Red Wasp Control in San Antonio, TX

Most of what you read online about red wasp is written by someone who's never set foot in San Antonio. The biology is roughly right, the treatment advice usually isn't — not for this soil, not for this kind of housing stock, not for the way red wasp actually nests here. Below is what we know from doing it, week in and week out. If you're short on time, skim the "where it shows up" section and call us.

Why red wasp matters in San Antonio

Before we get into treatment, here's a minute on why San Antonio has the red wasp pressure it does. It matters because it changes the timing of what we do.

Where red wasps concentrate locally:

About the red wasp

The three look-alikes and how to tell them apart:

Where red wasp shows up in San Antonio

Alamo Ranch / Far West SA (1604 W corridor) — Newer builds from the 2000s-2010s in a scrub-cedar transition zone adjacent to Government Canyon. High fire ant pressure, tarantula hawk sightings in summer, and standard paper wasp workload.

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 red wasp in San Antonio

A few things we won't do: we won't spray from 20 feet and call it done, we won't sell you a six-month contract for a problem that's going to resolve in three weeks anyway, and we won't recommend treatment if what you've got is harmless. That last one happens more often than you'd think with red wasp calls in San Antonio.

Red wasp treatment differs from other paper wasp treatment in ways that matter: