Adult female (left) and male (right) deer ticks, which can carry lyme disease. AP/CBS

Everyone used to think it was just someone who walked in the woods, or worked outside, like a landscaper or excavator. Not true.

Last night CBS in NY ran a story about Lyme Disease being contracted by people who never go in the woods. You can get it in your own yard.

This article offers several ways that you can protect yourself and your family from contracting it, but you don’t have to go the extreme route of covering up every inch of your body on a hot day. You can just call Mosquito Squad.

Read the article here:

http://wcbstv.com/seenat11/lyme.disease.deer.2.1764690.html

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We are announcing that Mosquito Squad has officially opened as of yesterday, April 21st, 2010.

As a sufferer of acute Lyme Disease, I felt that something had to be done, at a reasonable cost, to effectively control the spread of this disease, and others, to our family, friends, neighbors and pets. We also offer ways to protect your horses from Equine Encephalitis.

We offer several options to homeowners and businesses, particularly those that are near our beautiful shorelines, to protect themselves while protecting our environment.

Please contact us and get started immediately!

easternsuffolk@mosquitosquad.com 631-725-0725

This Saturday, April 10th, Mosquito Squad will be at Mizner Park in Boca Raton, to support the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Barbara and Teddy at the Fort Lauderdale AIDS Walk

We will be walking, but we will also have a table set up with money saving coupons and a raffle for Free Barrier Sprays, with proceeds going to JDRF.  The raffles will only be $5 each, so buy as many as you’d like so you can increase your chances.  They have a value up to $129!!!

Here’s a link to the JDRF Boca Raton Walk, if you’d like to participate, we’d love to see you there!

First, dengue fever was reported, mostly in the Keys and moving north, for the first time after being eradicated decades ago.  Although dengue fever is not life threatening, it does cause high fever, severe headaches and muscle and joint aches, thus giving it the name “bonecrusher disease.”

With the devastating earthquake in Haiti, there are many problems there now with malaria.  Unfortunately, with  the increased travel through our airports to and from Haiti, and the travel to our towns, there is cause for concern that it too will make its way here.

The yellow fever mosquito and the asian tiger mosquito, which carry dengue fever, both live and breed in southern Florida.  Unlike most mosquitoes that bite during the morning or evening hours, these guys bite all day!

Municipalities here are stretched thin as it is.  The concern has caused then to turn to residents as ask that they take measures to ensure that their families, friends and pets are guarded against mosquitoes or other insect borne disease.

This includes being sure that there is no standing water where mosquitoes can breed, wear clothing with long sleeves and pants and using mosquito repellant with DEET.  That’s great, if you remember to take care of it  every time you walk out the door.

Mosquito Squad can put you on a program to help eliminate these mosquitoes, and your worries, and let you relax and enjoy your yard.

Call us at 561-862-7377 or 954-739-9870 for a free consultation.

We’re serving Broward and Palm Beach counties.

Be the first in your neighborhood to sign up and we have a very special offer for you!

Call us at 954-740-9868 or 561-862-7377. email bocaraton@mosquitosquad.com