Fleas And Ticks Control

Fleas are small, wingless insects that live on animals and feed off their blood.
Fleas-And-Ticks-Control

Fleas And Ticks Control

Fleas are small, wingless insects that live on animals and feed off their blood.

Fleas And Ticks Control

Description - Fleas are small, wingless insects that live on animals and feed off their blood. Ticks are much larger than fleas, and they have eight legs instead of six. They also have piercing mouthparts that allow them to inject their saliva into the animal’s skin. Fleas are generally smaller, with adult fleas only reaching 1/8th of an inch—about the size of a pin. Adult fleas are visible to the naked eye, but most often appear as brown specks in hair, fur, and clothing. Ticks, on the other hand, are almost always larger. Ticks can be red, brown, yellowish, grey, or black in color. Members of the arachnid family, they have eight legs that are frequently concealed by their round bodies, especially when they’re well-fed. After feeding on a host, a tick’s body increases greatly in size, even swelling to the size of a grape.

Habitat and behavior - FLEAS: prefer to find a suitable host and live out the rest of their days eating, sleeping, and reproducing while residing in the fur of one warm-blooded animal. They’re able to eat fifteen times their own body weight in one day, and considering that one female flea can lay up to 50 eggs at one time, that’s a lot of irritating bites. Fleas are generally found to be an on-pet and indoor pest infestation problem, and the presence of fleas indoors is almost always introduced through a furry host. TICKS: Rather than find a single host, ticks move from one body to the next. After a long feeding from one host, a tick will unlatch and drop to the ground to lay eggs, find a mate, or lie in wait for the next warm-blooded body to come by. Ticks have a patience that is unmatched and can wait for months at a time between meals. People and animals are more vulnerable to ticks when spending time outside. Ticks can hitchhike in socks, collars, shoes, or even hair for hours before latching on for a meal.

Public health - Fleas and ticks are parasites. They find hosts (both people and animals) and sustain themselves with nutrients from the host’s blood. If left untreated, flea and tick bites can be painful, cause allergic reactions, or even transmit disease. Ticks can carry diseases such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, and tularemia.

CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT - If you’re not sure whether you saw a tick or flea, contact us at Tazkiah Pest Control as we are a licensed pest control professional , to conduct an inspection and applying a proper course of treatment to get rid of Ticks and Fleas. 056 544 9123

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