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Protect Yourself in Tick Season
Ticks live in moist and humid environments , particularly in or near wooded or grassy areas . Always walk in the center of trails , in order to avoid ticks . DRESS APPROPRIATELY Ticks do not jump or fly ; ticks climb upward ! Wear long-sleeved shirts and tuck your pant legs inside your socks to keep ticks from crawling inside . USE REPELLANT Use of an insect repellant containing DEET will provide protection against tick bites and other insects . Dr . Craig Hollingsworth , an entomologist with the Department of Plant , Soil and Insect Sciences at the University of Massachusetts also recommends permethrin treatment for clothing . Permethrin treatment is meant only for clothing and shoes and is available as a ready to use spray .
CHECK YOUR BODY FOR TICKS Carefully inspect the entire body for small , foreign , dark spots , especially in moist body creases , behind the ears , between toes , waistline , behind knees , armpits and hairline . TESTING TICKS FOR DISEASE UMass Extension provides tick testing weekly . For a fee , they will determine if the tick carries the bacteria which causes Lyme disease . To learn more and how to submit a tick sample visit : www . umass . edu / tick
A credit card sized tick identification tool showing the three major tick species attacking people and pets in the Eastern US is now available . For reference , we circled the two tick / life stages that are most often associated with transmission of Lyme disease . The other ticks shown also pose threat for spreading other diseases .
Gypsy Moth makes a comeback
Did you know that the gypsy moth is an example of an experiment gone
horribly wrong ? The moth was brought to the United States in 1869 in an attempt to start a silkworm industry . The experiment failed . The gypsy moth escaped and has since become a major pest in the Northeast and Canada . Although these fuzzy creatures haven ’ t presented a big problem since the early 1980 ’ s , they reared their ugly heads last season and are poised to be an equally large challenge as winter moth this year . Gypsy moths hatch later in the season so winter moth controls are not effective . They are not fussy eaters and target a wide variety of trees - ranging from mild to total defoliation .
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Perennial Plant Association Names 2016 Perennial of the Year
Excellent fall bloomer . Perennial borders , cottage gardens , woodland gardens . Effective when massed . Attractive with hostas and astilbes . Anemone x hybrida ‘ Honorine Jobert ’, commonly called windflower or Japanese anemone , is a hybrid category which includes a large number of hybrid pink or white flowered cultivars that bloom from late summer into fall ( August - October ). ‘ Honorine Jobert ’ is an old garden hybrid discovered in Verdun , France in 1858 .
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