Exterminator in St. Petersburg, FL
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St. Petersburg has the oldest housing of any city around the bay, with a median house from 1969 and the Old Northeast and Kenwood districts full of 1910s to 1940s frame houses, bungalows and small apartment buildings. That is drywood termite country: the swarmers come out of the window frames and the attic framing every spring, and a WDO report goes with nearly every sale. A quarter of the city's homes are in buildings of ten units or more, which is where German roaches and bed bugs move between neighbors.
The city takes rats seriously. Its code makes occupants responsible for pest control in single-family and two-family homes, its Rodent Control Program places outdoor bait stations at no charge, and its guide names the two entry points that account for most rat calls: where the air-conditioner lines enter the house and where a flat roof meets a pitched one. Pinellas County Mosquito Control focused its crews on St. Petersburg and Palm Harbor in the 2026 dengue response.
What changes in St. Petersburg
- Housing
- Median house 1969, the oldest in the two counties; the North Shore historic district, the Old Northeast, holds 2,975 historic buildings, early to mid-twentieth-century houses and apartment buildings with 1950s infill. Drywood termites in the frames and the attic framing; 26 percent of homes in buildings of ten or more units. Source →
- Rats
- City code puts pest control on the occupant in single- and two-family homes and on the owner or manager at triplexes and larger. The city's Rodent Control Program inspects and places tamper-resistant bait stations outdoors at no charge through Sanitation, (727) 893-7398; rats inside the house are the resident's own exterminator. Close the A/C line entry and the flat-to-pitched roof joint with quarter-inch hardware cloth; spray foam gets chewed through. Source →
- Mosquitoes
- Pinellas County Mosquito Control, (727) 464-7503, [email protected] or the county app. In September 2026 the county put its crews on St. Petersburg and Palm Harbor for the dengue response, with dawn truck fogging and door-to-door inspections. Source →
- Formosan termites
- Pinellas was added to the Formosan subterranean termite county list in 2013, which put the species in every major urban region of the state. Formosan colonies swarm after sunset from April to June, peak May, and are treated in the soil, never with a tent. Source →
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Questions from St. Petersburg
Which St. Petersburg neighborhoods get drywood termites?
Median house 1969, the oldest in the two counties; the North Shore historic district, the Old Northeast, holds 2,975 historic buildings, early to mid-twentieth-century houses and apartment buildings with 1950s infill. Drywood termites in the frames and the attic framing; 26 percent of homes in buildings of ten or more units. Source →
Does St. Petersburg help with rats?
City code puts pest control on the occupant in single- and two-family homes and on the owner or manager at triplexes and larger. The city's Rodent Control Program inspects and places tamper-resistant bait stations outdoors at no charge through Sanitation, (727) 893-7398; rats inside the house are the resident's own exterminator. Close the A/C line entry and the flat-to-pitched roof joint with quarter-inch hardware cloth; spray foam gets chewed through. Source →
Who handles mosquito control in St. Petersburg?
Pinellas County Mosquito Control, (727) 464-7503, [email protected] or the county app. In September 2026 the county put its crews on St. Petersburg and Palm Harbor for the dengue response, with dawn truck fogging and door-to-door inspections. Source →
Are Formosan termites in St. Petersburg?
Pinellas was added to the Formosan subterranean termite county list in 2013, which put the species in every major urban region of the state. Formosan colonies swarm after sunset from April to June, peak May, and are treated in the soil, never with a tent. Source →
What do people in St. Petersburg call about?
Termite inspection and treatment: Drywood swarms from 1920s frames in the Old Northeast and Kenwood; tent or spot, and a WDO report at every sale. Rat and rodent exterminator: Roof rats in at the A/C line and the flat-to-pitched roof joint; the city baits outside, the attic is yours. Roaches, ants and bed bugs: German roaches and bed bugs moving between units in the apartment buildings and condos.
The calls this area produces
- Termite inspection and treatment
Drywood swarms from 1920s frames in the Old Northeast and Kenwood; tent or spot, and a WDO report at every sale.
- Rat and rodent exterminator
Roof rats in at the A/C line and the flat-to-pitched roof joint; the city baits outside, the attic is yours.
- Roaches, ants and bed bugs
German roaches and bed bugs moving between units in the apartment buildings and condos.
Neighborhoods and nearby areas
- Old Northeast
- Historic Kenwood
- Crescent Lake
- Snell Isle
- Shore Acres
- Pinellas Point
- Disston Heights
- Downtown
- Gulfport
Also nearby: Gulfport, Pinellas Park, Seminole, Tierra Verde.