Vacuum carpets weekly. Your veterinarian can prescribe an IGR pill combined with a coat treatment, which is very effective. Clean up debris in the yard. If the above procedures are followed, it should not be necessary to treat the yard with a pesticide. Most species not harmful.
Fire ants are a major problem.
Apply in the morning or evening around the edges of the mound. Do not disturb the mound. Be sure materials are dry and fresh. Footnotes This document is ENY-292, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Printed June 1997.