Independent identification guides — we don’t sell pest control services

Category: Removal Protocols

Step-by-step removal protocols, timed, with checkpoints.

Drain fly (Clogmia albipunctata), a small furry moth-like midge, photographed close up
Bathroom

How to get rid of gnats in house: a step-by-step protocol

Small flies near your houseplants and small flies near your drains are two different insects with two different fixes. This protocol shows you how to tell them apart, find the actual breeding site, and confirm the fix worked with sticky-trap monitoring.

Adult varied carpet beetle, a mottled oval beetle a few millimetres long, on wool carpet fibres
Bedroom

How to Get Rid of Carpet Beetles for Good

Carpet beetle larvae live off wool, fur, and stored textiles, not off panic. Here's the inspect-vacuum-launder-monitor protocol that clears them out and keeps them from coming back.