Tick Control in Cape Cod

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Your yard on the Cape should be a place your family enjoys, not one you share with ticks. Cape Cod’s landscape creates tick pressure that is more intense than most of Eastern Massachusetts. Wooded lots from Sandwich to Yarmouth, coastal shrubland, and kettle pond edges all provide the humid, shaded ground cover that ticks need to survive and quest for hosts. Barnstable County is one of the highest-risk tick counties in all of Massachusetts.  Three species bite people here, and each one carries different health risks. The deer tick, also called the black-legged tick, is the biggest concern. It is active year-round on the Cape whenever temperatures are above 40 degrees.

About 38% of adult deer ticks in this region carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.  Nymph deer ticks are roughly the size of a poppy seed and are easy to miss. They are most active from May through August, which is also when Lyme disease transmission is at its peak.  The Lone Star tick arrived on Cape Cod in 2011 and is now found in more areas of the Cape each year.  It does not carry Lyme disease, but a bite can trigger Alpha-Gal Syndrome, a serious allergic reaction to red meat that has no cure. Barnstable County health officials are tracking this condition as Lone Star tick populations grow.

The American Dog tick is active from spring through fall. It is most common along dune grasses and open fields, and it should not be ignored. GreenHow’s Hyannis-based technicians know these patterns. We inspect your property, identify exactly which tick species are present, explain what we find, and propose a treatment plan.

You decide what to do, no pressure and no upsells.

How We Protect Your Cape Cod Property from Ticks

Our GreenHow technicians follow the same process on every tick control visit. First, we inspect your property, checking wooded borders, lawn edges, leaf litter, and wood piles for tick habitat. We note which species are active and where the pressure is highest. Then we explain exactly what we found before we recommend anything. Treatment uses a pesticide labeled for tick control, applied to vegetation and ground cover where ticks quest for hosts. We also use tick tubes to reduce the tick load carried by field mice and chipmunks around your yard. All products are selected for the lowest impact on people, pets, and pollinators, and are verified by outside auditors. After treatment, we advise you on steps to keep tick pressure down long-term. Before every visit, you receive an email with your technician’s photo and credentials so you always know who is coming.
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