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 supergene of more than 500 genes tilts fire ant body size toward queenship, a University of Georgia study finds. Texas has both colony forms.
A Mitchell County bovine on Nov. 4 produced Infested Zone 30 across Fisher, Mitchell, Nolan and Scurry counties — a quarantine island in the Rolling Plains with no border to any existing zone.
Texas A&M's Center for Grazinglands and Ranch Management received about $1 million from the National Grazing Lands Coalition to build early detection and grazing strategy for pasture mealybug.
USDA confirmed an active New World screwworm case in a Starr County dog this week, the Rio Grande Valley's first pet infection, as federal sterile-fly production stays below target.
A Texas appeals court threw out a Conroe beekeeper's suit against her HOA on ripeness, leaving the real question open and a $2,500 fee order in place. The paperwork before a fine is the part worth reading.
Clayton Tucker is the first Democrat to lead the Texas Department of Agriculture since 1990, and the job includes the structural pest control program, the pesticide program and eleven advisory seats he gets to fill.
The FDA issued a Nov. 3 emergency use authorization letting veterinarians use Bravecto (fluralaner) to treat New World screwworm in dogs, the fourth isoxazoline cleared for the parasite.
A $2.2 million USDA award sends UTRGV researchers after thermal imaging, machine learning and South Texas plant chemistry to find screwworm before a person walks the pasture.
Texas A&M researchers wired a mealybug to a sensor and found heat pushes it to salivate into the plant more often — a possible answer to why identical infestations do unequal damage.
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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