Thursday, 10 October 2024

Tick-Control Tubes: Consistent, Long-Term Use Improves Effectiveness

A small tick with a red and brown body and black legs is positioned on a green leaf. The surface of the leaf is clearly textured with visible veins.

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Past studies have found only moderate effectiveness of tick tubes, which provide mice with acaricide-laced nesting material, for backyard tick management. A new study gives tick tubes another look and finds them successful in reducing tick abundance when deployed from early spring through the fall and replaced monthly. [Read more]

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