Affordable Tick & Mosquito, LLC

10/05/2026

The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention is reminding Mainers and visitors that tick season is far from over, even as temperatures cool.

10/01/2026

Remember not only children and pets love playing in leaves….so do ticks. Wear treated clothing, treat your pets and treat your property. Also for hunters as well this time of year is a time they will be in tick habitat. Treat your gear before you hunt and put your clothes in the dryer on high for 15 minutes afterwards and do your daily tick checks, especially if you have been outside on your own property.

09/26/2026

Very good information. Especially while enjoying the outdoors like walking trails, hiking or even doing yard work. The ticks can be as small as poppyseeds so be very cautious and do multiple tick checks per day. Drying clothes on high heat after going inside after activities outdoors, especially after being in your own yard as that’s typically where people feel the safest but that’s where most people are encountering ticks.

STAY TICK AWARE
🏕️ Ticks are common in Kansas, and a natural part of the environment. If you spend time outdoors you will encounter ticks.
🤒Ticks can cause diseases such as Ehrlichiosis, Anaplasmosis, Tularemia, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Heartland virus, Bourbon virus, alpha-gal syndrome and Lyme disease.
🚫Prevent tick bites:
🚨DRESS🚨
- Wear light-colored long shirts and pants.
- Treat clothing with permethrin before spending extended periods outdoors.
🚨DEFEND🚨
- Use EPA-registered insect repellants.
- Avoid brushy areas and stay in the middle of trails.
- Shower when returning indoors.
- Heat clothes in dryer at high heat for 10 minutes.
- Use vet recommended tick preventatives for pets. NEVER use insect repellents on animals.
- 🏡Keep your yard tick free by keeping grass and bushes trimmed, removing fallen leaves, stacking wood in dry areas, keeping bins tightly lidded, having a 3-foot wide wood chip or gravel barrier between your lawn and wooded areas, keeping wildlife out and positioning recreational areas away from yard edges.
🚨DETECT🚨
- Check yourself, children and pets from ticks.
- REMOVE any ticks quickly and safely: Grasp the tick close to the skin, pull upwards evenly without twisting. Wash hands and the bite site. Don't use nail polish, petroleum jelly, essential oils, or heat.
🩺Call your DOCTOR if you develop a fever, rash, or flu-like illness within 30 days after tick exposure. Early treatment can prevent severe illness.

🔗Learn about ticks in Kansas: https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/2241/Ticks

🔗Learn about tickborne diseases: https://www.kdhe.ks.gov/DocumentCenter/View/57611/Tickborne-Diseases-Infographic-PDF

09/24/2026

They are that size and bigger adults out there now. And they are also out year round even though we cannot spray for them when the temperatures are around freezing and below because we mix the chemical with water to spray. Be safe out there when you’re enjoying nature.

09/17/2026

We typically start the season in April once the snow clears and the temperatures are above freezing as we mix our tanks using water. Then we have to watch the weather around October for overnight temperatures getting near freezing because we have to fill our equipment with RV antifreeze for the winter. Next week is looking pretty good so far and we will still have time left before Halloween to treat as long as the weather holds above freezing.

08/26/2026

Please remember that the nymph ticks are out along with all the other size ticks. So do your tick checks at least daily if not multiple times per day. And just because you may not be seeing any due to treating your property, those treatments only last so long. Typically each treatment lasts about two months for ticks and even less time for mosquitoes. So reconsider a fall treatment to at least help you get into your late fall season tick safer. Unfortunately ticks are out year round as long as the temperatures are above freezing…but our equipment could be damaged with freezing temperatures and that is why we cannot treat year round. We usually treat April to October.

07/09/2026

Don’t ever let your guard down, especially when there are ticks that only need to be attached for 15 minutes that can carry Powassan disease that has no cure.

06/22/2026

Never too many layers of protection to add to yourself and your loved ones.

06/21/2026