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Houston, TX Pest Control

In Houston, Precision Pest Control works on prewar bungalows in the Heights and Montrose, slab-on-grade subdivisions beyond Loop 610 and the bayou-side streets of Meyerland and Clear Lake City. Plans address termites, cockroaches, mosquitoes, fire ants, rats and crazy ants, and termite and pest inspections serve Harris County sales alongside commercial service.

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What Precision Pest Control offers

Our Pest Control Services in Houston

Houston is flat, humid and crisscrossed by bayous, so pest control here is a year-round job. Precision Pest Control works with homes, apartments and businesses from Midtown to Westchase. Houston customers can count on plans from $57, products that are eco-friendly and an estimate that costs nothing.

Residential Pest Control in Houston, TX

Residential Pest Control

Home service for pier-and-beam houses inside the loop and slab homes farther out, with attention to termites, big roaches, rats and ants after heavy rain.

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Commercial Pest Control in Houston, TX

Commercial Pest Control

Plans for Houston eateries, offices, warehouses and apartment properties in Uptown, the Museum District, the East End and beyond, where drains and floodwater draw roaches and rodents.

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Termite and Pest Inspections in Houston, TX

Termite and Pest Inspections

Heights bungalow or Sharpstown ranch, a termite and pest inspection hands Houston buyers, sellers and agents clear findings ahead of closing.

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Get a Free Pest Control Estimate for Your Houston Property

Tell us what you are seeing and where. We will recommend a plan for your home or business, with service plans from $57.

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  1. 1Request your free estimateOnline or by phone, for a home, rental or business.
  2. 2We inspect and explainYou see where pests get in and what the plan covers.
  3. 3Service plans from $57Eco-friendly products, built around your property.

What we treat

Exterminator Services We Offer in Houston

Termites, Big Roaches and Floodwater Pests in Houston Homes

Formosan and native subterranean termites

Subterranean Termite Control in Houston

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension places the state's heaviest termite populations along the coast, and Harris County has both native and Formosan subterranean termites. Formosan colonies run several times larger than native ones, and they can build carton nests inside walls. Native swarmers fly on spring afternoons; Formosan swarmers fly after dark from early May through June and gather at lights. Some Texas termite contracts exclude the Formosan species, so get an identification first.

American and smokybrown cockroaches

Cockroach Control in Houston

The American cockroach, the largest roach in Texas at up to 2 inches, is one of the most common roaches in sewer systems and comes indoors through floor drains, so keep every P-trap filled with water. The smokybrown cockroach, dark brown to black, is common outdoors in the humid parts of the state and lives in mulch, tree holes, palm fronds, soffits and attic eaves.

Southern house mosquitoes and day-biting Aedes

Mosquito Control in Houston

Harris County Public Health's Mosquito and Vector Control Division traps mosquitoes all year and tests them for West Nile virus, St. Louis encephalitis, dengue, Zika and chikungunya. The southern house mosquito, which AgriLife calls the most important carrier of the first two in the eastern United States, breeds in polluted standing water and bites from evening until early morning. Yellow fever and Asian tiger mosquitoes breed in buckets and tires and bite by day.

Red imported fire ants

Fire Ant Control in Houston

Fire ants infest the eastern two-thirds of Texas, and an average colony holds 100,000 to 500,000 workers. They matter more here than in most cities because floodwater does not drown them. A flooded colony leaves the soil, clumps into a floating mass with its queens and brood, and drifts until it touches something dry. Afterward the ants regroup under debris, carpet strips and old lumber.

Roof rats and Norway rats

Rodent Control in Houston

AgriLife's Wildlife Services tells the two local rats apart by where they nest. Norway rats burrow under foundations, floors and rubbish piles. Roof rats seldom dig; they nest in attics and double walls, and a hole the size of a quarter lets one in. Both chew wiring, a fire hazard, and leave droppings and greasy smears along their runways. Extension entomologists advise sealing entry points before trapping.

Tawny crazy ants

Ant Control in Houston

Once called the Rasberry crazy ant, this invader was found around Houston in 2002 and is now confirmed in Harris and more than 30 other Texas counties. Workers are reddish brown, an eighth of an inch long and build no mounds; they nest under anything damp and forage in erratic trails by the million. They cannot sting, but they pile into electrical equipment and short it out. Most ant baits do not attract them.

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  • Rodent Control
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Pest control treatment in Houston, TX

Seasonal Pest Control in Houston

  1. Spring, March to May

    Native subterranean termites release winged swarmers in early spring, typically on a warm afternoon, and by early May the Formosan termite takes its turn at night. Fire ant mating flights are most common in spring and fall, usually on the afternoon after a rain, and paper wasp queens begin new nests under eaves.

  2. Wet season, April to October

    Most of Houston's rain falls in these months, and the temperature reaches 90 degrees on about 106 days a year. After a big storm mosquitoes arrive in waves: aggressive floodwater species, then container breeders, then Culex once puddles and storm drains stagnate. West Nile risk is highest from June through September, and tawny crazy ants peak in July and August.

