Don’t Sleep On Ticks Because It’s Almost Fall; They’re Still Hungry
Vacationers may leave by Labor Day, but ticks stick around our parks and woods much longer. In fact, we are getting into peak season for when tick bites are the most dangerous. Read more
Tick Season Is In Full Swing
When entomologist Scott Campbell moved to Shelter Island in 1991, there were no Lone Star ticks to speak of on his slice of the East End, he recalled last week during a telephone interview. But his findings did not come as a surprise, he said, considering that all prior, local reports of the southern-based, aggressive tick species were confined to Montauk. Read more
Getting Rid of Mosquitos the Green Way
Summer on the East End means many things, but unfortunately, not all of them good. To that end, the Tick-Borne Disease Alliance (TBDA), Southampton Hospital and East End Tick & Mosquito Control have partnered to fight tick-borne diseases. Read more
Tick Patrol: Orgies of Blood Abounding
What despises sunlight and garlic and feasts on meals of blood? The ghoulish and ubiquitous tick, and Brian Kelly of East End Tick Control, which has been in business for 15 years, is the area’s own personal Van Helsing. Read more
West Nile Arrives on Long Island
May is National Tick Awareness Month, and even as it draws to a close, the little parasites are kicking into high gear, according to Mr. Kelly. “It’s definitely worse after the mild winter,” he said. “In the last five or six years, the ticks have become really bad. It’s a constant, uphill battle.” Read more
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Resilient, Disease Carrying Tick Population Raises New Concerns
It seems the unusually cold winter didn't hurt the tick population one bit. CBS 2's Carolyn Gusoff has more. Read more
Tick Control Services
It would be nice if all the ticks would disappear at the end of the month of May, which also happens to be Lyme Disease Awareness Month, but that is not going to happen. Read more
On the Frontlines of War on Bugs
East End Tick and Mosquito has been serving the East End community for 16 years, and with each progressive year, business has gotten better. This is not good news for the community, of course, because it means the tick problem in particular has gotten much worse. But when Brian Kelly started the business on his own, ticks were already the talk of the town. Read more
Take a Free Ride This Summer
East End Tick & Mosquite Control has partnered with The Free Ride -- an environmentally friendly shuttle service that uses GEM vehicles -- in order to get you where you need to go in the Hamptons this summer. Read more
Meet Deerdra - Our New Mascot!
Meet Deerdra the deer tick, East End Tick & Mosquito Control's new mascot. She'll be spotted all over the East End reminding people that ticks really are everywhere and helping us to spread awareness about the dangers of tick-borne diseases. Read more
Brian Kelly Appointed to Suffolk County Tick Advisory Committee
Suffolk County Legislator Jay Schneiderman has appointed Brian Kelly of East End Tick and Mosquito Control in Southampton to the Count's Tick Advisory Committee. Read more
East End Tick & Mosquito Control Donates $25K to Southampton Hospital's Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center
Southampton resident Brian Kelly, owner of East End Tick & Mosquito control, has donated $25,000 to Southampton Hospital's Tick-Borne Disease Resource Center. Read more
Fall Tick Prevention
Contrary to popular opinion, the end of summer is not the end of tick season. Fall is actually prime time for the crawling critters, which means that even though summer is over, the danger of contracting Read more