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Precision Pest Control treats houses and commercial buildings across Amarillo, from the Polk Street downtown to San Jacinto, Eastridge and the Medical Center district, with termite and pest inspections for home sales. High on the Panhandle plains, where playa lakes fill after storms and winters bite, plans focus on subterranean termites, field crickets, mosquitoes, American cockroaches and velvet ants, using eco-friendly products.
What Precision Pest Control offers
Amarillo pest control begins with a no-cost estimate request. Precision Pest Control then builds eco-friendly plans from $57 for homes and businesses between Polk Street, San Jacinto, Eastridge and Canyon.
Home plans for Amarillo houses, with treatment aimed at termites, crickets, mosquitoes and cockroaches around foundations, garages, sprinklers and entry doors.
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Service for Amarillo shops, clinics, restaurants and warehouses, where exterior lights and warm kitchens bring crickets and cockroaches to doors, docks and drains.
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Moving on an Amarillo property? A termite and pest inspection gives agents, buyers and sellers one written record of what turned up.
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Tell us what you are seeing and where. We will recommend a plan for your home or business, with service plans from $57.
What we treat
Termites, Crickets and Cockroaches Across Panhandle Homes and Businesses
Subterranean termites
AgriLife's termite bulletin says swarms in the Panhandle do not occur until April or May, later than in South Texas, but it also says termites live in every part of the state. Workers build mud shelter tubes to cross masonry, and tubes with mud inside the galleries point to an active infestation. Wood that touches soil, such as steps, porches and fence boards, is the usual bridge into a house.
Field crickets
AgriLife calls late-summer cricket outbreaks highly predictable in most of Texas, with adults peaking in August and September. Mating flights usually last one to two weeks, and the largest outbreaks follow dry spells that end with rain and cooler air. Lighting outside is the key cause. Shut floodlights off early, fit door sweeps and yellow bug lights, since indoor sprays do not control them.
Mosquitoes
On Amarillo's poorly draining ground, rainwater collects in playa lakes and low spots. Texas A&M's field guide lists ponds, puddles and containers as mosquito larval habitat, with larvae passing through four growth stages in about one week before they pupate. Adults emerge two to three days later. A flowerpot saucer, a pet bowl or a blocked gutter holding water for a week can supply them.
American cockroaches
AgriLife's field guide describes the American cockroach as one of the largest common species in Texas, reaching 1 1/2 to 2 inches and reddish brown. Outdoors it favors wood piles and sewer systems, and indoors dark, moist places such as basements and attics. Their flat bodies slip through cracks near loose doors and windows and gaps where pipes and wires enter. They are active at night and contaminate food with droppings.
Local advice
Texas A&M describes velvet ants as wingless, ant-like wasps, usually black or brown with red, yellow or orange fuzz and about half an inch to an inch long. They occur across Texas in dry, open ground, both urban and rural, mostly in summer. The sting is usually much more painful than a bee sting. Because females walk on the ground in daylight, wear shoes outdoors and teach children not to pick them up.
Spotted something?
Panhandle termite swarms arrive in April or May, per AgriLife, and swarmers can be mistaken for flying ants. Termites carry matching wings and a thick waist; ants show bent antennae and a pinched waist. Rain also fills playa lakes and low spots, the start of the mosquito season.
Amarillo averages about 93 degrees in July, with only a few afternoons reaching 100. Cockroaches seek moist, shaded places around drains, sheds and wood piles, and velvet ants walk across dry open ground in daylight. Standing water for a week is enough time to raise a new batch of mosquitoes.
When rain and cooler air arrive after a dry summer, field crickets mass under floodlights and parking lot fixtures for one to two weeks. Turning off non-security lights and using yellow bulbs is AgriLife's first step, followed by sealing thresholds, garage doors and weep holes.
Nearly 9 days a year never rise above freezing, and the average January low is about 25 degrees. American cockroaches squeeze through cracks near loose doors and windows and gaps where pipes and wires enter, so cold weather is a good time to caulk those openings and fit door sweeps.
