Termite control in Pflugerville, TX.
Blackland clay under Pflugerville holds rain like a grudge, and subterranean termites live in that damp soil, tunneling up to the slab through pencil-width mud tubes. We treat with in-ground bait stations and write official WDI reports for home sales. Both are quoted on inspection, so you get the number before any work begins.
Written by the Bastion Pest Control service team · Licensed & insured in Texas · Last updated
Termite control in Pflugerville, the short version
Clay that stays damp, creeks on three sides, and new slabs going in every month. Subterranean termites like all three. Here is the short answer to each part.
- Swarm season
- February to May
- Most often March and April, by day, usually after a spring rain.
- Native vs Formosan
- Mostly native
- Formosan is on Texas A&M's Travis County detection list, but it is mostly a Gulf Coast termite.
- How they get in
- Mud tubes
- Pencil-width, up the slab edge.
- What we use
- Bait stations
- Set in the soil, checked on a schedule.
- Home sale
- WDI report
- Official TDA form, quoted when you book.
- Price
- Quoted on inspection
- You get the number before any work begins.
Termite work is quoted on inspection.
Falcon Pointe, Sorento or a farmhouse lot out by Wilbarger Creek, no two foundations are the same, so we look before we price. Slab or pier and beam, how many feet of wall, where the activity is and whether you need bait stations or a WDI report for a sale all move the number. The inspection to quote a treatment is free. Termites are a separate service, not part of the monthly plan.
See full pricing details →In-ground bait stations around the house, priced per property after we see it. A WDI report for a home sale is quoted when you book.
| Bait stationsTreatment | WDI reportHome sale | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is for | Finding and working the colony in the soil around the house | An official wood destroying insect report for a buyer or lender |
| Right for you if | You have seen mud tubes, swarmers or damage, or want stations in the ground | You are buying or selling a home in Pflugerville |
| What you get | An inspection, stations set in the soil around the house, and scheduled checks | A full inspection and the official report |
| Liquid barrier | Not offered. We use bait stations only | Not part of a report |
| Part of the monthly plan? | No, termite work is its own job | No, booked on its own |
| Price | Quoted on inspection | Quoted when you book |
Termite work is not part of the $66 or $166 monthly plan. You get the number before we start.
How we treat termites in Pflugerville.
Three steps: find them, feed them, keep watching. Termites get bait stations because the colony lives in the soil, and the workers you never see are the ones that carry the bait home to everyone else.
1
Inspect
A flashlight, a probe and a moisture meter along the slab, the garage and every plumbing opening. On Pflugerville clay we pay extra attention to slab joints and anywhere mulch or soil sits high against the foundation.
2
Install stations
Stations go into the soil around the house, in mulch beds and along the foundation where workers forage. The bait is slow on purpose, so it has time to spread.
3
Monitor
We check every station on a schedule and add bait where termites are feeding. Texas A&M AgriLife says complete control can take several weeks, and nobody can predict when a colony finds a new station. The stations stay in after, because a new colony can move into the yard later.
Seeing mud tubes or wings in your Pflugerville home?
Free inspection quote, same-day service most days, and you get the price before any work begins.
Why termites find Pflugerville homes.
Pflugerville sits on blackland prairie: deep dark clay that holds water like a sponge that never learned to let go. Subterranean termites need moisture, and the colony lives in that soil, not in your house. The workers reach the wood by building hollow mud tubes up over the concrete, so most homeowners never see a worker. They see a pencil-width brown line on the slab edge, or a swarm by a window in March. Nothing arrived that week. The colony was already in the yard, feeding all year.
The clay also moves. It shrinks in the summer heat and swells when the rain comes, and that movement opens gaps around slabs and utility penetrations. Then add how fast Pflugerville is going up. Every new section in Falcon Pointe, Sorento or the Commons at Rowe Lane means new slabs with expansion joints and plumbing openings, fresh irrigation, and new mulch beds against the foundation. Those joints and openings are exactly where workers build their tubes to reach wood without coming into the open.
Then there is the water. Lake Pflugerville, Gilleland Creek, Wilbarger Creek and the drainage easements that thread between neighborhoods all keep soil moisture high year-round. Sprinklers do the rest. A leaking valve box, a downspout emptying against the slab, or a flower bed watered every morning keeps the soil damp right next to the wall. Wood touching that soil, like a fence post, a garden border or firewood stacked by the house, is a bridge the termites do not even have to build.
That combination is why spraying a swarm does nothing for the house. Swarmers cannot damage wood and live about a day, and the colony that sent them is still in the ground. Effective termite control here means inspecting the slab edge and plumbing openings, setting bait stations in the soil where workers forage, and checking them on a schedule so the bait reaches the colony. Keeping soil 6 to 8 inches below the top of the foundation and wood mulch off the walls helps, but it will not end a colony that is already there.
Blackland clay soil
Holds rainwater against the foundation, then shrinks and swells, opening gaps around the slab.
New construction
New slabs bring expansion joints, plumbing openings and fresh mulch beds right against the wall.
Creek & lake corridors
Gilleland and Wilbarger Creeks keep soil moisture high, which is what subterranean colonies need.
Irrigation systems
Sprinklers and leaky valve boxes keep the soil at the slab edge damp all summer.
When termites swarm in Pflugerville.
Termites have a swarm season, not an off season. Native swarmers fly by day from February to May, mostly in March and April. Formosan termites, rare this far from the coast, fly at night in late May and early June. The colony underground feeds all year.
