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Are these termite droppings. If so, can I do some sort of localized treatment?

This house was tented in the past 4 years. This is the only place I’ve seen any kind of pest.

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Updating this question with some new images, since there was some confusion about the context. Here is an establishing shot: enter image description here

Here is a close up of the suspected frass: enter image description here

Here is a close up of the top of the window, where I speculate the frass is being pushed out of the wood and falling onto the sill below: enter image description here

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  • Have you ruled out the plant right next to your problem as a possible source?
    – Olivier
    Commented Jan 19, 2022 at 19:16
  • @Olivier the droppings were there before the plant was.
    – Robin Davis
    Commented Apr 16, 2022 at 18:52
  • I believe that if you had termites, what you would expect to see would be a small pile of sawdust. Small mammal does seem more likely.
    – keshlam
    Commented Dec 6, 2022 at 20:47

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I had two pest inspections done and both agreed this is frass from dry wood termites.

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It's hard to say for sure as the photo gives to size reference but I think these are mouse "pills" or dropping and not termites.

Set a couple of mouse traps after cleaning this up and you will know.

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  • Mice . I have had termites three times and never saw "droppings".
    – blacksmith37
    Commented Jan 18, 2021 at 0:55
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    This is a windowsill. These are pretty small. Too small for mice, I’d think.
    – Robin Davis
    Commented Jan 18, 2021 at 2:08
  • Look like tiny seeds. Has the window been open?
    – Chris
    Commented Jan 18, 2021 at 5:58
  • Looks like insect frass, but termites dont run around in the open.
    – Polypipe Wrangler
    Commented Jan 18, 2021 at 9:46
  • Changing my vote to cockroaches; too small for mice.
    – blacksmith37
    Commented May 20, 2022 at 15:52
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By the amount of hair on the sill, I'd include flea dirt on the list of possibilities. Do you have an itchy cat? Flea dirt will run red like blood when wet (since that is what they feed on).

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  • You might want to take note that the OP answered her own question 10 months ago based on a professional pest inspection and it was, in fact, termite droppings, not fleas.
    – FreeMan
    Commented Oct 4, 2023 at 11:53

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