Pest Control in Florida

Florida pest pressure, metro by metro

Florida does not have one pest problem — it has one per metro, shaped by local weather:

• a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar (Miami)
• a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar (Tampa)
• a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar (Orlando)
• long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round (Jacksonville)

Across the state we cover 44 counties within these metro areas. Browse the metro pages below, or see the Florida county index for county-level coverage.

Florida coverage in numbers

In numbers: the 21 covered metros in Florida hold about 22,658,269 residents between them, with Miami alone accounting for roughly 28% of that population. Coverage reaches 285 named communities and 903 ZIP codes across 44 counties. The climate those metros share is not uniform: average annual temperatures run from about 68°F around Panama City to 77°F around Miami, and pest seasons lengthen or shorten accordingly — which is why each metro keeps its own page.

Read Florida through its largest metro: Miami homes have a median build year of 1982, with roughly 46% of the stock built before 1980 and 60% owner-occupied. Age like that means settled gaps at foundations, mature landscaping against walls, and crawlspaces that have hosted decades of seasons — the conditions the metro pest guides on this page are written around.

Florida metros at a glance

Miami — a metro of 6,391,072 across 3 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, drywood termites — the standing pattern where a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar.

Tampa — a metro of 3,418,895 across 4 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, drywood termites — the standing pattern where a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar.

Orlando — a metro of 2,957,672 across 4 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, drywood termites — the standing pattern where a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar.

Jacksonville — a metro of 1,785,500 across 5 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, mosquitoes — the standing pattern where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.

North Port–Sarasota — 948,158 residents, 2 counties. First on its watch list: subterranean termites, then Formosan termites and drywood termites — the pattern of a metro where a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar.

Cape Coral–Fort Myers — about 875,607 residents across 1 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and drywood termites, in a metro where a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar.

Lakeland — a metro of 874,790 across 1 counties, where the watch list runs subterranean termites, Formosan termites, drywood termites — the standing pattern where a tropical climate with no real winter to interrupt the breeding calendar.

Daytona Beach — about 746,933 residents across 2 counties. The local watch list: subterranean termites, Formosan termites and mosquitoes, in a metro where long, hot, humid summers and mild winters that let pests breed nearly year-round.