Swarmers fly by day, usually after a spring rain. A pile of equal-size wings by a window means the swarm came out inside.
At night, toward porch lights and windows. Travis County is on Texas A&M's detection list, though it is mostly a Gulf Coast termite.
No swarms to see, but the colony keeps feeding. A quiet month for swarms is not a quiet month for the slab.
What we actually find on termite jobs in Pflugerville.
Every photo below came off a real Pflugerville service call. Mud tubes, discarded wings and hollowed wood are the three things that tell you it is termites and not ants.
Photographs from our own Pflugerville visits. All six are common across the area. 843-480-8699 and we will identify it for you.
The termites we find in Pflugerville.
Every termite in a Pflugerville yard lives in the soil and comes up to the wood. These are the four you are most likely to meet, and the swarmer is the one most people actually see. Workers do the damage, soldiers guard the tunnels, and swarmers start new colonies.
How to tell it is termites, not a one-off.
One winged bug on the sill could be anything. In Pflugerville in March, it is worth a closer look. Termites are found from what they leave far more often than from a sighting, and in that damp clay the colony was never far away. These are the signs worth a call. Describe it or text a photo, and most days we can tell termites from flying ants before anyone drives out.
- Pencil-width mud tubes on the slab edge, piers or plumbing openings
- A pile of equal-size wings on a windowsill or by a door
- Winged swarmers indoors, most often in March and April
- Wood that sounds hollow when you tap it
- Dried mud packed in slab cracks or along baseboards
- Blistered baseboards or trim that give under a thumb
- Galleries along the grain lined with dried mud, not sawdust
- Termites in a fence post, garden border or woodpile near the house
From one end of Pflugerville to the other.
Termites do not care how new the house is. In Falcon Pointe, Sorento and the Commons at Rowe Lane, new slabs bring fresh joints, plumbing openings and mulch beds right against the foundation. Around the ponds and creek edges, Villages of Hidden Lake and Blackhawk keep soil damp against the slab. Looking for termite control in Pflugerville? Bait stations and WDI reports run on the same routes.
Not listed? We almost certainly cover it, see pest control in Pflugerville or the full service area.
Pflugerville termite control, the questions we get most.
How much does termite control cost in Pflugerville, TX?
We quote termite work on inspection, so there is no price until we have seen the house. Slab or pier and beam, how many feet of wall and where the activity is all change the number, and the inspection to quote a treatment is free. Termite treatment is a separate service and is not part of the monthly general pest plan. A WDI report for a home sale is quoted when you book. See pricing for everything else.
Do I need a WDI report to sell my Pflugerville home?
If your buyer's lender asks for one, yes. A wood destroying insect (WDI) inspection is a visual check for termites, other wood destroying insects and the conditions that invite them, written on the official form the Texas Department of Agriculture prescribes. A VA loan requires one anywhere in Texas, and other lenders and buyers can ask for one too. We write them for Pflugerville sales, and the report is quoted when you book.
Is it a termite or an ant swarmer?
Three checks settle it. A termite swarmer has straight, beadlike antennae, a thick waist and four wings of equal size. A flying ant has elbowed antennae, a pinched waist and front wings longer than the back pair. Pflugerville springs bring both, since fire ant swarmers fly after rain too, so check before you worry. Our guide to termite vs ant swarmers walks through it, and if it turns out to be ants, see ant control in Pflugerville.
When do termites swarm in Pflugerville?
Texas A&M says termite swarms can happen in any month but are most common from February to May, usually in March and April, and native subterranean termites swarm by day, often after rain. Formosan subterranean termites swarm at night in late May and early June and fly toward lights. Travis County is on Texas A&M's detection list for Formosans, though they are mostly an upper Gulf Coast pest. The colony in the soil feeds all year either way.
Do you do liquid termite treatments?
No. Our termite treatment is in-ground bait stations, set in the soil around the house and checked on a schedule. Workers eat the bait and carry it back to feed the colony, and the active ingredient is slow on purpose so it spreads before it works. The stations stay in after the colony is gone, because a new colony can move into the yard later. More on how it works on our termite control page.
Does a swarm inside my Pflugerville house mean termites?
If they are termites and they came out inside, almost certainly. Swarmers leave from the colony that is already feeding in that wall, and they cannot damage wood and live about a day. Save a few in a bag or the freezer, note where they came out, and vacuum the rest. If you saw them outside in a fence or woodpile, the colony may not be in the house at all, but walk the slab edge and look for mud tubes anyway.
Are new-construction homes in Pflugerville at risk for termites?
New does not mean immune. Freshly built sections in Sorento or the Commons at Rowe Lane sit on the same damp blackland clay as everything else, and new slabs come with expansion joints and plumbing openings that workers can tube through. Fresh mulch beds and sprinklers keep the soil at the foundation damp from the first summer. Texas A&M rates the chance of damage within 25 years for an unprotected home as very high, which is why stations go in the ground, not in a drawer.
How do I make my Pflugerville yard less attractive to termites?
Take away moisture and wood-to-soil contact. Keep the soil sloping away from the foundation, fix leaky valve boxes and downspouts that empty against the slab, and keep the soil at least 6 to 8 inches below the top of the foundation or the siding, which is the line Texas A&M AgriLife draws. Keep firewood, lumber and wood mulch from piling against the walls. None of this ends a colony that is already there, but it removes the easy way in.
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