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Tick or Treat: Fall Tick Activity Brings Little Reprieve
Tick Control, New Hampshire Pest Control, Entomology, New Hampshire, Urban Pest Control Jeff Traynor, A.C.E. Tick Control, New Hampshire Pest Control, Entomology, New Hampshire, Urban Pest Control Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

Tick or Treat: Fall Tick Activity Brings Little Reprieve

As New Hampshire’s fall season is by now well underway, the season also brings added run-ins with those pesky parasites - ticks! Fall season is when these blood feeders, most notably Blacklegged ticks, a species which carries Lyme disease and other tick-borne infections, are the most active.

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Late Season Stingers: The “buzz” with Autumn yellow-jacket activity.
Wasp Control, New Hampshire Pest Control, Urban Pest Control, Public Relations, Hymenoptera, Stinging Insects Jeff Traynor, A.C.E. Wasp Control, New Hampshire Pest Control, Urban Pest Control, Public Relations, Hymenoptera, Stinging Insects Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

Late Season Stingers: The “buzz” with Autumn yellow-jacket activity.

While present throughout the spring and summer, yellow jacket nests are at their largest during late summer and early fall (with each nest boasting roughly 1,000-4,000 workers). As the number of developing larvae increases throughout the season, workers will forage and expand upon the nest construction; doubling the size of the colony every few weeks throughout the summer.

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