Ticks go through three life stages (larval, nymph and adult) in order to reach adulthood. When they are born, the general rule of thought is that they don’t have any disease agents. It is not until the tick attaches itself to their host that a potential disease can be contracted…typically during the nymph stage.
One fourth of all cases of Lyme disease in America are children who are age 5 to 14 years old. They fall into a higher risk category presumably because they spend more time playing outdoors and the younger children are closer in proximity to ground level. Seventy percent of Lyme disease cases occur when people are bitten by ticks that are in the nymph stage.
Ticks are small creatures, but they are dangerous to have lurking around your home. It’s important to have regular perimeter pest control treatments performed by a licensed pest control professional in Monmouth County, NJ to avoid black legged tick bites on your family and pets.