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Key Takeaways: Infected blacklegged ticks in Ontario can transmit Lyme disease, anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Powassan virus disease. Lyme disease symptoms vary, and many people never develop the [...]

Key Takeaways Blacklegged ticks, also called deer ticks, are tiny parasites with four life stages: egg, larva, nymph, and adult. Infected blacklegged ticks can transmit Lyme disease, [...]

If you’ve been hearing more about hantavirus lately, you’re not imagining it. Rodent activity across Ontario has surged in 2025 and 2026, and with more mice turning up in attics, garages, and [...]

Key Takeaways Wolf spiders are fast-moving hunting spiders that do not rely on webs to catch prey, making their behaviour very different from common house spiders. Although their size and [...]

Key Takeaways Ontario faces year-round pest pressures, with different infestations peaking by season, from ants in spring to rodents in fall and winter.  Carpenter ants, cockroaches, bed bugs, [...]

Permits, Safety, Regulations & Why GreenLeaf Pest Control Is the Right Partner If you own or manage a commercial property anywhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe—Toronto, Mississauga, [...]

In the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), boxelder bugs come out twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall. While they’re active outdoors throughout the summer, they only become a [...]

If you’re running a business in Ontario—whether it’s a warehouse in Vaughan, a restaurant in downtown Toronto, or a retail space in Mississauga—you’ve got enough on your plate. Between logistics, [...]

Now that the snow is melting and temperatures are starting to climb across the GTA, many people are eager to get back outside. Those highly anticipated spring walks, Sundays spent doing yardwork, [...]

Over the past several years, Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area have earned some unfortunate titles. The region has repeatedly been ranked among the most bed bug–affected cities, the rattiest [...]