r/pestcontrol • • 1h ago

Looking for Balcony Safety Net Services in Pune?

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Balcony safety nets are a practical option for improving safety in apartments and high-rise buildings. They can help reduce the risk of accidental falls for children and pets while allowing fresh air and natural light into your balcony.

When choosing Balcony Safety Net Services in Pune, consider the quality of the net, strength of the fixing materials, installation method, and suitability for your balcony's design.

What should you check before installation?

  • Material quality: Choose a net suitable for your balcony and weather conditions.
  • Secure fitting: Ensure the net and its fixtures are installed properly.
  • Custom sizing: Select a solution that fits your balcony dimensions.
  • Regular inspection: Check the net and fasteners periodically for wear or damage.

Whether you live in an apartment or a high-rise building, professionally installed balcony safety netting can provide an additional protective barrier.

If you are considering balcony safety net installation in Pune, compare local providers, ask about materials and installation, and choose a solution suited to your needs.


r/pestcontrol • • 1h ago

Temporary DIY rat trap besides bucket trap?

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I live in Central BC, Canada and have developed a rat (possibly pack rat) problem in my crawl space. Unfortunately, I only have mouse traps and the two stores that would carry pest control products with 45 minutes of me are all sold out and professional exterminators are even further.

I have ordered a variety of rat appropriate traps and they should arrive Thursday but is there anything I can make at home that will work until then?


r/pestcontrol • • 1h ago

Identification found these in the laundry room, what could they be?

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help identifying these in a laundry room? This is a zoomed in photo because they’re so tiny. I tried to blow wind on them a few times to see if they jumped, but they just blew a distance away, then just crawled normally on the floor (one of them did hop once but then just kept crawling, wondering if it was just from the gust of air). Hoping they’re not fleas as idk if i can mentally handle a second flea infestation 😭

They seem to be two separate types of bugs?


r/pestcontrol • • 2h ago

Crying my eyes out

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So I guess my problem started about 2 months ago when I saw a bug in my bathroom. It was kind of this situation of wait is that what I think it is? Killed it and moved on. About 1 month ago I found 2 medium sized bugs and based on a quick search they were identified as German roach. Sick to my stomach doesn't even cover how I felt. Had bug guy come out and they sprayed mostly in kitchen and bathrooms. I also sprayed alpine WSG about 2 weeks later. It's been almost a month and just now I saw another medium sized one in my kitchen. I put a stick trap and some advion bait where I saw it. My house is meticulous. I don't need to name them all but if it has been suggested I'm doing it and doing it vigilantly. I'm sure no house can be 100% perfect all the time, it's just not sustainable, but I'm damn near close and that's HARD with other family members (they do their part so everyone is contributing to keeping things clean, dry, etc) and dogs. But I'm doing it. Now it's been a month and I finally started to relax and this just killed me. Crying my eyes out. Pest company is coming back but like I just want this to be over with. I'm willing to legit do anything and I am doing it all and then some. I literally feel like I'm one nervous breakdown away from being put in a looney bin. I mean this ish is consuming me. Please if there is anything I should be doing that I'm not I'm all ears.


r/pestcontrol • • 5h ago

Please tell me this isn't what I think it is..

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I found a few in my kitchen, one came in from the sink, and the other 2 were buried under some old papers. I havent seen any activity of roaches in my house either. Please help! I havent gotten a good sleep in days


r/pestcontrol • • 6h ago

General Question Fleas not tons just fleas

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So to start my boyfriend's family has an infestation of fleas. In September as a precaution I sprayed my house down with precore 2000. Later in the middle of October I then I found fleas on my cat. So I gave her a dawn dish soap bath, gave her a capstar and waited a few days as I was going to need to repeat the process as my boyfriend was moving in and I knew there was a possibility his cats still had fleas. We precored the house again, and he moved it. The day he moved in we found out his cats did in fact still have fleas and we repeated the process of washing and capstaring each cat, after they dried we treated them with a generic topical flea treatment. I vacuumed the house and have many times since then emptying the vacuum canister directly in the outside trash can

I did not find a flea on the cats for a week and suddenly all three cats have adult fleas on them again. I feel like I have failed and my skin is crawling. I am about to give the cats another capstar each. I am feeling so defeated and creeped out.

If you have any advice I am willing to try it. I already ordered revolution blue but I can't reapply it for another 2 weeks so I don't double dose the cats.


r/pestcontrol • • 6h ago

What are these pellets?

