deer Ticks... lawn prevention that works
Mosquito squad.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2013 15:21     Subject: Deer Ticks... lawn prevention that works
Asphalt.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2013 15:20     Subject: Deer Ticks... lawn prevention that works
Since part of the life cycle is on field mice we scatter around a those little tubes with the pyrethrin impregnanted cotton -- not sure of the brand name. The mice take the cotton bits back to use in their nests, but any tick larvae that land on them die when the go back to the next.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2013 09:33     Subject: Deer Ticks... lawn prevention that works
My welcome to NoVa... got bit by a tick and now on antibiotics... trying to look to the future. Anyone have any success on prevention for the lawn that has worked. Worried about my dog and children moving forward.