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2025 Treatment Programs
3 Week Mosquito & Tick Program*
→ Mosquitoes & Ticks (8 Treatments): Your yard will be treated every three weeks from your start date. Program will run through September. Best Results!
4 Week Mosquito & Tick Program*
→ Mosquitoes & Ticks (6 Treatments): Your yard will be treated every four weeks from your start date. Program will run through September.
6 Week Mosquito & Tick Program*
→ Mosquitoes & Ticks (5 Treatments): You will see a reduction in the mosquito population for the first few weeks of each treatment.
7 Week Mosquito & Tick Program*
→ Mosquitoes & Ticks (4 Treatments): You will see a reduction in the mosquito population for the first few weeks of each treatment.
(*Choose From Organic or Synthetic)
Our Service Area
Backyard Defenders is currently serving customers in Chelmsford, MA and Westford, MA.
You can be bitten by a mosquito at any time of the day, although certain species are more active at different times. You have the highest risk of being bitten from just before dusk until dawn. Female mosquitoes bite to suck blood, using the blood to develop their eggs.
What Attracts Mosquitoes To Us?
Mosquitoes are attracted to 4 stimuli:
- Carbon dioxide we exhale from as far as 50 feet away.
- Lactic acid on your skin when exercising.
- Certain scents or fragrances.
- Dark colors.
Lyme disease is the fastest-growing vector-borne disease in the US. Though there are 80 tick species in the US and 850 species worldwide, the deer tick or (blacklegged) is known to carry Lyme disease. The other common tick, the American dog tick (wood tick), does not. Nymphal deer ticks are very small and difficult to spot. They are associated with more cases of Lyme disease, because preventing their bites is difficult. People who are wary of tick bites are usually more familiar with adult deer ticks. They are very large, and therefore are more likely to be found before they bite and transmit the disease.
5 Helpful Tips to Prepare for Mosquitoes This Season
Preparing for mosquito season? As the snow melts and warm weather arrives, mosquitoes begin to work their way to our yards. Thankfully, at Backyard Defenders, we’ve got a few tricks to help you prevent mosquitoes from entering your yard. Here are our top five helpful...
10 Tips to Stay Tick-Free in 2024
Hoping to enjoy a tick-free summer in 2024? Check out these top 10 tips from Backyard Defenders! #1. Backyard Maintenance As the weather begins to warm-up, it’s important to keep your backyard tidy and trimmed. Ticks thrive in overgrown, damp areas and are more likely...
5 Ways to Tell The Difference Between Dog Ticks vs Deer Ticks
Trying to identify the type of tick found on your loved one or pet? Two of the most common types of ticks in New England are dog ticks and deer ticks. Thankfully, there are several ways to spot the difference between these two species. #1. Size One of the most...
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Backyard Defenders’ Mosquito & Tick High Pressure Spraying Truck used to treat yards in the Chelmsford area.