Topping the list of pests that are common to homes and businesses are ants. Everyone instantly recognizes these obnoxious insects as they pilfer food and deliver painfully pinch-like bites. As they march in a line, raiding the kitchen to forage what they can, people will instinctually grab a chemical and furiously drown the home invaders…
Though they are less commonly encountered than standard paper wasps or yellowjackets, bald-faced hornets are present and active in the Austin, TX area. Particularly as the colony population increases, these hornets are particularly dangerous. Because of the high risk, we at A-TEX Pest Management would like to elaborate on the fundamentals regarding bald-faced hornets in…
Crazy ants first appeared in Texas in 2002 and have been spreading and are now found in at least 15 other States. Crazy ants are also called Rasberry ants after the exterminator that first discovered them as well as tawny ants due to their coloring. A-Tex Pest Management delve further into crazy ants below. Crazy…
Yellow jackets are a type of social wasp that belongs to the family Vespidae, which is one of the largest families of wasps in the world. Similar in appearance to paper wasps, they are characterized by their black and yellow striped bodies, smooth wings and distinctive thin waist. Today, we at A-Tex Pest Management would…
For the most part, when people hear a wasp or a hornet buzzing around them, it causes panic. While panic is the worst thing you can do when you are confronted with a wasp or hornet, there is something in our nature that knows there is inherent risk there. Wasps and hornets are some of…
