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rkoenke
my little piggys
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rachel
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cave cricket! again!
Just saw the fourth one in my house in about a month and a half! THESE SUCKERS ARE DISGUSTING! how do i get rid of them? Is this like an exterminator thing?
i found them in different parts of the house too... not just like near doorways.
I AM SO GROSSED OUT!
 
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Posted 11/18/12 9:14 PM  |
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frio85
LIF Adult
Member since 8/11 1164 total posts
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Michele
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Re: cave cricket! again!
You need to get glue traps and put them around the house. You will be sure to catch them!
I get them in my basement, but my sister who doesn't have a basement gets them in her house.
Just be careful with the glue traps if you have pets.
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| Posted 11/18/12 9:20 PM |
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rkoenke
my little piggys
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rachel
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Re: cave cricket! again!
THANK YOU! Do i put them outside, or inside? (dumb question?)
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| Posted 11/18/12 9:23 PM |
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frio85
LIF Adult
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Michele
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Re: cave cricket! again!
inside
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| Posted 11/18/12 9:35 PM |
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rkoenke
my little piggys
Member since 3/08 4315 total posts
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rachel
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Re: cave cricket! again!
HD here I come!!!
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| Posted 11/18/12 9:42 PM |
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BeachGal
LIF Adult
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J
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Re: cave cricket! again!
I keep seeing them too! I hate going in the basement b/c I am so terrified.
Is it me or are they HUGE this year?
We had a lot of them in 2007 and used Slomins and they didnt come back until this year but not as bad as 2007.
Message edited 11/18/2012 10:03:17 PM.
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| Posted 11/18/12 10:02 PM |
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Bearcat
Love my little girls!!! <3
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E
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Re: cave cricket! again!
We had a treatment done this year (child/pet safe), a couple of months ago. I've only seen 1 - and it was outside on our patio. (knock on wood!)
We used yankee exterminating.
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| Posted 11/19/12 6:53 AM |
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digweed
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Re: cave cricket! again!
OMG. Me too. It is worse than ever. Not sure if it was b/c of Sandy or what, but the other day after work, i killed 8! I bought the white powder and have it in the corner by the sliding door, and i have a cricket graveyard there now, but still. I may call someone in b/c it is gross.
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| Posted 11/19/12 10:00 AM |
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Paramount
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Re: cave cricket! again!
My dog catches them, plays with them, and kills them in the process.
Thank God!
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| Posted 11/19/12 12:09 PM |
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KangaMom
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Re: cave cricket! again!
They are disgusting! We have a beautiful finished basement that I don't really enjoy because of them 
Glue traps catch them but that is gross to see them fill up on there 
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| Posted 11/19/12 1:14 PM |
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rkoenke
my little piggys
Member since 3/08 4315 total posts
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rachel
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Re: cave cricket! again!
i actually got the roach bait hotel to not have to look at them. says that they work for crickets. hopefully cave crickets.
i never had ONE in all the years i lived here (ok, only three, but still!!!!) and yesterday i killed 2.
Here's a question... what is your method of killing them?
I take a shoe, hold it over them, and drop it. SQUASH!
if i don't have good aim, they just jump away and behind things. i can't stand these things!!!
I heard exterminating them doesn't work...
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| Posted 11/20/12 1:55 PM |
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Mrs-D-Girl
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Re: cave cricket! again!
They are gross!!! I make DH do the laundry because I refuse to go in the basement - lol.
What is worse is, we have the glue traps set up and to see how many are actually down there 
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| Posted 11/20/12 2:21 PM |
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NoStressMom
My Heart and Soul
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Re: cave cricket! again!
use a dehumidifer especially in a basement
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| Posted 11/20/12 2:22 PM |
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Lillykat
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Re: cave cricket! again!
Posted by rkoenke
i actually got the roach bait hotel to not have to look at them. says that they work for crickets. hopefully cave crickets.
i never had ONE in all the years i lived here (ok, only three, but still!!!!) and yesterday i killed 2.
Here's a question... what is your method of killing them?
I take a shoe, hold it over them, and drop it. SQUASH!
if i don't have good aim, they just jump away and behind things. i can't stand these things!!!
I heard exterminating them doesn't work...
Exterminationg definitely does work but it isn't a one time deal. They lay eggs I think for the next year so you have to get rid of them so they don't lay again. As long as we treated theywent away 100%. We use a company that is safe for pets and animals. Battle a Bug. The defititely go away. Traps are nice but will only stop those inside not help with the fact they lay thousands of eggs. We use the traps in the basement to trap ones who got in. We stopped treating for a while so they are back but if you maintenance they don't come back. The sticky tape is safe since it catches but is safe if a child touches it. We only get
them in the basement. I didn't want to use anything with chemicals. I think they are blind and work by sound so they jump away from you or at you when you try to catch them.
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| Posted 11/20/12 5:14 PM |
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rkoenke
my little piggys
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rachel
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Re: cave cricket! again!
In re: extermination... how much $$$?
Is it wacky expensive? i need to know how much to save!
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| Posted 11/20/12 7:22 PM |
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Lillykat
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Re: cave cricket! again!
It depends on how much work you need etc. I would call a few places and see what they say. I can't tell you what my place charges bc we have them do more than one thing and we get a family discount bc they do work for my parents as well. I don't think it was crazy expensive but it does cost money. We were buying so many sticky papers which added up too. I know the place I use will come, look around and give an estimate.
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| Posted 11/20/12 11:34 PM |
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wanttobeamom
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Re: cave cricket! again!
I've been finding a ton of them in the house lately. Just yesterday I was thinking about how gross they were and saw one sitting at the top of my landing. Of course it didn't die all the way the first time I killed it. I also found a dead one in my cat's bed. At least he kills some of them for me.
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| Posted 11/21/12 7:54 AM |
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DMT
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Re: cave cricket! again!
You need to spray it with something, anything, just to slow it down, then hit it with a fly squatter. I had issues when I moved into my house too, but it has gotten much much better.
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| Posted 11/21/12 8:24 AM |
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MrsT809
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cave cricket! again!
I had to warn the oil burner repairman that I would scream like a little girl if I saw one...and then I did! I seriously scope out the basement stairs before I go down and then do a search before I walk to the washing machine. They make my skin crawl and I almost find them worse when they're dead.
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| Posted 11/21/12 1:34 PM |
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Erica
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Re: cave cricket! again!
I only get them in my basement. Just a few so I can handle it. I keep a fly swatter in the basement and can usually get them when I see them.
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| Posted 11/22/12 9:02 AM |
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Jan1975
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Re: cave cricket! again!
They are in my basement too, funny thing is, they are always dead on the floor...weird.
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| Posted 11/23/12 4:09 PM |
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Hofstra26
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Re: cave cricket! again!
I just saw one in the garage this weekend. I almost fainted!!.............those things are DISGUSTING!!! I screamed for DH and he got rid of it. So nasty!!!
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