Scorpion control in West Lake Hills, TX.
Limestone runs under West Lake Hills, and the rock walls, stone veneer and natural ledges on most lots give striped bark scorpions cover right against the house. We treat that rock and seal the gaps they slip through. It is all part of the general plan from $66 a month, with free re-treatments between visits.
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West Lake Hills scorpions in 60 seconds
Found a scorpion on the bathroom floor of your West Lake Hills home? You are far from the first. Here is the short version of what you are up against.
- Most common
- Striped bark
- Lives in the cracked limestone and rock walls the city sits on, and climbs well.
- Included in
- $66/mo plan*
- Rob Roy, Rollingwood or Lost Creek, scorpion work costs nothing extra on the plan.
- Peak season
- May - September
- Mild winters mean a stray one can turn up in any month.
- Treatment
- Harborage + sealing
- A spray by itself will not keep them out.
- Guarantee
- Free re-treatments
- If one shows up between visits, the return trip is free.
Scorpion control is included in the general pest plan.
Limestone means steady scorpion pressure in West Lake Hills, and it still costs you nothing extra. Scorpions are handled on every recurring visit as a normal part of the general pest plan. If one gets past the sealing and turns up between visits, we come back free. Your price comes from the house, the lot and how much activity we find, not from which pest it is.
See full pricing details →Single-family homes in West Lake Hills start here. Scorpion control and free re-treatments between visits come with it.
| General pest planRecurring | One-time treatmentSingle visit | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is for | Keeping scorpions out of the structure year-round | Treating one active problem now |
| Right for you if | You have seen one indoors and do not want to see another | You are selling, or you want to try us once |
| What you get | Full TriBarrier every visit, plus the gaps they use to get in | One full TriBarrier treatment |
| If they come back | We re-treat free, with no limit and no trip fee | A return visit is a new charge |
| Other pests covered | Ants, spiders, cockroaches, wasps and rodents | Scorpions only |
| Price | From $66 a month* | Quoted per job* |
* Starting price. Your exact number depends on home size, lot size and current pest pressure.
How we handle scorpions in West Lake Hills.
A scorpion's waxy shell and tiptoe walk mean it picks up much less product than an insect crossing the same ground, so spraying alone falls short. In a city of rock walls and stone, the real work is treating where they hide and closing the ways in.
1
Treat the harborage
We apply directly into where they spend daylight: rock walls, landscape stone, mulched beds, slab cracks, weep holes, under decks and garage voids, not just a perimeter band.
2
Close the entry routes
We seal and treat weep holes, expansion joints, garage-door corners, line-set penetrations and soffit gaps. Exclusion is the difference between a fix and a rerun.
3
Remove their food
The full TriBarrier treatment suppresses the crickets, roaches and spiders scorpions hunt. Fewer prey insects near the house means far less reason for a scorpion to stay. The EPA's integrated pest management principles make the same case for reducing habitat before reaching for product.
Sound like your West Lake Hills home?
Free quote, same-day service most days, and free re-treatments if they come back between visits.
Why West Lake Hills has so many scorpions.
Start with the ground. West Lake Hills is built on limestone, and its homes step down wooded hillsides between Lake Austin and Barton Creek. Limestone is full of cracks, seams and hollows that stay cool, dark and a little damp through the heat, which is just the daytime shelter a striped bark scorpion looks for. On a hillside lot, that rock often sits right at the surface as a natural ledge.
Then look at how the lots are finished. Rock retaining walls, stone veneer, limestone ledges and native landscaping show up on almost every property. Each one is a stack of tight, shaded gaps sitting against the foundation. When we inspect a home here, the stone nearest the house is the first thing we lift, because that is where they spend the day.
Trees add a second route. Old live oaks and cedar shade most of the city, and their limbs often reach over the roof. Bark scorpions got the name from sheltering under tree bark, and they climb trunks and branches as easily as walls, so a limb resting on the shingles can carry one to the soffit and into the attic.
Climbing is what catches people off guard. Striped barks are the common Texas scorpion that goes up walls without trouble, so they turn up in attics, soffits and upstairs rooms. A scorpion in an upstairs tub did not stroll in the front door. It traveled a wall void or dropped from the attic, which is why a ground-level spray around the perimeter never finishes the job.
Limestone underfoot
Cracks and seams in the bedrock stay cool and damp, the shelter scorpions want all day.
Rock walls and stone
Retaining walls, stone veneer and native rock beds put harborage right at the foundation.
Limbs over the roof
Oak and cedar branches touching the shingles give a climbing scorpion a path to the attic.
Up the walls
Expect them in attics, soffits and upstairs rooms, not only at ground level.
How the scorpion year runs in West Lake Hills.
Expect a sharp spike, not a gentle curve. Winter stays quiet, spring builds fast, and the peak lands June through August, right when the patio sees the most use. Rock walls and limestone ledges give them shade to wait out the hot days.
Hot, dry and after the sun goes down. One short season doing all the damage.
When it is dry they are looking for water, and that is the reason bathrooms come up again and again.
The count drops while the motivation shifts. Somewhere to overwinter is the aim now, and a wall void is ideal.
Places we actually find scorpions.
Every photo here comes from one of our own jobs around Central Texas. Look at the gap beside the scorpion more than the scorpion itself. That gap explains how it got indoors, and it is the part worth fixing.
Photographs by the Bastion Pest Control service team. Do not handle one for a better angle. Photograph it from a distance and text it to 843-480-8699, and we will tell you what you are looking at.
One scorpion gets indoors here. The other stays in the rock.
