Pest control in Alvin

Request a county spray at 979-265-4261, ext. 1532, or through Brazoria County's online request form. A yard program from a private company is a separate purchase from the district's aerial and truck spraying. HomeGuide's national figures put mosquito treatments at $80 to $150 a visit or $350 to $1,000 a season, with the highest prices in warm, humid places.

DSHS says mosquitoes stay active in much of Texas into November and December. Tipping out buckets, tires and plant pots and clearing clogged gutters cuts breeding at the source, and DSHS also advises EPA-registered repellent outdoors. Its July 2023 release counted 42 West Nile disease cases and 7 deaths in Texas in 2022.

The striped bark scorpion is the only one of Texas's 18 species found statewide. It hides under rocks, boards and debris around homes, and AgriLife says stings usually cause only moderate reactions, though a stung person should be watched for allergic reactions. Clearing stacked lumber and debris near the house helps.

For fire ants, AgriLife's preferred approach is the Two-Step Method: broadcast bait across the yard, then treat problem mounds. Spring and fall are the best times; in hot, dry summers the ants are less active and mounds are hard to see. Formosan termites, first found in Texas in 1956 near the Houston Ship Channel, have since been detected in 31 Texas counties, Brazoria among them. Termite treatment runs $225 to $2,500 nationally for chemical or bait work, says HomeGuide.

TDA licenses pest work by category: general pest, termite, lawn and ornamental, fumigation, weed control and wood preservation. A commercial applicator runs or works for a business that offers pest control for hire. Search TDA's lists of active licenses, or its company search by ZIP code, and match the category to the job.

Texas rules require a licensed business to keep its liability insurance for the whole license period, from an insurer authorized or registered with TDI, with 30 days' cancellation notice to TDA. If you rent a house or a small building of fewer than five units, ask for TDA's consumer information sheet at each indoor treatment; you're entitled to it. A one-time visit runs $100 to $600 and monthly service $40 to $75 a visit in HomeGuide's national figures. Treatment choices and contract terms are on the Texas pest control guide.

Spraying trees and shrubs for hire falls under TDA's lawn and ornamental category; see tree service in Alvin. The Alvin hub covers county services, and Friendswood pest control is close by.