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Crickets

What do you use to get rid of crickets?  I'm assuming because we had one really cold night a few nights ago and all of the rain that it's driving them indoors.  I made H take care of three this morning that have been chirping since last night.  I'm not afraid of most insects but I can't stand crickets because it seems like every time I go to kill one it jumps at me and me no likey.

 

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Re: Crickets

  • We have a cricket "problem" starting at the end of July.  They finally go away by the end of September.  This is the second year we're in the house and were hoping the first year was a fluke.  We'll be hiring an exterminator next year.

    Really all you can do is make sure cracks getting into the house are sealed.  Focus on trying to keep them out of the house.  Once they get inside, we use our "cricket catcher" (a plastic cup and paper plate) to trap them and flush them. Other times when they get sneaky we just spray them with ant spray (I prefer not to do this though).





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  • We used to have crickets in our old house and our cats fought over who gets to eat them  :)

     

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  • We have one in our attic which is really obnoxious. DH can't figure out how it got up there. Everytime we open the attic door it stops chirping. There's no hope of finding it up there - we'll just have to wait for it to die.
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  • One of my cats likes to eat crickets and other bugs. So she is our solution.
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  • Both DH and I are allergic to cats so that's not going to work for us...

    I think I'm going to get a box of moth balls and not open the box and just hope the smell is potent enough to keep them away.  I really don't want my house smelling like moth balls!
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