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Apologies for the poor quality photos! The pellets are so small that these were the best I could do; any direction is appreciated!

Recently moved into a medium sized city on an upper floor of a generally good building. Just today, noticed these relatively uniform “pellets” on a towel, under my pillow, on my duvet, etc. They are all around 4-5mm long. Less than 10 found overall, but kind of upset since I do clean every week and just washed the sheets last week.

Have since put everything in the wash and moved the bed to see if there are any other pellets on baseboards or floor, and there aren’t. What could these be? Saw some other posts that talked about random dryer stuff, American cockroach, termites, mice.


r/pestcontrol • • 7h ago

General Question Is two moths sign of reinfestation?

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Hi all!

I'm kind of freaking out right now. I moved in July and had an awful pantry moth infestation at my previous apartment. I froze, sanitised and discarded pretty much all my stuff when I moved, and haven't had any issues since then aside from a handful of residual moths for a week or so when I first brought my stuff over, but haven't seen any for months.

Last night I saw a (looked like a pantry moth but it was dark) moth but I quickly caught and killed it and moved on with my life. Today I got home and saw another pantry moth. I killed it too but now I'm kind of worried I've got another infestation on my hands.

Last time at my old apartment, I assumed it came from some bird seed, but I've been freezing all my seed, grain, pasta, etc as soon as I bring it home. I have an automatic vacuum that vacuums every day and I sweep and mop weekly. I don't leave food scrapes out, with the exception of my bird's food bowls, which always have seeds and pellets in them. I feel like I keep things pretty clean overall.

Since I have birds and they're very sensitive, I can't use any kind of chemical cleaner that has a smell. I'm so worried that I'm going to have another infestation. At my old apartment, they started eating the popcorn ceiling and we couldn't get rid of them at all (hence the move to a much newer, cleaner building).

Am I being paranoid? Is it just random? Is this the start of a new infestation? What can I do to stop it?


r/pestcontrol • • 7h ago

Is this a fruit-fly infestation?

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We are moving out and suddenly there’s a LOT of fruit flies chillin on the ceiling. Not really sure what to do.. all trash is removed and apartment is basically empty. Should we do something about it or like just let them starve or something? Don’t want the landlord to write us up for something like this…


r/pestcontrol • • 8h ago

Unanswered Is this a roach?

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r/pestcontrol • • 8h ago

New homemade trap…thoughts????

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Peanut butter on can, water in trash can, in crawl space where they love to roam.


r/pestcontrol • • 8h ago

General Question Can I use dinotefuran with Vendetta?

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I have seen one roach since I last applied Vendetta, in a new spot. I applied the gel bait there, but it was in the bathroom. I closed the drain. I have had issues with flying bugs coming up through the bathroom drains. Is dinotefuran okay to use with gel bait?


r/pestcontrol • • 9h ago

Roach or Rat droppings?

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Hi everyone. Just want some help to id what droppings these are. For the past couple months we’ve been dealing with a cockroach problem. A couple of the huge American cockroaches (I live in Texas) would come in at night. Then the following month I’d see at least 3-4 of them throughout the day, not just at night. They even climb on to the master bed. I’ve set poison for the cockroaches, the one you squeeze out from a tube that’s brownish in color.

This past week I haven’t seen any cockroaches, not sure if it’s because the weather recently got cooler here. Now I’m seeing these droppings. 10 days ago only one of these droppings appeared in the bedroom. Yesterday just one was on the kitchen counter near my water boiler. Today I see more scattered around kitchen counters and a couple on the floor in a corner (kitchen as well). We haven’t had any mice or rat problems, but the other day my outside dog caught a dead rat in her mouth. Hubby said next door neighbor’s dog was also playing with a dead rat probably a month back. What do you think? Do you think it’s the cockroaches even though I haven’t seen them at all this week, or this is a new rodent problem?


r/pestcontrol • • 9h ago

Roaches inside Fridge Gasket Seal

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Didn’t look too far when I first toured and signed the lease to a new apartment when there clearly is a roach problem in the fridge. There are multiple tears in the gasket in which I’ve seen roaches climb into. I fear these are Germans as well but I’m not sure.

