Pest Control in Socorro, Texas

Socorro is one of the oldest towns in Texas, and it still feels like farm country in a lot of places. The Socorro Mission sits on the Mission Trail along Socorro Rd., fields still stretch out between neighborhoods, and newer subdivisions keep filling in on what used to be farm lots, right next to old farmhouses and adobes.

Fields and canals bring mice, termites and mosquitoes. The older homes bring their own quirks. Up Horizon Blvd. toward the mesa, the ground turns sandier and the calls shift toward scorpions and ants.

Harvest time sends the field mice your way

When the fields get cut or plowed, field mice lose their cover and head for the nearest garage. Fall is reliably the busiest rodent season here, and September and October are the time to seal up before it starts. Close gaps around garage doors and utility lines, keep weeds cut back from the walls, and store feed and pet food in sealed bins. A rodent control visit that seals the garage and utility gaps stops most of them, with traps or locked bait stations for the ones already inside.

Lots of Socorro homes sit on bigger lots with chickens, horses, gardens or feed storage. Spilled feed and overflowing water troughs draw mice, rats and crickets, and the crickets draw scorpions. Keep feed in metal bins with tight lids and don't let the troughs spill onto the ground near the house. If scorpions are following the crickets in, ask about scorpion control for valley yards. Chicken coops deserve a look too. Spilled scratch and an open feed bag will keep a rat family fed all winter, and the rats don't stay in the coop. Hang feeders, sweep up spills in the evening, and close the bags.

Old adobe near the Mission, new slab on old farm lots

Old adobe homes near the Mission and the Rio Vista Farm area need a careful termite inspection, since damage hides in thick walls and old wood. Wood porch posts set right in the dirt, old fence lines running up to the house and stacked firewood against an adobe wall are all easy ways in. Newer homes on irrigated lots get termites too, usually where the soil stays damp. Ask for a termite inspection for valley homes and tell us roughly how old the house is when you call.

The canals and low fields hold water after monsoon storms, and mosquitoes breed fast in those pools. Homes next to the fields feel it at dusk within days. Dump buckets, tires and plant saucers every week, and if the bites keep coming, mosquito treatment near the fields goes after the shady spots where they rest. Upriver, the same canals run through the Lower Valley around Ysleta. Downriver, San Elizario has the same mix of old adobe and farmland.

Around Socorro: Socorro Mission · Socorro Rd. (Mission Trail) · Rio Vista Farm · Alameda Ave. · Irrigation canals and farm fields (ZIP 79927)

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