Pest and Stinging Insect Control in Kerrville, TX
Pest Trappers, a family-owned Texas pest control company, serves homes and businesses in Kerrville for stinging insects, general pests, termites, rodents and nuisance wildlife. We look first and quote second, so you see what is being treated and why before any work begins. Phone or text (210) 281-1064, or use the online booking form. Se habla español.
What sets Kerrville's pest picture apart? #
A lot of the housing has some age on it. In the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 survey, 43.8% of Kerrville's homes predate 1980, and just 12.9% date from 2010 or later. Single-family houses make up 63.2% of the stock, buildings with five or more units 18.1%, and mobile homes 6.2% (Census ACS). Older roofs, trim and siding tend to have more gaps for wasps, bees and rodents to use, which is why our inspections spend time on rooflines, vents, skirting and crawl spaces.
The town is built along a river and a floodplain. The city's River Trail runs about 6 miles beside the Guadalupe, from Kerrville-Schreiner Park and Louise Hays Park to Riverside Nature Center and Lowry Park. The city says the trail lies in a floodplain, took flood damage in both 2025 and 2026, and has been closed until further notice since the July 2026 flood (City of Kerrville). Damp ground, debris and standing water after storms matter for mosquitoes, mud daubers and ground-nesting insects.
Standing water is the homeowner's job. Kerrville's West Nile page, under Code Enforcement's health section, says not to let water sit in flowerpot saucers, cemetery urns or pet dishes for more than two days, and to report ditches that hold stagnant water for a week or longer (City of Kerrville). We found no city spraying program, so mosquito control around a home falls to the household.
Rabies shows up in local wildlife. DSHS counted 14 rabies-positive animals in Kerr County in 2024, seven of them skunks, plus foxes, bats, raccoons and a cat (DSHS). Its 2025 report lists five: one skunk and four bats. Kerr County Animal Services is the county's rabies control authority and handles bites and quarantines (830-257-3100).
Hill Country ground. TPWD describes the Edwards Plateau as juniper and oak woodland over limestone riddled with caves. That rocky, wooded setting brings tarantula hawks, tree-nesting wasps and wildlife close to houses.
Stinging insects we handle in Kerrville #
Each page below covers one insect in Kerrville: how to identify it, where it turns up locally and what to do.
Bees
- Bee control in Kerrville (start here to sort them)
- European honey bees
- Africanized honey bees
- Bumble bees
- Carpenter bees
Wasps and hornets
- Wasp control in Kerrville (start here to sort them)
- Paper wasps and red wasps
- Yellowjackets
- Mexican honey wasps
- Hornet control in Kerrville, with baldfaced hornets, European hornets and giant hornet look-alikes
Solitary stingers
- Solitary stinging pests in Kerrville (start here to sort them)
- Mud daubers
- Cicada killers
- Tarantula hawks
- Velvet ants
Other pests we treat in Kerrville #
- Everyday pests, indoors and out: fire ants and carpenter ants along with other ants, roaches, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, crickets, silverfish, fleas and ticks.
- Mosquitoes: yard treatment alongside the city's standing-water rules. See the mosquito guide.
- Termites: we inspect and, where needed, treat. Local termite rates aren't published, so each house is judged on what the inspection finds; see the termite guide.
- Rodents and bed bugs: inspection, treatment and sealing advice. See the rodent guide.
- Nuisance wildlife: raccoons, opossums and skunks, removed and excluded under Texas Parks and Wildlife and DSHS rabies rules. We never promise to release an animal elsewhere, and rabies-vector animals fall under the state rabies quarantine. See the wildlife guide.
We do not offer lawn, weed, tree or shrub care.
How service works #
- Reach us by phone or text at (210) 281-1064, by email at [email protected], or through the booking page. Someone from the office gets back to you to settle the day and time.
- Walk-through. The technician studies the problem spot and its surroundings, from roofline and vents to skirting, yard and sheds.
- Plain talk. You learn what turned up, what the choices are, and what each one means for your household. If a nest is better left where it is, you will hear that.
- Label first. Whatever product goes down is used precisely the way its label requires.
- Price before work. Pricing is given after the technician has seen the job and before anything is applied.
Pest Trappers LLC (TPCL #0887549) holds Texas Department of Agriculture licensing in the general pest and termite categories, and owner Travis Lambert is a Texas commercial certified applicator (license 0880981). The company works out of 7319 Brandyridge, San Antonio, TX 78250, serving households and businesses alike.
Nearby towns we serve #
Pest Trappers also covers neighboring Hill Country towns: