Puss Caterpillar / Asp Control in San Antonio, TX

Short version: if there's a puss caterpillar / asp nest on your property in San Antonio, we can get out there and take care of it — usually same-day, sometimes next morning if the call comes in late. Longer version is on this page. We'll walk through how to tell it's actually puss caterpillar / asp you're looking at (about a third of our puss caterpillar / asp calls turn out to be a look-alike), what's making it show up on your property right now, and what we'll do when we get there.

Why puss caterpillar / asp matters in San Antonio

The biology below applies everywhere puss caterpillar / asp lives — but what makes San Antonio its own problem is this:

Helotes and Government Canyon: Native oak/cedar habitat with high asp pressure on the wooded subdivisions.

About the puss caterpillar / asp

The species name opercularis refers to the cocoon's operculum trap door.

Where puss caterpillar / asp shows up in San Antonio

The Dominion / Leon Springs (78257) — Custom homes on wooded lots with TPC/La Cantera golf proximity. See separate Leon Springs town page — this area behaves ecologically more like Boerne than like central San Antonio.

When to act in San Antonio

San Antonio's stinging-insect cycle runs nearly year-round because winters are mild enough that structural honey bee colonies and indoor yellowjacket populations stay active:

How we treat puss caterpillar / asp in San Antonio

Here's how the job actually runs on a puss caterpillar / asp call in San Antonio. We start with a free look — no quote over the phone, because we can't tell what we're dealing with until we see it. Our tech pulls up, walks the property, finds the nest (not always where the customer thinks it is), and we have a five-minute conversation about options before anything gets sprayed.

Habitat and exposure reduction: