How Long Can Ticks Live In A House?

Finding a tick crawling through your pet’s fur or fastened to its skin is no fun—for you, the pet or the tick. Finding a tick crawling on your own skin, or even embedded mid-bite? Now, that’s particularly cringe-worthy, especially if you’ve found the tick indoors, inside your home. What if you have a tick infestation somewhere in your house or yard? How long can ticks live in a house?
According to Alan Brown, Board Certified Entomologist and Technical Manager at ABC Home & Commercial Services, how long a tick can live in a home depends on what species of tick you’re dealing with. Most tick species can’t survive for very long in a home because they require a certain amount of humidity. These tick species will die inside a home after a couple of days. However, the brown dog tick can survive inside a home for long periods of time and … Read Full Post »