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5 Things That Actually Work To Control Ticks, According to Entomologist
s With all the buzz about apocalyptic swarms of cicadas this year (and the murder hornets of 2020), worrying about ticks can seem downright quaint. But you absolutely still should, as tick bites can carry pathogens, like Lyme disease, that are harmful to humans. And you may not even notice that you’ve been bitten. A common misconception about ticks is that you can feel one bite you, says David Price, associate certified entomologist for Neighborly brand Mosquito Joe. “Ticks secrete an anesthetic compound that makes the animals they bite unaware they are being bitten—or fed on,” he explains. And while...