Pest and Stinging Insect Control in Fair Oaks Ranch, TX
Pest Trappers serves Fair Oaks Ranch households on all three sides of the county lines, handling wasp and bee problems, scorpions, fire ants, general pests, termites, rodents and nuisance wildlife. Every visit begins with an inspection, and you get a price after the technician has seen what's going on. We're a family-owned company, and se habla español.
To get on the schedule, text or phone (210) 281-1064, or use the booking page; the office then settles on a time with you.
Who serves Fair Oaks Ranch, and how do you book? #
Pest Trappers works out of 7319 Brandyridge, San Antonio, TX 78250, and Fair Oaks Ranch is one of the 15 towns in our regular service area. We take residential and commercial work. You can book through the website, call, or text the same number; email works too, at [email protected]. However you reach us, the office pins down the appointment with you directly.
What sets Fair Oaks Ranch apart for pests? #
A few local facts shape what we look for on a Fair Oaks Ranch property.
One city, three counties. Census estimates for July 2024 count 11,744 residents, up from 9,853 in 2020. About 7,453 live on the Bexar County side, 2,722 in Kendall County and 1,569 in Comal County (Census). County lines decide a few practical things, like which TAIS beekeeper list applies to you. All three counties sit on TDA's fire ant quarantine list. Texas A&M's list of counties with Formosan termites includes Bexar and Comal but not Kendall.
Newer houses. Census ACS data show 32.9% of the city's homes were built in 2010 or later, 27.8% in the 1990s and only 3.3% before 1980, and 97.4% are detached single-family houses (Census ACS). New construction doesn't keep pests out. Fresh eaves suit paper wasps, and a house from the 1990s may have trim that carpenter bees can drill. Sealing gaps around pipes, vents and weep holes pays off on houses of any age.
Creek, flood and rock. Cibolo Creek runs through the area, and city memos from fall 2026 mention a generator damaged in the July flooding, about 450 drainage features located by staff, sewer inspections inside the Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone near the Blackjack Golf Course area, and a contractor halted after hitting rock along the creek. Standing water feeds mosquitoes, flooding can push fire ant colonies indoors, and rocky ground shelters scorpions and centipedes.
Wildlife rules and rabies. The city prohibits feeding wildlife, especially deer, under Ordinance 2016-02, and takes reports of violations or injured wildlife at (830) 249-8645 (City of Fair Oaks Ranch). DSHS reports a multi-year rise in rabid foxes across a seven-county area that includes Bexar, Comal and Kendall, with one outbreak centered in southern Hays and northern Bexar counties (DSHS). That makes keeping raccoons and skunks out of attics and from under decks more important.
Wasps, bees and other stingers around Fair Oaks Ranch homes #
Each page below covers one insect in Fair Oaks Ranch, with local details, how to tell it apart and when to call.
Wasps and hornets
- Paper wasps: open gray combs under newer eaves every spring.
- Red wasps: combs under patio furniture, fences and meter boxes.
- Yellowjackets: hidden ground nests along drainage banks and road edges.
- Baldfaced hornets: gray paper nests in trees; check before oak trimming.
- Mexican honey wasps: paper balls in the canopy that store honey.
- European hornets: not recorded in Texas; what you likely saw instead.
- Giant hornet sightings: never found in Texas; the real look-alikes.
Bees
- Honey bees: swarms, wall colonies and bees at the pool.
- Africanized honey bees: touchy colonies in water-meter boxes and stacked block.
- Bumble bees: nests tucked into abandoned burrows, dry grass and forgotten cushions.
- Carpenter bees: half-inch drill holes in fascia, deck rails and fence boards.
Solitary wasps
- Mud daubers: dried-mud cells under eaves and on garage ceilings.
- Cicada killers: big wasps over holes in sunny lawns.
- Tarantula hawks: blue-black spider hunters with orange wings.
- Velvet ants: fuzzy, wingless wasps on bare ground in summer.
Other stingers and biters
- Fire ants: mounds after rain, ants in AC units, quarantine rules.
- Striped bark scorpions: indoors in hot, dry spells and attics.
- Giant redheaded centipedes: large, daytime wanderers with a painful bite.
- Puss caterpillars (asps): fall stings from oak-feeding caterpillars.
Beyond stinging insects #
We also handle the everyday pests: ants, roaches, spiders, crickets, silverfish, fleas, ticks and mosquitoes. Our research turned up no city mosquito program here, though Kendall County Environmental Health ships mosquito samples to the state for testing each May through November. Emptying anything that holds water is still the first step.
Termite inspection and treatment, bed bugs and rodents are part of our work too. For raccoons, opossums and skunks in attics or under houses, our wildlife service focuses on removal and exclusion under Texas Parks and Wildlife and DSHS rabies rules. The city's Animal Services responds to wild, dangerous and distressed animals.
What happens when you book #
- You reach out. Book online, or call or text (210) 281-1064. Tell us what you're seeing and where.
- The office confirms a time. We don't guess at arrival windows; the office sets the appointment with you.
- Inspection first. The technician identifies the pest, finds nests or entry points and explains the options in plain terms.
- A price after the inspection. Nothing is quoted sight unseen.
- Treatment by the label. Any product is applied as its label directs, by Pest Trappers LLC (TPCL #0887549), licensed by the Texas Department of Agriculture in the general pest and termite categories.
Neighboring communities we also serve #
Fair Oaks Ranch shares the 78015 ZIP code with parts of Boerne and San Antonio. We also cover Boerne, Leon Springs and The Dominion, Helotes, San Antonio, Stone Oak and Bulverde.