Describe it on the phone and we will tell you what it likely is and how we would treat it. Estimates are free.
8 questions answered
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Not as an established quarantine problem. Potter and Randall counties, home to Amarillo, do not appear among the 189 counties the state agriculture department quarantines for fire ants. AgriLife says the ant travels west only along available surface or ground water, and that mounds on the cold, dry High Plains tend to be smaller and harder to find.
April or May. According to AgriLife's termite bulletin, swarmers start in South Texas in January and February, yet Panhandle swarms wait until April or May. A swarmer measures roughly 3/8 inch. Finding wings or swarmers inside a house usually points to a colony nearby, which calls for an inspection.
Bright lights draw them. AgriLife says outdoor lighting is the most important cause of severe cricket problems, and dead crickets can pile up and smell at businesses during outbreaks. Turn off non-security lights, switch to yellow bug bulbs, add door sweeps and seal thresholds. Precision Pest Control can treat the exterior of your building.
Probably, if they are reddish brown and 1 1/2 to 2 inches long. AgriLife describes the American cockroach that way, with a pale margin on the shield behind its head. It lives outdoors in wood piles and sewers, enters through cracks, and hides in dark moist spots indoors. Sealing gaps helps, and Precision Pest Control can treat the property.
Precision Pest Control plans begin at $57. Submit a free online estimate request, explain what is crawling around your Amarillo house or building, and expect eco-friendly products. Phone questions go to (512) 561-7451, any time you want to talk it through first.
Yes. AgriLife points out that termites hide behind wallboard, siding and trim, so an owner's own walk-through can miss them. Our termite and pest inspections for sales put one written record in front of agent, buyer and seller before closing.
Yes. Restaurants, clinics, offices, shops and warehouses can request the same no-cost estimate, and eco-friendly products are used there too. Heated buildings pull cockroaches in during winter and bright lighting pulls in crickets in late summer, so entry points and exterior lighting are part of the plan.
They are painful but solitary. Texas A&M says a velvet ant sting is usually much more painful than a bee sting, though multiple stings are unlikely. Seek care quickly for a rash or trouble breathing. Wear shoes outdoors, keep children from handling them, and ask about the rest of your yard when you request an estimate.
Amarillo stands at 3,662 feet, more than 400 feet higher than Lubbock, on the flat Llano Estacado where wind, hail and sudden storms define the year. Pests here arrive with rain, lights and warm buildings.
Potter County's seat is Amarillo, whose southern half spills into Randall County. The 2020 census counted 200,393 residents. The town began in 1887 as Oneida on the Fort Worth and Denver City Railway, and in 1888 much of it was moved east to higher ground after flooding concerns. Cattle shipping built it first, then natural gas in 1918, oil in 1921 and a helium plant in 1929.
Drainage is poor on this level ground, so rain evaporates, soaks in or collects in playa lakes. Palo Duro Canyon lies about 25 miles southeast, and the Canadian River runs about 20 miles northeast of town. The city gets roughly 20 inches of precipitation a year, about 61 days at 90 degrees or above, and nearly 9 days that never rise above freezing. Precision Pest Control quotes Amarillo home, business and real estate work for free.
Local field notes
What our technicians check first on a Amarillo property
Unique to Amarillo
Local conditions decide where pests live and how they get in. These are the Amarillo details that shape every plan we write here.
Walk the foundation first. AgriLife recommends keeping the soil line 6 to 8 inches below wood siding, sloping the grade away from the walls in every direction, and separating wood steps and porch posts from the dirt. Gutters that overflow near the slab give termites moisture, and the same water raises mosquitoes in puddles beside the house.
Then seal the shell. Roaches use cracks near loose doors and windows plus openings where pipes and wires enter, and crickets slip under thresholds and through weep holes. Caulk the gaps, fit door sweeps and plug weep holes with steel or brass wool. Starter plans cost $57, and eco-friendly products do the work outside.
Pass a few details about your Amarillo property to us on the web estimate page, or ring (512) 561-7451.
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