Pest and Stinging Insect Control in Leon Springs and The Dominion
Pest Trappers, a family-owned San Antonio pest control company, serves homes, apartment and condo communities and businesses in Leon Springs, The Dominion and the surrounding 78257, 78256 and 78255 ZIP codes. Every job starts with an inspection, then a plain explanation of the options and a price. Se habla español.
Reach us by phone or text at (210) 281-1064, write to [email protected], or pick a slot on the booking page, and the office will get back to you to lock in a time.
What sets pests apart in this corner of northwest Bexar County? #
It isn't one city. Neither Leon Springs nor The Dominion is a city or a Census place. The Census ZIP-to-place file splits the area's ZIPs between San Antonio, the Cross Mountain and Scenic Oaks Census-designated places, and unincorporated land; in 78257, 58.0% of the land is outside any town or CDP. Which public services reach you depends on your exact address.
Woods on the doorstep. Camp Bullis, once called the Leon Springs Military Reservation, is a 28,000-acre Army installation bordered by oak and juniper woodland, and Friedrich Wilderness Park protects about 600 acres with nesting sites for the endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler. Living at the edge of the woods puts wildlife, scorpions, centipedes and tree-nesting wasps closer to the house.
More apartments than people expect. Census figures show most homes in 78257 and 78256 are in buildings with five or more units, while 87.3% of homes in 78255 are detached houses. Pest work here often means coordinating with a property manager or HOA, not just a homeowner.
Private property is on its own. Inside city limits, San Antonio's Metro Health treats public property only and doesn't treat private property for insects, mosquitoes and bees included. The city's Animal Care Services doesn't pick up or lend traps for wildlife, though it always responds when a wild animal bites or scratches a person or pet.
Cave country calls for care. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists nine endangered cave invertebrates in north and northwest Bexar County and says both pesticides and imported fire ants put them at risk. That's one more reason we keep treatments targeted and stick to every label.
Find your stinging insect #
Bees
- Africanized honey bees: defensive wild colonies in meter boxes, sheds and walls
- European honey bees: swarms and colonies in walls and soffits
- Bumble bees: native ground nesters under sheds and in old grass
- Carpenter bees: round holes in fascia, decks and fences
Social wasps and hornets
- Paper wasps and red wasps: uncovered combs on eaves, balcony ceilings and fences
- Yellowjackets: hidden nests in lawns and walls that peak toward fall
- Baldfaced hornets: black-and-white wasps with an enclosed carton up in a tree
- Mexican honey wasps: small wasps with a paper globe in the canopy
- European hornets and the giant hornet: neither is on record in Texas; these pages show what people see instead
Loners: the solitary wasps
- Cicada killers: big wasps over sunny lawns in summer
- Mud daubers: mud tubes on eaves and stairwells
- Tarantula hawks: blue-black wasps with orange wings
- Velvet ants: fuzzy, wingless wasps on bare ground
Other things that sting, bite or pinch
- Fire ants: mounds in yards, common grounds and pastures
- Scorpions: night visitors in attics, garages and baths
- Giant centipedes: daytime wanderers from rock and leaf litter
- Asps: furry caterpillars on oaks and walls, worst in fall
Beyond stingers: other pests we handle here #
We also provide general pest control inside and out, covering cockroaches, ants, spiders, crickets, silverfish, fleas, ticks and mosquitoes, as well as bed bugs, rodents and termite inspection and treatment.
For raccoons, opossums and skunks, our wildlife removal and exclusion service follows Texas Parks and Wildlife rules and the state rabies quarantine. We don't promise to move animals elsewhere; the lasting fix is getting them out and sealing the way back in. State health officials have tracked rabies in foxes with northern Bexar County near the center of the outbreak area, so keep hands off wildlife and never feed it.
How a visit works #
- You reach out by phone, text, email or the booking page. The office confirms a time.
- A technician inspects the home, yard or building and finds where the pest is living and getting in.
- You hear the options in plain language, including what you can do yourself and when no treatment is needed.
- Pricing comes after the inspection. Any product applied follows its label.
The TDA license belongs to Pest Trappers LLC (TPCL #0887549), covering general pest (category P) and termite (category T) work; Travis Lambert is the certified applicator. Our base is 7319 Brandyridge, San Antonio, TX 78250. Homes and businesses are both welcome; lawn, tree and shrub care are not services we offer.