Ticks
We answer the most common questions about ticks in the house. Ticks in the house, especially those who live here all the time, seem like nonsense to many people. If cockroaches, moths and even bedbugs are perceived by many as undesirable, but still "domestic" arthropods, then people are used to being afraid of ticks only on the street, and they are sure that these creatures will definitely not appear in the apartment, […]
A tick bite, especially if it lasts more than 10-15 minutes, often causes rather unpleasant consequences for a person. In most cases, these effects do not pose a serious health threat. However, sometimes a tick bite leads to dangerous diseases, in which it is important to take measures in time to avoid serious complications ...
Ticks are dangerous parasites that feed on the blood of animals or humans. But the mites themselves are also an important part of food chains involving a number of insects, birds, frogs, lizards…
The situation when a tick bit a dog is quite ordinary. But it is worth remembering that tick bites can have deadly consequences for a pet, despite the fact that for the most part they are harmless ...
Speaking of diseases that ticks carry, they often mean infectious diseases. In Russia, tick-borne encephalitis and Lyme disease are best known.Less commonly, cases of bacterial infections are recorded - tuleria, Crimean-Congo fever and human granulocytic anaplasmosis ...
The strawberry mite is a dangerous pest of strawberries both in the open field and in backyard greenhouses. With the mass reproduction of the tick, the bushes affected by it stop growing, young plants become dwarfed, lose their leaves ...
Grape itch (Eriophyes vitis), also known as a felt mite, belongs to four-legged mites and has an elongated body 0.14 mm long in males and 0.16 mm in females. To feed, these mites pierce the skin of the leaf above the vein and suck the juice, while injecting saliva into the vein. The leaf reacts to this saliva by forming at first a whitish, and later a reddish felt coating. For this raid, the pest got its name ...
The meadow tick belongs to the family of ixodid parasitiform ticks that feed on the blood of humans and animals. This species, as well as dog and taiga ticks, is a carrier of dangerous diseases ...
Currant bud mite (colloquially they also often say “currant”) is a dangerous highly specialized pest of plants of the gooseberry family. It feeds exclusively on the juices of the rudiments of leaves in the buds, and it mainly harms blackcurrants and gooseberries, affecting red and white currants to a much lesser extent and is not found on other trees and shrubs ...
Finding an effective remedy for spider mites is not difficult: more than 100 drugs are on sale today, which, when treated with plants, kill all active stages of tetranychid. Moreover, even with some folk remedies, it is possible to conduct a quite effective fight against these pests. But to choose from them the best remedy for a particular situation is already some problem. At a minimum, because in their diversity you still need to understand and understand what advantages and disadvantages you need to consider when choosing a tool.
Useful information about different types of ticks: interesting features of biology and the danger they can pose to humans and domestic animals.