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How to Get Rid of Deer Tick? Risks, Prevention Tips & What to Know

Learn how to get rid of deer ticks, understand the risks they pose, and discover effective prevention tips to protect yourself and your family.

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Deer Tick

Reviewed by Daniel Brady

CEO at AnchorPest Services

Updated July, 25

How to Identify Deer Tick

Learn to identify deer ticks by their small size, reddish-brown bodies, black legs, and distinct shield-like plate behind the head.

📏 Overall Size & Shape

⚠️ Possible Deer Tick activity

🎨 Covering & Coloration

Reddish-brown body, dark legs, pale shield

🦵 Appendages

⚠️ Deer Tick bite evidence

👁️ Head & Sensory Organs

⚠️ Potential tick-borne illness

🦷 Mouthparts & Feeding

⚠️ Sudden tick-related illness

🔎 Distinctive Marks or Tools

⚠️ Tick infestation suspected

Key Distinguishing Features

  • Burrows: Do not burrow; instead, hide in leaf litter, tall grass, and brushy areas.
  • Behaviour: Active from spring to fall, quest for hosts by climbing vegetation and waiting for passing animals.
  • Habitat: Prefer wooded areas, overgrown fields, and forest edges with high humidity.
  • Diet: Feed exclusively on the blood of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians.

Quick Size Comparison

About the size of a sesame seed, similar to a small ant or apple seed.

Are You Seeing These Warning Signs?

If you notice ANY of these signs, you likely have an active Deer Tick infestation. Time is critical - contact us immediately.

URGENT

⚠️ Possible Deer Tick activity

Strange scratching sounds at night

Immediate professional assessment required

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⚠️ Tick presence detected

Presence of small, dark specks (ticks) on skin or fur

Immediate professional assessment required

URGENT

⚠️ Deer Tick bite evidence

Red, inflamed bite marks on the skin

Immediate professional assessment required

URGENT

⚠️ Potential tick-borne illness

Unexplained joint pain or swelling in pets or humans.

Immediate professional assessment required

URGENT

⚠️ Sudden tick-related illness

Sudden onset of fever and fatigue in pets or humans.

Immediate professional assessment required

URGENT

⚠️ Tick infestation suspected

Hair loss or patchy fur in pets.

Immediate professional assessment required

Spotted Any of These Signs?

Don't risk your family's health. Our certified technicians can be at your property within 24 hours.

Serious Health Risks to Your Family

Pests can seriously harm you and your loved ones. Don't gamble with your family's health.

Lyme Disease

Chronic joint pain, neurological problems

Onset: 3 to 30 days after tick bite

Babesiosis

Fever, organ failure

Onset: 1 to 4 weeks after tick bite

Anaplasmosis

Fever, organ failure

Onset: Within 1–2 weeks

Powassan virus infection

Encephalitis, long-term neurological damage

Onset: Within 1 to 4 weeks

Rocky Mountain spotted fever

Organ failure, death

Onset: 2–14 days after tick bite

Tularemia

Pneumonia, septic shock

Onset: Within 3-5 days

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Why DIY Methods Always Fail

Save yourself time, money, and frustration. Here's why store-bought solutions don't work:

Diatomaceous earth

Problem: Diatomaceous earth is ineffective when wet or in humid conditions, which is common outdoors where deer ticks live.
Result: Provides little to no long-term control of deer tick infestations.

Tick tubes

Problem: Mice may not use the treated nesting material
Result: Limited impact on tick population

Homemade tick spray

Problem: Homemade sprays often lack proven ingredients to kill or repel deer ticks effectively
Result: Ticks remain or return, offering little to no long-term control

Tick drag cloth

Problem: Tick drag cloth only removes ticks from the surface, missing those hidden in leaf litter or attached to hosts
Result: Infestation quickly returns

Stop Wasting Time and Money

The average homeowner spends $200+ on failed DIY attempts before calling professionals. Meanwhile, the infestation grows worse.

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Trained experts identify entry points and nesting areas

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Complete Elimination

Targets entire colony, not just visible insects or rodents

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Prevention Plan

Long-term exclusion strategies

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Health Protection

Proper cleanup and sanitization

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Service warranty and follow-up visits

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1. Immediate Inspection

Complete property assessment within 24 hours

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2. Targeted Elimination

Safe, effective treatment of entire colony

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3. Prevention Plan

Long-term exclusion and monitoring

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