Active April through October, worst during Georgetown's hot June through August stretch, quiet only in deep winter
Striped bark scorpions are common in Georgetown from April through October, peaking June through August. They come inside through weep holes, gaps under doors and foundation cracks, usually chasing moisture in bathrooms and laundry rooms. Sealing entry points and treating the foundation perimeter is what controls them.
Roof rats nesting in attics along Williams Drive and Berry Creek tree lines
An actual sighting, usually in a bathroom, laundry room or kitchen sink or tub. One scorpion found inside doesn't mean an infestation, but it does mean there's an entry point somewhere near where the moisture is, and it's worth an inspection before checking shoes and towels becomes a nightly habit.
Finding one outdoors under a landscaping rock, a stack of firewood or a piece of construction debris in the yard. This is normal behavior, not a warning sign on its own, but a yard with a lot of loose rock or debris close to the house is exactly the setup that leads to indoor sightings later in the season.
A new gap at the slab edge, often after a stretch of dry weather when the clay pulls back from the foundation. That gap is a direct route to the house for scorpions along with ants and other ground-level pests, and it's worth having checked and sealed rather than left for the next drought to widen.
A scorpion in a bathtub or sink usually means it climbed the wall overnight looking for water and could not get back out. Finding one there does not mean a nest is nearby, but it is worth checking weep holes, door thresholds and any gap at the slab edge, especially after a dry stretch, since that is how they got in to begin with.
Striped bark scorpions turn up around Georgetown because the ground gives them what they need: limestone with loose rock, cedar and live oak cover, and the gaps a dry summer opens at the slab edge. New construction near a greenbelt disturbs that ground directly, so a lot next to open land off Westinghouse Road or DB Wood Road pushes them toward the nearest house. They climb, and their bodies flatten enough to work through a weep hole or door gap chasing moisture toward a bathroom or laundry room.
New construction adds to it. With cleared lots pushing displaced animals toward the houses next door, a fresh subdivision near Wolf Ranch or Teravista can see more scorpion activity for a season or two than an established street in Old Town, simply because the rock and brush piles they were living in got bulldozed.
Georgetown splits along I-35. On the Sun City and Cimarron Hills side, limestone sits close under a thin caliche layer, cracked enough to move water sideways instead of down, which is why scorpions turn up in bathrooms after rain. The Water Oak and DB Wood Road stretch shares that rock. East toward Teravista the clay holds moisture differently, and roof rats still enter at the eaves either way.
other scorpion species. The stripes settle it. A house centipede has long, obvious legs running the full length of its body and no curled tail; a beetle has a hard, rounded shell and no tail or pincers at all. The striped bark scorpion has pincers, a slender curled tail, and the two dark stripes down a pale body, which nothing else in a Georgetown house combines.
Treatment starts outside, at the entry points, not inside on the scorpion somebody already found. The licensed pros we connect you with focus on weep holes, door sweeps, foundation gaps and the perimeter band where the scorpion is actually crossing from rock or mulch into the wall.
A residual barrier around the foundation and under-eave areas, paired with sealing the gaps a dry summer opens up at the slab edge, is what actually holds. After a long drought breaks and the clay swells back, that seal can shift, so a repeat visit later in the season is normal, not a sign the first one failed.
Ask a Georgetown pest tech which side of I-35 they'd rather work and most pick east without hesitating. West of the highway the ground is thin limestone with cracks running sideways underneath it, which is a different kind of trouble than the dark prairie clay on the east side. Berry Creek and the Serenada area sit right on that seam, and it shapes what shows up at the door more than the calendar does.
| Limestone Ground, Local Pests | Fast Help Near Lake Georgetown |
|---|---|
| Fall crickets swarming lights near Wolf Ranch and I-35 | Scorpions Under Doors |
| Why the west side of I-35 sees more scorpion calls | Fire Ant Mound Alerts |
| Scorpion and roof rat calls from Sun City to Old Town | Roof Rats Enter Above the Foundation |
Store-bought sprays and glue boards catch the odd scorpion but do nothing about the gap it came through. Sealing visible cracks, weep holes and door sweeps yourself helps, and shaking out shoes and bedding before summer nights is a reasonable habit, but a scorpion problem tied to loose rock or a greenbelt lot behind the house is a perimeter job, not a can of spray.
A striped bark scorpion sting is painful, similar to a bee or wasp sting, with localized swelling and numbness that usually resolves on its own. Reactions vary by person, and anyone with a severe reaction, a sting to a small child, or symptoms spreading beyond the sting site should be seen by a medical professional rather than waiting it out.
Whether it's a roof rat that got into the attic off a tree limb near Berry Creek or crickets piling up under a porch light off Williams Drive, the fix starts with knowing which pest you actually have. The licensed pros we connect you with serve Georgetown and out toward Round Rock and Liberty Hill, and they'll ask the right questions before anyone sets foot on the property. Reach out today and get a straight answer instead of a guess.Scorpion visits usually come with an entry point already at fault — a slab crack, a loose weep screen, a gap around a laundry line. Fixing that spot is often folded into the same visit rather than billed as extra, since it's a few minutes of caulk and screen versus a repeat call in July. Roof rat exclusion works the same way: the estimate covers sealing the fascia gap or gable vent that let them into the attic in the first place, not just clearing what's already up there. pricing guide, and the service that handles this is General Pest Control.
Pest Identification. German cockroaches are the small tan roach with two dark racing stripes on the back that lives inside Georgetown homes year-round, concentrated in kitchens and bathrooms.
Pest Identification. Red imported fire ants build loose dirt mounds with no visible entry hole, sting in a group when disturbed, and can appear across a Georgetown lawn within a day or two of rain.
Identification & Treatment. Eastern subterranean termites are the native termite found in Georgetown, living in the soil and reaching a house through mud tubes at the slab edge or porch posts.
Yes, and Georgetown is one of the places in Central Texas where they show up most. The limestone ground, loose rock and cedar cover on the west side of I-35 and along greenbelt lots give them exactly what they want. They turn up in bathrooms, laundry rooms and kitchens because they follow moisture, and they're thin enough to slip under a door or through a weep hole. Anybody in Sun City, Berry Creek or Teravista with rock landscaping or a greenbelt lot behind the house should expect to see one eventually.
Peak activity runs April through October, with June, July and August the worst stretch. That lines up with the hot, dry middle of the Georgetown summer, when the clay around the slab pulls away from the foundation and leaves a gap they can use to reach the house. A hard, dry summer like 2023 tends to push more of them indoors looking for water, and treatment sometimes has to be repeated once a long drought finally breaks.
The sting is painful, closer to a bad bee sting than anything more serious for most healthy adults, though it can cause a stronger reaction in children, older adults or anyone with a sensitivity. It is not something to guess about after the fact. Note where in the house it happened, since that tells the licensed pros we connect you with where the entry point likely is, and get medical advice if the reaction seems severe or doesn't settle down.
New construction is a real factor here. Georgetown has been one of the fastest-growing cities in the country for several years running, and every lot cleared near Wolf Ranch, Cimarron Hills or out toward Water Oak displaces whatever was living on it, including scorpions. They move to the nearest cover, which is often the house next door. A property backing onto a greenbelt or sitting near recent clearing is worth an inspection even without a sighting yet.
Georgetown sits on two different soils, split by I-35, and the pest a house attracts depends on which side of that line it's on. That split shapes everything below.
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