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Historic Old Northeast, Kenwood and Roser Park, Snell Isle and the seawalled canals of Boca Ciega Bay all fall inside the pest control Precision Pest Control provides in St. Petersburg. We treat drywood, darkwinged and Formosan termites, mosquitoes, no-see-ums and roof rats for homes and businesses, and inspect houses for termites and pests before a sale. Plans start at $57.
What Precision Pest Control offers
From a 1920s bungalow to a waterfront house on a seawalled canal, pest control in St. Petersburg is never one size. The first estimate is free, products are eco-friendly and prices run from $57.
Service for St. Petersburg homes: wood and soffit checks in historic districts, termite work for porches and fences touching soil, mosquito and no-see-um treatment near the water, and rodent exclusion.
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Downtown, the Grand Central and Edge districts and bayside properties: St. Petersburg restaurants, offices, shops and waterfront businesses get rodent and mosquito work for outdoor areas.
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Termite and pest inspections for St. Petersburg sales focus on wood that matters in older houses: soffits, attics, window sills, porch posts and fences, giving buyers and sellers clear findings.
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Tell us what you are seeing and where. We will recommend a plan for your home or business, with service plans from $57.
What we treat
Pest Help for St. Petersburg, from Old Northeast Porches to Seawall Canals
West Indian drywood termites
Cryptotermes brevis lives only in buildings and furniture, and UF/IFAS finds its biggest populations in older structures across the southern half of Florida. That puts the historic houses of Kenwood, Roser Park and Old Northeast squarely at risk. Blistered paint and neat mounds of gritty pellets below a pinhole are the tipoff. Hidden, house-wide activity means tenting; a single reachable colony can be spot treated.
Florida darkwinged subterranean termites
This small native termite is a local specialty. UF/IFAS reports that Pinellas County has the greatest urban abundance of the species in the state, with most of the activity in St. Petersburg. It swarms in daylight from July to September, during or just after a shower, in launches one witness compared to plumes of smoke. Damage is usually minor and confined to porches, door frames, fence posts and sheds.
Formosan subterranean termites
Samples of this invasive termite have been collected across the city, as the university's online map shows. One mature colony holds millions of insects and may forage over more than an acre, enough to reach several houses and the trees between them. Its swarmers leave soon after sunset in late spring and mass around lights. UF researchers have also intercepted the tropical Asian subterranean termite on private boats in St. Petersburg.
Salt marsh mosquitoes and no-see-ums
Black salt marsh mosquitoes leave their eggs on damp ground in coastal marsh and mangrove, where a high tide or a storm later floods and hatches them. The adults range far inland and bite mostly after dark. No-see-ums grow up in the same mangrove mud, pass straight through ordinary window screen and will bite in full daylight near the shore. Pinellas County Mosquito Control states plainly that it does not spray for no-see-ums.
Roof rats
Roof rats are agile climbers at home in treetops and the upper floors of buildings, and they settle into attics, soffits and hollow walls. UF/IFAS lists what follows: chewed wiring that can spark a fire, gnawed water lines, fouled pantry goods and stripped fruit trees. Droppings, dark greasy smears along pipes and rafters, and scurrying overhead at night are the evidence. Cover entry gaps with metal mesh and trim limbs clear of the roof.
Spotted something?
Drywood termites release swarmers from April to June, and Formosan colonies follow on still evenings, heaviest in May. Winged Florida carpenter ants land on window ledges in the same weeks and get mistaken for termites; the ants have elbowed antennae and a pinched waist.
Daily storms fill plant saucers, boat covers and bromeliads. Pinellas County says the ankle biter mosquitoes that hatch in such containers travel only about three houses, so dumping water beats fogging. In September 2026 the county was under a state mosquito-borne illness alert because dengue was spreading locally. Darkwinged termite flights also arrive with summer showers.
Bayfront parts of the city stay warm enough for coconut palms, so pests never go dormant. From January on, native eastern subterranean termites take flight on warm afternoons. The cooler, drier stretch is the practical time to close soffit and eave gaps against roof rats and to book a drywood inspection ahead of spring.
