Pest and Stinging Insect Control in Comfort, TX
Comfort, TX homes and businesses are covered by Pest Trappers, a family-run San Antonio company holding a Texas pest control license. Our Comfort work runs from wasp, hornet and yellowjacket nests, honey bee colonies, carpenter bees and solitary wasps to everyday household pests, termites, rodents and nuisance wildlife, and it always begins with an inspection.
Reach the office by call or text at (210) 281-1064, by email at [email protected], or through online booking; the office then confirms a time with you. Se habla español.
What makes pest control in Comfort different? #
No city government, county services instead. The Census Bureau classifies Comfort as a census-designated place rather than an incorporated city, so Kendall County services apply. It is also small: the census area covers about 3.47 square miles and an estimated 1,565 residents, while the 78013 ZIP code area stretches across 226 square miles and about 4,809 people. So roughly two of every three people with a 78013 address live outside the census area, on rural lots and acreage, which shapes where ground-nesting yellowjackets, Africanized bees and wildlife turn up.
Old houses, and a lot of mobile homes. Census estimates for 2020 to 2024 show 17.6% of homes in the 78013 ZIP were built in 1939 or earlier and 36.6% before 1980, while 20.7% are mobile homes (Census ACS). The Texas Historical Commission's listing for the Comfort Historic District carries period bands back to 1850. Older wood and walls give carpenter bees, honey bees and overwintering wasps more ways in, and skirted mobile homes create the low, sheltered spaces that rodents, skunks and Africanized bees use. Inspections here pay close attention to gaps, crawl spaces and skirting.
River country and flood debris. The National Weather Service gauge on the Guadalupe River at Comfort hit major flood on July 4, 2025, cresting at 35.64 feet (NWS report), and Cypress Creek borders the historic district. After storms, standing water feeds mosquitoes, wet ground gives mud daubers building material, and debris piles offer shelter to bumble bees and yellowjackets.
Mosquitoes are monitored, not sprayed by a city. Kendall County runs an environmental health mosquito arbovirus surveillance program, with the state testing samples from May through November (Kendall County). The county posts no spraying or larvicide information, so emptying containers and handling problem spots around the home is up to residents.
Rabies in foxes, skunks and raccoons. State health department figures show 8 rabies-positive animals in Kendall County in 2024 (2 skunks and 6 foxes) and 8 in 2025 (2 foxes, 5 raccoons and 1 bovine) (DSHS 2025). For a bite or an animal acting strangely, call Kendall County Animal Control at 830-537-3430.
Stinging insects around Comfort homes #
Wasps and hornets
- Wasp control in Comfort: a sorting guide by nest type.
- Paper wasps: open combs under eaves, porch ceilings and sheds.
- Red wasps: rusty-red paper wasps around steps, meter boxes and fences.
- Yellowjackets: ground nests on acreage, worst in late summer and fall.
- Hornet control in Comfort: what "hornet" usually means here.
- Baldfaced hornets: gray paper nests hanging in trees.
- Mexican honey wasps: calm wasps with paper nests high in tree canopies.
- European hornets: not recorded in Texas; the look-alikes explained.
- Giant hornet look-alikes: never found in Texas; what you likely saw.
Bees
- Bee control in Comfort: which bee you have and what it needs.
- Honey bees: swarms and colonies in walls, chimneys and outbuildings.
- Africanized honey bees: defensive colonies in meter boxes, skirting and low cavities.
- Bumble bees: ground and debris-pile nests, and their conservation status.
- Carpenter bees: round holes in weathered trim, porches and fences.
Solitary wasps and other stingers
- Solitary stinging pests: the loners compared.
- Mud daubers: mud tubes on porches, garages and attics.
- Cicada killers: giant wasps digging in summer lawns.
- Tarantula hawks: blue-black wasps of rocky Hill Country ground.
- Velvet ants: fuzzy "cow killers" on bare ground in summer.
Other pests we handle in Comfort #
Indoors and out, our general pest service in Comfort covers fire ants and carpenter ants along with other ants, plus roaches, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, crickets, silverfish, fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. Bed bug treatment, rodent control and termite inspection and treatment are on the list too. In older Comfort homes, a termite inspection is a sensible companion to any stinging-insect visit, since no local source tracks how common termites are here.
With nuisance wildlife such as raccoons, opossums and skunks, the job is removal plus exclusion of the openings they use, done under Texas Parks and Wildlife regulations and the Department of State Health Services rabies rules. Texas restricts moving live raccoons and skunks because they carry rabies risk, which is why no promise of release elsewhere is ever part of the deal.
How service works #
- Contact us by phone, text, email or the online booking page. The office confirms your time.
- Inspection first. A technician looks over the house, outbuildings and yard, identifies what's there, and checks for entry points.
- Options explained. You hear what needs treatment, what can be left alone, and what each option involves. Any product is applied according to its label.
- Price after inspection. Pricing depends on what's found, so we quote once the inspection is done.
Pest Trappers LLC (TPCL #0887549) is licensed by the Texas Department of Agriculture for general pest and termite work. Our office is at 7319 Brandyridge, San Antonio, TX 78250, and we serve Comfort along with 14 other Hill Country and San Antonio-area towns.
Nearby towns we serve #
- Boerne, the Kendall County seat
- Kerrville
- Fredericksburg
- Bandera