I only use insecticide on ant hills when they first appear. Or if paperwasps are building a nest in my eves or in my grill. Otherwise, I leave things alone. But I can't handle ants! Give me any other kind of creepy crawling other than ants or crickets, but I don't go outta my way to kill crickets. Yesterday when DH & I were cleaning the garage, my one dog, Sebastian, kept chasing around the bees. He loves to eat them. I kept yelling at him to stop it.. leave the bees alone!! They're too precious!!