Pest and Stinging Insect Control in San Antonio, TX
Pest Trappers is a family-owned pest control company based on San Antonio's far west side, serving homes and businesses across the city for stinging insects, general pests, termites, rodents and nuisance wildlife. Every job starts with an inspection, and you get a price once the technician has seen what you're dealing with. Call or text (210) 281-1064 or book online; se habla español.
Our home base, and how to book #
Our office is in ZIP code 78250 on the far west side, and we serve the whole city, from the older north-central neighborhoods to the newer northwest subdivisions. You can book online, or call or text the same number. The office confirms your appointment time with you.
What makes San Antonio different for pest control? #
A huge, mixed housing stock. The Census Bureau's July 2024 estimate puts San Antonio at 1,526,656 residents, almost entirely in Bexar County. Census survey data count 612,901 housing units: 42.5% built before 1980, 15.1% built in 2010 or later, 58.7% detached single-family houses and 30.0% in buildings with five or more units (Census ACS). A 1950s house in 78213, a 1980s house in 78250 and a third-floor apartment in 78240 each get pests in different ways, and the inspection is built around your building.
City services stop at your property line. Metro Health's vector control program treats public property inside city limits, including fogging for adult mosquitoes. It does not treat private property for insect or rodent problems, which its page says includes mosquitoes, bees and bats. For bats it tells residents to hire a private company, and for bees in walls, a licensed pest control service (Metro Health).
West Nile virus is local. Metro Health's surveillance runs from March through October, and its list of West Nile-positive mosquito pools includes sites on Babcock Road near Loop 1604 West (August 2024), at Mystic Park near Bandera Road (2024), at Hillcrest and Bandera (2025, and again in April and July 2026), and on West Avenue near Blanco (2023 through 2025). Emptying anything that holds standing water is the first defense; yard mosquito treatment is the second.
Wildlife calls land on homeowners. San Antonio Animal Care Services does not pick up wildlife or lend traps, though it will always respond when a wild animal has bitten or scratched a person or pet (Animal Care Services). Rabies is a real concern here: in October 2025 the city reported a rabid skunk found off Bitters Road and Wood Valley Drive, noting that the state had confirmed 18 animal cases in the county that year, mostly in bats (City of San Antonio). In August 2026 a dog tested positive after killing a baby skunk near its Far Westside home inside Loop 1604. Under the state rabies quarantine, homeowners may not move a live raccoon or skunk themselves.
Stinging insects San Antonio homes see #
Start with a sorting page, or go straight to the insect:
- Sorting pages: wasps, bees, hornets, solitary stingers
- Social wasps: paper wasps, red wasps, yellowjackets, baldfaced hornets, Mexican honey wasps
- Bees: European honey bees, Africanized honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees
- Solitary wasps: mud daubers, cicada killers, tarantula hawks, velvet ants
- Other stingers and biters: fire ants, striped bark scorpions, giant redheaded centipedes, puss caterpillars (asps)
- Not found here, despite the rumors: European hornets and the northern giant hornet
Beyond stinging insects #
- Termites: inspections and treatment; see termite control in San Antonio, signs of termites and types of termites.
- Cockroaches: roach control in San Antonio.
- Rodents: rodent control. Texas health officials list Bexar among the counties where flea-borne typhus has newly become established, and they advise treating fleas before starting rodent control.
- Wildlife: removal and exclusion for raccoons, skunks and opossums, following Texas Parks and Wildlife and state rabies rules.
- Bed bugs: bed bug treatment.
- Mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, spiders and ants: covered under general pest service; see the mosquito guide.
How a visit works #
- Book. Use online booking or call or text (210) 281-1064. The office confirms the time.
- Inspect. A technician from our office at 7319 Brandyridge, San Antonio, TX 78250 walks the property, inside and out as needed, and identifies what's there.
- Explain. You hear what was found, which options fit, and what you can do yourself, such as sealing gaps or clearing standing water.
- Price, then treat. Pricing comes after the inspection. Any product is applied strictly by its label.
Pest Trappers LLC (TPCL #0887549) is licensed by the Texas Department of Agriculture for general pest and termite control. Owner Travis Lambert is a Texas certified commercial applicator. We serve residential and commercial customers.
Nearby areas we serve #
North and northwest: Stone Oak, Helotes, Leon Springs and The Dominion, Fair Oaks Ranch and Boerne. To the northeast: Schertz and New Braunfels. Close to home: Leon Valley and Alamo Ranch.