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Mosquito control in Central Texas: the quick facts
Mosquito season in Central Texas runs May to November and peaks in August and September. Austin Public Health traps and tests across those months for West Nile virus. Mosquito control is part of the $166 a month package, and it works by removing breeding sites rather than only spraying adults.
- Official season
- May to November
- Austin Public Health traps and tests for West Nile across these months.
- Peak months
- August & September
- Hottest water, shortest breeding cycle, and the most mosquitoes.
- The real fix
- Standing water
- A bottle cap of water is enough to breed hundreds of them.
- Included in
- The $166/mo plan
- Mosquitoes ride with fleas and ticks on the add-on package.
Written by the Bastion Pest Control service team · Licensed & insured in Texas · Last updated
Mosquitoes in Central Texas.
Austin's warm, wet climate makes it mosquito paradise, and they carry West Nile, Zika and heartworm. One bottle cap of standing water can breed hundreds.
Sprays that only kill adults last about a day. We go after the breeding sites and the shaded spots where they hide out, so the population actually collapses instead of taking a nap.
Seasonal pattern
When is mosquito season in Central Texas?
Mosquito season in Central Texas is long rather than sharp. Activity lifts in April, runs hard through summer, and keeps going into November. Austin Public Health traps and tests mosquitoes for West Nile virus across almost exactly that window, which is a useful way to know when to take it seriously. Every other pest on the same year is in our month-by-month Austin pest calendar.
- Peak season
- August & September
- Hottest water, shortest breeding cycle, most mosquitoes. This is also when West Nile detections usually climb.
- Official season
- May to November
- Austin Public Health traps and tests across these months. If the city is watching, so should you be.
- The real fix
- Standing water
- A bottle cap of water is enough. Treatment works far better once the breeding sites on your property are gone.
Warning signs
Dusk bites mean breeding water.
Standing water anywhere on the property
Mosquitoes resting in shaded plants
Wrigglers in a plant saucer or birdbath
You cannot sit outside past six without repellent
Anything that holds water for a week breeds mosquitoes, so before you call, walk the yard and look for saucers, gutters and the bromeliad. Then call 843-480-8699 and tell us what you found and when the bites are worst. Most of the time that is enough to tell you whether it needs same-day treatment.
How we get rid of mosquitos.
Inspect
We map every breeding site: water, drains, shade.
Treat
Barrier treatment of the yard, kid and pet friendly.
Protect
Monthly treatment through the season, so the population never gets a chance to rebuild.
Where mosquitoes actually breed in Central Texas.
Every photo here came off a real service visit around the Austin metro. Look at what is breeding them: not a pond or a creek, but a plant saucer, a terracotta dish and a bromeliad. Container water is where Central Texas mosquitoes come from.
A single plant saucer holding the entire life cycle. The pale raft is eggs, the wrigglers hanging at the surface are larvae, and the curled ones are pupae about to emerge.
Two weeks of an unemptied dish. A female lays a hundred or more eggs at a time, and every larva here is roughly a week from flying.
The adult is resting on the rim directly above her own larvae. One neglected container, one complete generation.
Half a dozen of them lined up on one dish. This is what a single unemptied saucer turns into over two weeks.
Bromeliads hold water in the leaf cups, which makes an ornamental plant into a breeding site. Worth flushing them weekly.
The end of the chain. Bred in a container twenty feet away, and now working the screen at the exact hour you want the door open.
Photographs by the Bastion Pest Control service team. Tipping out every container on the property once a week does more for mosquito numbers than any spray on its own. Questions? Call 843-480-8699.
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Free re-treatments between scheduled visits on any recurring plan.
What it costs
Mosquito control comes with the full plan.
Mosquitoes, fleas and ticks are one add-on package on top of the general plan. The work is exterior: the yard, the perimeter and the shaded spots where they rest through the day, plus the standing water that is actually breeding them.
| General Pest + RodentNo mosquitoes | General + Rodent + MosquitoMost complete | |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | Ants, spiders, cockroaches, scorpions, wasps and rodents | Everything in the general plan, plus a yard you can sit in after dark |
| Mosquitoes, fleas and ticks | Not included | Included, exterior treatment |
| Where we treat | Foundation band, granular yard moat and property line | The same three layers, plus shaded harborage and standing-water sites |
| Heaviest season | Year-round | May through November, which is the window Austin Public Health traps across |
| If they come back | Free re-treatments between visits | Free re-treatments between visits |
| Price | From $66 a month* | From $166 a month* |
A spray that only kills adults lasts about a day. Removing breeding sites is what makes the population collapse instead of take a nap, which is why the first visit is half inspection.
* Starting price. Your exact number depends on home size, lot size and current pest pressure.
Mosquito control, answered straight.
When is mosquito season in Central Texas?
May to November, peaking in August and September. Austin Public Health traps and tests mosquitoes for West Nile virus across almost exactly that window, which is a useful way to know when to take it seriously. Mosquitoes are present here year-round, but the population is largest and most active from May through November.
Why does spraying for mosquitoes stop working after a day?
Because a spray that only kills adults does exactly that and nothing else. The eggs and larvae sitting in water on your property are untouched, so the next batch emerges within about a week. Removing the breeding sites is what makes a population collapse instead of rebuild, which is why our first visit is half inspection.
Where do mosquitoes actually breed around Austin homes?
Containers, not creeks. Plant saucers, an unemptied terracotta dish, a bromeliad, clogged gutters, and anything else that holds water for a week. One bottle cap of standing water can breed hundreds. Walk the yard before you call and you will usually find the source yourself.
What time of day do mosquitoes bite in Central Texas?
The southern house mosquito, which is the main West Nile carrier here, bites from dusk through to dawn. If you cannot sit outside past six without repellent, that is the pattern you are seeing, and it means there is breeding water on or near the property.
How much does mosquito control cost?
Mosquitoes sit in the add-on package with fleas and ticks, which brings the general plan to $166 a month. The general plan on its own is $66 a month and does not include mosquitoes. Both are starting rates for a single-family home, and free re-treatments between visits apply either way.
Is mosquito treatment safe for kids and pets?
The barrier treatment goes on the yard, the perimeter and the shaded spots where mosquitoes rest through the day, and it is kid and pet friendly once it has dried. Your technician tells you how long that takes on the day, because it depends more on the weather than on the product.
More questions? Read the full FAQ or get a free quote.
Mosquito control where you live.
Creeks decide this one. Shoal and Waller in Austin, Brushy Creek through Round Rock and Hutto, the San Gabriel in Georgetown, plus the retention ponds in the newer subdivisions. Find your city to see where the water sits near you.
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