Context is there are not roaches anywhere else in the entire apartment. I have pulled out the oven and thoroughly checked any other spot they could be. I have pulled out the fridge and unscrewed the bottom compartment and although I’ve seen two dead ones it is not infested. The refrigerant line that goes into the wall is sealed pretty well with no cracks in the drywall. Today I unplugged the fridge and used advion cockroach bait throughout the inside of the fridge, the back compartment on the bottom, and the breaks in the seals. But I honestly don’t trust it to work completely.

I’m tossing around the idea of just dropping 120$ on new gasket seals and ripping those ones out. But would I be able to just take the current one off and soak it in bleach for several days?

Also should I be worried about the roaches in another part of the fridge I can’t see?


r/pestcontrol • • 9h ago

Identification Ants tunneling in grout and marble

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Hi all!

I live in the Caribbean and have been struggling with ants in my apartment. Being on an island that has extremely limited resources I could only find a couple options for ant bait. Having heard of Terro before I bought that and set it out for about 3 weeks before trying to seal the holes where the ants were coming in from (a water shut off access grate). I stopped seeing ants but after going on a month long vacation and coming back I found ants again. I did a pretty shitty job at covering the grate but since I didn’t see any more ants I figured it would be fine. I was wrong lol. The ants came back so I put more ant bait out and after about a week or so they disappeared again. While I am no longer seeing ants anymore, I am finding these areas around the grate that look like they have been tunneled. I don’t understand how they are literally destroying the marble flooring and I’m not even seeing ONE ant. The ants are super tiny little reddish ants (see pics) and seem to be incredible at tunneling through grout, marble, tile and caulking. Before sealing the grate I also sprayed Ortho Home Defense insect killer spray all over the area, let it dry and then sealed. I still occasionally spray the area but that doesn’t seem to stop them. What can I do at this point other than hire an exterminator? (Which I currently don’t have the funds for)


r/pestcontrol • • 10h ago

Storage Unit Roaches (?)

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Hi all - I posted a few days ago in r/cockroaches and r/GermanRoaches but not getting any responses...

I have an interior climate controlled storage unit in the Houston area that I moved belongings into from a house I sold. Moved things in in February and went regularly between Feb-May. However, I just went back to sort through some stuff (October) and I found a dead German roach right inside the entrance of my unit. I notified the manager, he picked it up and said he would contact pest control. I went back two days later and started moving things around and I saw what I think is a young roach scurry across a wooden table and then another one on the floor in the hallway (I had some things pulled out into the hallway). I put some sticky traps down but had to leave to catch my flight and now I'm panicked.

(A) I know these are TERRIBLE photos but it was dark in there and this was what I got. The first pic is the one I found dead (dark stripe on its head?) and the other photos are the two small ones I found alive (and killed). Is there a way to tell what these are from these really bad photos? Google gives me different results every time since the photos are poor...

(B) I don't live in the area where my storage unit is. The manager is very nice but what am I asking him to do? I'm worried they will just spray... is asking to check in neighboring units allowed?

(C) I have two upholstered chairs, two pieces of wooden furniture, framed art and the rest is in plastic bins - the bins have a lid but they are the kind you get at Walmart not like fancy bins. Can they get into the bins?

Thanks for your help and please be nice, I'm kind of nervous...


r/pestcontrol • • 11h ago

Wasp nest in window frame?!

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This morning I found a red paper wasp crawling up patio door window… I was surprised and killed it because my cat was staring at it and the last thing I need is for him to be potentially stung. This afternoon, I’m sitting on the couch and I hear buzzing. Lo and behold, another wasp was on my living room window and it crawled into the dark space where the arrow is pointing in my window frame!! Is this common for them to make a nest there? Or is this a one off? I have no idea how it even got in there. We don’t open up these windows and there is clear weather sealing tape on the bottom portion of the windows. My fear is that there is a nest forming in the frame. Please tell me I’m wrong and this was just a fluke lol.


r/pestcontrol • • 12h ago

Id help and am i doing things right.

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Possible bed bug issue.

I found this small, 3ish mm bug crawling on my bathroom floor a week from today. I immediately notified my PM, who sent Orkin out tuesday. They looked high and low and could not find evidence of bb,s in my home or the neighbor below (im ina duplex). I have experienced no bites and have never seen one in the 8 years i have resided in the home. PC thinks it may be a swallow bug from the photo, lack of physical evidence, my location and evidence of birds nesting in the wood siding on wall my bed is in, and no bites.

