Your Backyard, Decoded

A month-by-month guide to tick activity in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, covering why deer ticks stay active any time temperatures are above freezing, the four tick species found here, where ticks concentrate on a property, and how professional tick control is timed to the tick life cycle.

A homeowner guide to year-round tick prevention and Lyme disease risk reduction in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and the Raleigh Triangle, covering yard habitat changes, personal protection, tick removal, and professional tick control.

Where mosquitoes go in winter, how diapause works, which species survive cold weather in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and the Raleigh Triangle, and when to schedule the first professional treatment of the season.