Describe it on the phone and we will tell you what it likely is and how we would treat it. Estimates are free.
7 questions answered
Looking for pest control near you in St. Petersburg? Call (512) 561-7451 or request a free estimate.
They are most likely Florida darkwinged subterranean termites. UF/IFAS says this species flies in daylight from July to September, during or right after rain, and that most of its urban activity in Florida is in St. Petersburg. It is an uncommon structural pest, but have a sample identified to rule out Formosan termites.
No. Pinellas County Mosquito Control says it does not spray for no-see-ums or other nuisance insects and treats only mosquitoes because of their effect on public health. For biting midges near mangroves and marsh, UF/IFAS points to DEET-based repellent and finer mesh screening, and research it cites found that a bifenthrin barrier spray lowered their numbers.
Not always. UF/IFAS describes two routes: spot treatment when colonies are few and reachable, and whole-structure fumigation when the infestation is widespread or buried where no one can get to it. After either, sweep up every pellet and wing. Fresh piles later on suggest a colony survived.
Plans start at $57. A historic house in Kenwood and a canal-front home on Snell Isle call for different work, which is why the estimate is free and comes first. Phone (512) 561-7451, or fill in a website request, and describe what you have found.
It is a sound step. Drywood termites favor soffits, attics and window sills in older houses, and porch posts or fences touching soil invite subterranean species. Our inspection checks those spots. The write-up goes to everyone in the deal. Book online or phone (512) 561-7451.
Seal entry gaps with metal mesh, trim limbs so nothing overhangs the roof, and close soffit and eave gaps during the cooler months. UF/IFAS warns that roof rats chew wiring and water lines, so act early. Our rodent service follows those steps. Request a free estimate online.
Yes. Restaurants, shops, offices and waterfront businesses are all served, from downtown and the Grand Central and Edge districts to properties on the bay. Near mangroves and marsh the usual concerns are rodents, mosquitoes and no-see-ums. Include the outdoor layout when you ask for your free estimate.
St. Petersburg fills the tip of the Pinellas peninsula, with Tampa Bay on one side and Boca Ciega Bay and the Gulf of Mexico on the other. Salt air, mangroves and wood from the 1920s keep a particular set of pests busy.
St. Petersburg had 258,308 residents in the 2020 census, which makes it the fifth most populous city in Florida. More than half of its 135 square miles is water. The Orange Belt Railway arrived in 1888, and the land boom of the 1920s left the Mediterranean-style houses of Snell Isle and the thousands of historic buildings in Old Northeast, listed on the National Register as the North Shore Historic District.
Old wood is one reason pest work here differs from the newer suburbs across the bay. Water is the other. Snell Isle began as a mangrove island where only 39 of 275 acres stood above the high tide line when it opened in 1925, Boca Ciega Bay is lined with seawalled canals, and Weedon Island Preserve holds 3,190 acres of mangrove and upland on Tampa Bay.
Local field notes
What our technicians check first on a St. Petersburg property
Unique to St. Petersburg
Local conditions decide where pests live and how they get in. These are the St. Petersburg details that shape every plan we write here.
In the historic districts near the bay, start with the wood. Drywood termites most often infest soffits and attics, so keep those vents screened and scan windowsills and baseboards for pellets each spring. Porch posts, steps and fences that touch soil invite subterranean species. The University of Florida advises six inches of visible foundation below the siding and shrubs planted two feet out from the wall.
On the water, screening and standing water come first. Standard window screen will not stop no-see-ums; a finer no-see-um mesh will. Pinellas County suggests flushing bromeliads with a hose once a week or dosing them monthly with Bti, and it hands out mosquitofish at no charge. Our treatments use eco-friendly products, and a starting plan runs $57.
Swarm season returns to St. Petersburg every spring; line up a free estimate now online, or ring Precision Pest Control on (512) 561-7451.
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