Pest control in Arlington
Arlington's May 12, 2026 mosquito plan has the city trapping from May through October, with Tarrant County Public Health testing the catch for West Nile and St. Louis encephalitis. If a trap tests positive three weeks in a row, a contractor sprays an ultra-low-volume, water-based permethrin product within a half-mile radius on two consecutive nights, between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m. The city also puts larvicide in standing water on public property.
Its notice for Tuesday, August 25 and Wednesday, August 26, 2026 set spraying within a half-mile of a West Nile positive trap, weather permitting. Spraying "isn't the first line of defense," the city says, and it's done only when disease-carrying mosquitoes are detected. Tarrant County's counts come from DSHS. In DSHS's preliminary Week 42 report, data through October 24, 2026, Tarrant County had 164 West Nile positive mosquito pools and 13 reported human cases.
Weekly figures may change. Rabies testing there in 2024 covered 701 animals; 8 were positive, 4 skunks and 3 bats among them. TDA's SPCS CSV downloaded October 29, 2026, lists 250 commercial business license rows with Tarrant County as the licensed location. This is a count of license-address rows, not unique companies or proof of service coverage; branch offices count separately. Spraying your own yard for pay is nuisance mosquito control in TDA's terms, and the company needs the structural Pest category for it. Questions about the city's spraying go to the Arlington Action Center at 817-459-6777; before a yard company starts, get its Pest category number.
What pest control costs near Arlington
Because no one has sent us a quote from Arlington, there's no price for the city itself. The Texas page lists the estimates with what pest control workers are paid ($19.90 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price) and the state license fees. How we estimate costs.
Pest control jobs in Arlington
Sources for Arlington
- Arlington Outlines 2026 Mosquito Control, Ground Spraying Plans Read Oct 23, 2026.
- City of Arlington: City to Conduct Ground Spraying for West Nile Virus Aug. 25-26, 2026 Read Oct 23, 2026.
- City of Arlington: Mosquito-Borne Disease Prevention (Wayback copy 2025-10-18) Read Oct 23, 2026.
- DSHS 2026 Arbovirus Activity Report, Week 42 Read Oct 29, 2026.
- DSHS Rabies Summary by County 2024 Read Oct 23, 2026.
- TDA SPCS Commercial Business Licensed Report (CSV) Read Oct 29, 2026.
- TDA: Controlling Mosquitos in Texas: Which License Do You Need? (PDF) Read Oct 23, 2026.