  3. Winter, December to February

    January's normal mean temperature is 53 degrees and freezes arrive on only about 13 days a year, so pests slow down without stopping. Roof rats produce most of their young in winter and spring, a sensible time to look over the attic for droppings and gnawed wiring.

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Houston Pest Control FAQ

Looking for pest control near you in Houston? Call (512) 561-7451 or request a free estimate.

Are Formosan termites in Houston?

Yes. Texas A&M AgriLife Extension lists Harris County among the Texas counties with Formosan subterranean termites, and the state's first infestations were discovered in 1956 near the Houston Ship Channel in Pasadena. The species also attacks living trees, including pecan, sweet gum, willow and white oak. Yellowish-brown swarmers about half an inch long circling a light on a May or June night are often the first clue.

Do fire ants really float during Houston floods?

Yes. Rising water does not kill red imported fire ants. AgriLife entomologists say the whole colony, queens and brood included, forms a floating mass that can look like a ribbon, a mat or a ball and rides the current until it reaches dry ground. Stay clear of the rafts, keep oars away from them, and assume ants are under any debris pile left behind.

What are the big roaches in Houston called?

Most are American cockroaches or smokybrown cockroaches. The American cockroach, also called a waterbug or palmetto bug, is reddish brown with a pale yellowish band behind the head and grows to 1.5 to 2 inches. The smokybrown is a little smaller and uniformly dark. Both live mainly outdoors, unlike the small German cockroach, which spends its whole life inside buildings.

What do Houston plans cost?

Houston plans start at $57. A house raised on piers in the Heights and a slab home in Westchase raise different concerns, so every property begins with a free estimate. The plan is then fitted to the size of the lot and to the pests active around it.

Does Precision Pest Control work on Houston businesses?

Yes. Restaurants, offices, warehouses and apartment properties in Houston are served along with houses. Drains, loading areas and standing water invite cockroaches and rodents, so the estimate for a business covers the building and its surroundings. A free estimate comes first.

Does selling a Houston home call for a termite inspection?

It often comes up. With Formosan and native termites both in Harris County, buyers tend to ask. Our termite and pest inspection produces a written record, so sellers, buyers and agents have the same facts when a sale heads to closing.

Are Houston treatments eco-friendly?

Precision Pest Control uses eco-friendly products on Houston homes and businesses. If kids, pets or a backyard garden are close to the bayou side of your lot, let us know while arranging the estimate so the plan accounts for them.

How do I get service started in Houston?

Ask for a free estimate online or call (512) 561-7451. Share the type of property and whatever you have noticed, such as swarmers, roaches or ants after a storm, then choose a plan and schedule service through the website. Plans begin at $57.

Houston, Texas

Why Houston Is a Hotspot for Pests

Houston covers more than 640 square miles of flat Gulf coastal plain drained by four major bayous. Clay soil, nearly 50 inches of rain a year and mild winters mean termites, cockroaches, mosquitoes and rats rarely take a season off.

Houston, the Harris County seat, is the most populous city in Texas, with 2,304,580 residents in the 2020 census. Downtown stands about 50 feet above sea level, and the highest point, far to the northwest, reaches only about 150 feet. Buffalo Bayou runs through downtown to the Houston Ship Channel, joined by White Oak, Brays and Sims bayous, and the clay-heavy prairie soil lets rain soak in slowly.

It is also the largest American city without formal zoning; voters rejected separate residential and commercial districts in 1948, 1962 and 1993. Inside Loop 610 are neighborhoods built before World War II, among them the Heights, founded in the 1890s as a streetcar suburb on ground 23 feet higher than the old city. Beyond the loop most housing is newer and suburban, and each setting draws its own pests.

Homes in Houston, TX

Local field notes

What our technicians check first on a Houston property

Unique to Houston

What Makes Houston Different for Pest Control

Crawl spaces, slabs and clay soil under Houston houses

Local conditions decide where pests live and how they get in. These are the Houston details that shape every plan we write here.

  1. Prewar houses inside the loop and slab homes farther out give termites different openings. Where a house is raised on piers, AgriLife recommends at least 18 inches between the floor joists and the ground, a plastic moisture barrier over most of the crawl space soil and vents placed for cross ventilation.

  2. On a slab, the weak points are plumbing penetrations, the bath trap and any place where soil or mulch is piled above the foundation line; keep the grade 6 to 8 inches below the top of the slab. AgriLife adds that watering the ground beside a foundation, a habit meant to prevent cracking, can also attract foraging termites.

Areas We Serve Around Houston

  • Houston Heights
  • Montrose
  • Midtown
  • Museum District
  • Third Ward
  • East End
  • Meyerland
  • Sharpstown
  • Memorial
  • Uptown
  • Westchase
  • Clear Lake City

Houston pests do not wait for a dry week

From $57 a plan, Precision Pest Control treats Houston homes, businesses and real estate listings with eco-friendly products; request the free estimate from this page, or call (512) 561-7451.

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