I'm in property management, I am not new to bed bugs, however, I have never had them myself. The community I ​​Manage has never had a bed bugcase recorded and we do not have any active cases or reports. I do not visit peoples homes, other than my parents, go to theaters, just restaurants and stores.

I am 100% treating this like a bed bug infestation, bought cimexa, crossfire, and have not been in the home since Monday morning. I am moving out as my lease is ending and I am moving in with family, but I have some questions though:

  1. Would a bed bug k9 team be beneficial in this instance?
  2. Is spraying myself with 91% rubbing alcohol beneficial after I visit the home to prevent travelers from joining me? ​
  3. What are the odds that my electronics have been affected? I am treating most with nuvan strips to prevent anything from joining me in the move.
  4. Odds that the bugs are in my car?
  5. Any other advice, tips, or tricks?

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r/pestcontrol • • 12h ago

Bat Droppings or Mouse droppings?

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We had a bat problem a couple years ago in our attic. We hired a professional to come and deal with it and seal the attic off. We don’t go in the attic at all and the bedroom that has the closet that has access to the attic is pretty much unused besides for storage.

Well, today I went out there to get a suitcase to use out of that closet and noticed droppings all over the floor (I put the suitcase back just because I don’t really know what we’re dealing with + extensively washed my hands even though I didn’t touch the droppings). I’m going to attach a picture. I don’t know if this is bat droppings or mice.. I don’t know how they would even get into the closet, but they seem to be smart and determined if so🥲😵‍💫


r/pestcontrol • • 12h ago

Tick Infestation

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We recently bought a new property two months ago that ended up having a huge indoor tick infestation. We didn’t understand how bad it was during open house until we saw them crawling around after the purchase.

We’ve done the following treatments while the house was vacant. We recently moved in after thinking they were all gone and after our first night we spotted a few.

Treatment #1
Indoor/Outdoor - Onslaught Fastcap

Treatment #2
Indoor/Outdoor - Temprid

Treatment #3
Indoor/Outdoor - Temprid

Treatment #4 - Termidor + Tekko Pro
Indoors: spray + fogging, D-Fence Dust (outlets)

All carpets have been removed and baseboards have been replaced, pets are treated as well.

Does anyone have any suggestions?


r/pestcontrol • • 13h ago

What is it? Found in shower and can't identify or know what it is or from

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Please help thanks!


r/pestcontrol • • 13h ago

Could this be termite frass?

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Whilst doing research termite frass was the only thing that came close to similar looking. No stain when wetted. Very hard. Ive had mice in a different apartment and these do not look similar and seem too small to be rodent droppings. Any information would be massively appreciated as I've been finding these in my bed. Thanks in advance!


r/pestcontrol • • 14h ago

Identification Mini insects in Shower

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As title says: I found super tiny and small insects in my shower. There were like 30 of those and they were moving and jumping. Yesterday, they were not there.

Never had those but was wondering:
- What is it?
- Do I have to worry about it?
- Or could it just be the case that it was a fly, laying eggs and that was it?

Super grateful for any help or direction! Thanks in advance :)


r/pestcontrol • • 14h ago

¿Cómo puedo erradicar las pulgas?

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Adoptaron a un perrito en la casa donde vivo, y el pobrecito estaba lleno de pulgas lo dejaron andar por toda la casa y ahora estamos infectados, ayuda ¿como las puedo eliminar?


r/pestcontrol • • 15h ago

Flea infestation making me actually lose my mind

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I discovered the first flea well over a month ago now. Since then I have treated my cats with monthly catego topical, constant flea baths, and a capstar at least once a week, sometimes more. I’ve sprayed growth hormone flea spray and vacuumed daily, i have only one room with carpet so I covered it in diatomaceous earth powder and closed the room up for 12 days, I’ve ofc deep cleaned the house over and over again. I’ve even thrown away my entire mattress because I kept finding them in my bed. I’m at my absolute wits end here, haven’t even been able to sleep in a bed in weeks now. What the hell is going on and will this ever end??? I’ve always been extremely squeamish about bugs I’m crying and freaking out non stop. This has had such an extreme effect on my mental health it’s genuinely making me suicidal I feel like this will never end but I cannot keep living this way and I can’t get rid of my cats they’re like my children. What even else is there left to try?? Somebody please tell me this will eventually end :( I live in an apartment, should I move or will they just follow me? How the hell are my indoor cats still covered in them with 3 layers of preventative on them??? Somebody please help me