Mosquito and Tick Control Hasbrouck Heights NJ — Yard Treatments From $95

Mosquito control Hasbrouck Heights NJ: why shady yards bite

The things people love about Hasbrouck Heights, its big old trees and quiet, shady backyards, are exactly what mosquitoes like. Adult mosquitoes spend the hot part of the day resting in cool, damp shade: under shrubs, in ivy and ground cover, beneath decks and along fences. At dusk they come out to feed.

Big trees also mean leaves, and leaves end up in gutters. On older homes, a clogged gutter or a sagging section that holds water can breed mosquitoes all summer without anyone noticing. Add a birdbath, a kiddie pool, a tarp over the grill and a few flower pots, and one yard can produce a lot of mosquitoes.

Ticks are a smaller problem in a built-up borough than in wooded towns, but they're not zero. They wait in leaf litter, tall grass and the shady strip along fences and stone walls, and they ride in on pets and on the mice and other small animals that live along the edges of a yard.

Ticks, kids and pets in Hasbrouck Heights

Most tick bites in a borough like this happen close to home: a kid playing at the back fence, a dog sniffing along the hedges, someone raking leaves in the fall. A few habits make a big difference:

• Keep a tick-free zone. Mow regularly, rake leaves out of the beds and the back corners, and keep play sets and patios away from the yard edge.
• Check after yard time. Look behind knees, around the waist, under arms, behind ears and in the hair. Nymph deer ticks are about the size of a poppy seed.
• Protect your pets. Ask your vet about tick prevention. Pets bring ticks and fleas inside, so treating the yard and the pet together works best.
• Remove ticks the right way. Use fine tweezers close to the skin and pull straight up. Save the tick in a bag if you want to show your doctor.

For health questions about tick-borne disease, talk to your doctor or the New Jersey Department of Health.

Hotels, restaurants and shared grounds

Route 17 hotels with outdoor seating, Boulevard restaurants with patios, apartment complexes and condo associations all have the same problem as a home yard, just bigger. We can set up scheduled treatments for landscaped beds, patios and the shady edges of the grounds, timed around guests and residents. Ask about commercial pest control.