West Lake Hills keeps the lineup short. Inside the house it is almost always a striped bark, while the Texas cave scorpion stays out in the limestone cracks and rock walls. What changes from home to home is how much stone touches the house. A hillside lot with a dry-stack retaining wall against the back of the house sees more activity than one with lawn running up to the slab. Your technician confirms the species on site and checks the stone closest to the foundation before treating.
How dangerous is a sting?
Painful (roughly comparable to a wasp) with local swelling and numbness that typically fades within a day or two. Serious reactions are uncommon but real for small children, elderly people and anyone with a sting allergy, and those warrant medical attention. More on Texas scorpions (Texas A&M)
Where it hides during the day
Under landscape stone and boulder walls, in rock-mulched beds, beneath decks and flagstone, inside garage clutter and stored boxes, and in wall voids and attic insulation. Always somewhere dark, tight and cooler than open air.
When it is most active
Late spring through September, peaking in summer heat, and almost entirely after dark. It also presses indoors during drought looking for moisture, and after heavy rain when its rock harborage floods.
A note on bites and stings. Reactions vary from person to person, and any bite or sting can cause a serious reaction in someone sensitive to it. Nothing here is medical advice. If you are bitten or stung and feel unwell, or the reaction spreads or does not settle, contact a doctor or Poison Control. If breathing or swallowing is affected, treat it as an emergency and call 911.
How you know they are in the structure.
On a West Lake Hills lot, with limestone and rock walls all around, one stray scorpion is just part of living here. What tells us they are inside is repetition: the same bathroom, the same corner of the garage, the same few nights after a rain. That points to scorpions living in the walls, not wandering in from the yard. Call and describe what you are seeing, and we can usually tell over the phone whether it needs a visit today.
- Scorpions in a bathtub, sink or shower
- Any found upstairs or on the ceiling
- Several under landscape stone near the foundation
- Garage sightings around stored boxes
- Repeat finds in one room over several weeks
- One hiding in a shoe, the laundry or the bed
- Activity along a rock retaining wall or limestone ledge beside the house
- Finds in upstairs rooms under oak limbs that touch the roof
Scorpion service across West Lake Hills.
Rock is part of almost every lot here. Westlake Highlands has wooded hillside lots with rock walls and mature oaks over the roofs. Rob Roy sits on the bluffs near Loop 360 and Lake Austin, with plenty of native rock and cedar. Lost Creek follows Barton Creek, with deep shade and limestone banks. Whether you need a scorpion exterminator in West Lake Hills for one of those or for Davenport Ranch, Rollingwood or Barton Creek, it is the same west Austin route.
Neighborhood missing from the list? It is almost certainly on our route. See pest control in West Lake Hills or the full service area.
Scorpion questions from West Lake Hills homeowners.
What does scorpion control cost in West Lake Hills, TX?
It is part of the general pest plan, which starts at $66 a month for a single-family home in West Lake Hills, and scorpion work never adds a separate fee. That same plan also handles ants, spiders, roaches, wasps and rodents. Bigger homes and large lots cost more, and a free on-site quote sets your exact price.
Why are scorpions so common in West Lake Hills?
Limestone. The whole city is built on it, and the rock is laced with cracks and seams that stay cool and damp, the daytime shelter striped barks prefer. On top of that, most lots have rock retaining walls, stone veneer, natural ledges and native landscaping, which puts even more hiding places right against the house.
How do scorpions get inside the house?
Most come through small gaps a flat striped bark slips through easily: weep holes, expansion joints, garage-door corners, line-set penetrations and soffit gaps. Because they climb, some come in high through the attic and drop into a room. That is why an upstairs bathtub is such a common place to find one. It fell in and cannot climb the slick sides back out.
Can scorpions really be kept out, or just cut back?
Plenty of homes get to zero sightings, but only when harborage treatment and sealing work together. Spraying by itself falls short because a scorpion's waxy shell and tiptoe stance mean it touches very little product as it crosses a treated surface. Treat the rock and voids where they rest during the day, close off the ways into the house, and the result lasts.
Is scorpion treatment pet and kid friendly?
Yes. We treat cracks, voids, weep holes and rock harborage, not open floors or play areas, and we use pet and kid friendly products. Keep children and pets off treated outdoor surfaces until they dry, about 30 minutes, and your technician will tell you if a spot needs longer. If your dog likes to dig in the rock beds, let us know and we will change how we treat them.
We only saw one scorpion. Is ongoing service worth it?
In most cases, yes. Scorpions live alone and come out at night, so the one you saw usually has company you have not seen. A single visit also does nothing about the next ones moving in from the limestone and rock walls around the house. Recurring service keeps the harborage treated and the gaps sealed so they cannot settle back in.
Our yard has rock retaining walls and the house has stone veneer. Is that why we keep finding scorpions?
Very likely. Rock retaining walls, stone veneer and natural limestone ledges are full of shaded gaps, and in West Lake Hills they usually sit right next to the house. A striped bark can spend the day inside the wall and walk to your door after dark. We treat into the walls and ledges closest to the home and seal the gaps around the veneer and doors, which cuts the traffic at the source.
Do the oak limbs over our roof let scorpions into the attic?
They can. Old live oaks and cedar shade most of West Lake Hills, and their limbs often reach over the roof. Striped barks climb bark as easily as stone, so a branch touching the shingles is a bridge to the soffit and the attic. Trimming limbs back from the roofline helps, and when we see upstairs sightings, attic and soffit treatment is part of the fix.
Scorpion control around West Lake Hills
Every city we serve has scorpions, and each one gets the same crew and the same guarantee, just different rock to work around. Pick your city below, read the full scorpion control overview, or see the complete service area.
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