{"id":526,"date":"2016-05-20T08:36:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T15:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/blog\/?p=526"},"modified":"2025-10-03T13:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:40:52","slug":"fun-fact-friday-kick-the-tick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/fun-fact-friday-kick-the-tick\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun Fact Friday \u2013 KICK the TICK"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Fun Fact Friday \u2013 KICK the TICK<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>An engorged female tick may lay around 2,000 eggs or more.<\/li>\n<li>Adult American dog ticks are reddish brown in color with silvery-gray or whitish markings on the back or upper body.<\/li>\n<li>American dog ticks are most numerous along roadsides, paths, old fields, marshy areas and trails in brushy woodlands or meadows with tall grass or weeds.<\/li>\n<li>The American dog tick, is the primary transporter of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the eastern United States.<\/li>\n<li>People or their pets may bring these ticks from outdoors into the home, where they can survive for many days. The Brown dog tick is capable of causing household infestations.<\/li>\n<li>Keep lawns mowed, brush trimmed, and leaf litter away from the home.<\/li>\n<li>Keep trails or paths in wooded areas on your property clear of vegetation.<\/li>\n<li>Tuck your pants into the top of your socks or boots to create a &#8220;tick barrier.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Wear clothes that will help shield you from ticks; long-sleeved shirts and long pants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Protect your home, family and pets from flea, tick and fire ant infestations For more details and to schedule an appointment, contact your Southern &amp; Sovereign Pest Control representative today 1-800-627-0577.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fun Fact Friday \u2013 KICK the TICK An engorged female tick may lay around 2,000 eggs or more. Adult American dog ticks are reddish brown in color with silvery-gray or whitish markings on the back or upper body. American dog ticks are most numerous along roadsides, paths, old fields, marshy areas and trails in brushy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[92,93,75,94,53],"class_list":["post-526","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pest-control","tag-dog","tag-pet","tag-pets","tag-rocky-mountain","tag-tick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12749,"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526\/revisions\/12749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southernpestcontrol.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}