Here are seven ways to keep your garden safe from ticks:
Ticks are a sub-species of arthropods belonging to the class of arachnids. Spread all over the world, these tiny insects are divided into two broad categories: hard ticks and soft ticks. Regardless of the type, all ticks feed on the blood of other species such as reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals. In nature, deer is one of the primary hosts for ticks, while domestic pets can also contract the parasite.
Here are seven ways to keep your garden safe from ticks: The hemlock woolly adelgid is a tiny sap-sucking insect that causes widespread death and decline of hemlock trees. Native to Asia and the Pacific Northwest, the species was first discovered in a park in Richmond, VA, United States, in 1951. It initially spread slowly until the late 1980s but began to kill trees by the thousands when it reached natural forests. Since then, it has spread to at least 17 states, from the Smoky Mountains to southern Maine.
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