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Tick risk in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
St. Bernard Parish covers 5 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.
Highest and lowest tick risk in St. Bernard Parish
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in St. Bernard Parish
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickEstablished
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for St. Bernard Parish, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
No CDC tick-testing records for St. Bernard Parish. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in St. Bernard Parish, LA
Professional tick control across St. Bernard Parish usually means a barrier treatment along the lawn edge, leaf litter, stone walls, and shady borders where ticks wait for a host, applied two to four times a season by a licensed pest control company. It is the single most effective way to cut tick numbers in the part of the yard your family actually uses, and it matters most in St. Bernard Parish's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in St. Bernard Parish?
Most St. Bernard Parish homeowners pay about $100 to $200 per visit for professional tick spraying, or roughly $350 to $600 for a full season of barrier treatments, depending on lot size and how wooded the property is. Quotes are free, so it costs nothing to get a real number for your yard.
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Common questions about ticks in St. Bernard Parish
Which towns in St. Bernard Parish have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Arabi carries the highest modeled tick risk in St. Bernard Parish, followed by Poydras, Meraux, Violet, Chalmette. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across St. Bernard Parish ranges from 7% to 64%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Chalmette sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in St. Bernard Parish?
CDC surveillance records 4 established tick species in St. Bernard Parish: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star tick, Gulf Coast tick. The lone star tick is the tick most responsible for human bites here, and its bite causes alpha-gal syndrome; the blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is a minor factor this far south. "Not established" for a species means there is no CDC surveillance record for the county, not that the tick is absent.
Is Lyme disease common in St. Bernard Parish?
CDC reports too few cases in St. Bernard Parish to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties, and typical this far south. That does not mean the risk is zero: the lone star tick, not Lyme, is the bigger local concern.
Does St. Bernard Parish have lone star ticks that cause alpha-gal syndrome?
Yes. The lone star tick is established in St. Bernard Parish and is the tick most responsible for human bites in the county. Its bite can trigger alpha-gal syndrome, a delayed allergy to red meat and other mammal products, along with ehrlichiosis and STARI. Learn the symptoms and what foods to avoid.
All towns in St. Bernard Parish
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.