The latest pest control news across Texas — invasive species alerts, health advisories, regulation changes, industry trends, and prevention tips from expert sources.
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New species alerts, spread tracking, and warnings about spotted lanternfly, crazy ants, Africanized bees, and other invasive pests in Texas.
Disease outbreaks, pesticide safety recalls, and public health advisories related to pests — West Nile, Chagas, dengue, Zika, and more.
New laws, EPA bans, TPCL licensing changes, tenant rights, company fines, and regulatory updates affecting pest control in Texas.
Mergers & acquisitions, IPOs, bankruptcies, new franchises, market trends, and workforce updates across the pest control industry.
Seasonal pest prevention advice, DIY methods, when to call a professional, and cost guides for Texas homeowners.
Drones, AI-powered traps, IoT monitoring, new pesticide formulations, IPM innovations, and organic pest control methods.
A $10,000 ASPCA grant let the Rio Grande Valley shelter dose at least 100 dogs against New World screwworm before the fly reaches its kennels.
Fifty-two U.S. screwworm cases and two still active: USDA's Dudley Hoskins explains the inspection regime behind port reopenings and a fly-supply plan aimed at 300 million sterile insects a week.
A man in his 60s is the county's first West Nile fatality this year. State data shows 1,376 positive mosquito pools and 57 human cases across Texas.
A hive turned on a worker and then on the officers who came to help him. The intersection near Gene Cernan is shut until the survivors disperse.
Cameron County launched a community vector-reporting line and Combes began larviciding ditches the same week new West Nile positives surfaced in Nueces, Bell and Rockwall counties.
A new Texas A&M Natural Resources Institute publication targets feral pig control on small acreage and in metro areas, where city codes and HOAs limit traps and firearms.
A Center for Biological Diversity study finds only about 120 of more than 11,000 watersheds would drop below EPA's atrazine harm threshold — a problem for the sorghum country that leans on the herbicide.
Lower Rio Grande Valley growers have filed comments telling EPA that revoking neonicotinoid food tolerances would strip their tools against Asian citrus psyllid — and their reason to keep farming.
Florida has logged more than 250 locally acquired dengue cases, the biggest continental U.S. outbreak in decades. Texas is one of the few states where local spread has happened before.
Texas has over 7,700 licensed pest control businesses and faces pest pressure year-round across its 254 counties. Regulations change, new species arrive, disease vectors shift patterns, and the industry itself is consolidating faster than most homeowners realize. Staying informed is not optional — it directly affects what treatments are available, what they cost, and whether your provider is operating legally.
We monitor primary sources that matter for Texas residents and pest management professionals: Texas Department of Agriculture enforcement actions and licensing updates, EPA Federal Register pesticide decisions, DSHS vector surveillance reports, USDA APHIS quarantine notices, CDC MMWR disease data, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension research, NPMA industry surveys, and SEC filings from publicly traded pest control companies. Every article links to its original source so you can verify the data independently.
Coverage is organized into six categories — each focused on a distinct area of pest control that affects Texas differently. Whether you are a homeowner checking if your county has a new mosquito-borne disease advisory, a property manager tracking regulation changes, or an industry professional following market consolidation, you can go directly to the category that matters to you.
How often is this newsroom updated?
New articles appear whenever primary-source Texas pest news warrants coverage — typically several per month during peak pest seasons (spring and fall) and fewer during the summer and winter lulls. The full archive plus category filters is available here.
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