we have crickets come in our house and chirp all night very loudly. How do we get rid of them?
Yes, I know I have the wrong category, but I couldn't find an appropriate one!
2006-09-11 08:34:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
YES!!! I hate those buggers! Your best and easiest bet is to buy a can of raid for bugs like crickets and just line all the doorways that lead to the exterior of you house with the spray. Also, try and turn off your outdoor lights when you aren't using them as they attract buggies...Here are some more tips:
1. Modify your outdoor lighting. Instead of bright lights that attract insects, change to low-level yellow "bug" lights.
2. Seal any cracks in your house that allow penetration from the exterior, paying close attention to areas around doors and windows and openings such as dryer vents. Place screens or other barriers over any openings that you cannot seal.
3. Keep low-growing vegetation at least 12 inches away from the walls of your house. Crickets naturally congregate in moist, thick foliage, then find ways to migrate into the house.
4. Purchase a cricket bait at a home and garden store. Sprinkle it around the outside of your house as directed. You can use some cricket baits indoors, but be sure to read labels carefully before applying.
5. Use sticky traps to capture crickets without toxic chemicals. Crickets caught in this manner can be destroyed or flushed down the toilet.
6. Vacuum up crickets you see in the house. Suck up as many as possible, then kill or discard them.
7. Check the Internet for suggestions on types of cricket-control chemicals that you can sprinkle or spray around your home. Be sure to read all labels carefully before using.
8. Call a pest control company if you are unable to control a cricket infestation yourself.
Tips:
If you have kids in the neighborhood who own lizards, snakes or other animals that eat crickets, consider pouring vacuumed-up crickets into a jar and passing them along to the lizard owner.
There are several varieties of crickets in the United States. The most common (and most apt to get into your house) are the field cricket, the house cricket and the camel cricket.
Most species of crickets require a moist environment, so lowering the humidity in your home or removing standing water, algae or mold will also help discourage crickets.
2006-09-11 08:39:28 · answer #1 · answered by Amy J 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Crickets are like ghosts, they seem to be able to come through
the walls. I had them terribly bad when I lived at the lake. I tried
everything and none of it worked. I called an exterminator, and never had another cricket. It is well worth the $40 or $50. It is
embarrassing to have guest and crickets at the same time.
2006-09-11 15:43:56 · answer #2 · answered by Bethany 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to the hardware store and get some cricket traps. The ones we have are little trays of sticky stuff and the crickets hop in but can't get out. They work really well. We have trapped lots of crickets with those traps.
2006-09-11 15:37:18 · answer #3 · answered by Tatochka 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure there is no way for them to enter;close screens, seal all cracks in the walls, fill the area around your house with soil (make a nice garden even), weatherstrip your doors and windows, yea and kill the ones currently present =D
2006-09-11 15:38:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use bug spray for roaches in the corners and along walls of the rooms with crickets.
2006-09-11 15:40:16 · answer #5 · answered by S.A.M. Gunner 7212 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depending on the number and square footage of you home.. you gunna need to calculate the number of lizards you need... the formula is...L+1=(C/4)(S\1000)
were L=number of lizards.
C=number of crikets daily.
S=your house square footage.
try a nomal house geko.. cause they can get almoast anywere..
always round up to the nearest whole lizard when using formuala.
2006-09-11 15:42:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
This has happened to me recently, I just go towards the sounds and catch them. If you want to get rid of them permanently, call a bug control company.
2006-09-11 15:35:56 · answer #7 · answered by D.Shim 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We get a few in the fall also. They just sneak right in. I've also heard that it's supposed to be good luck.
I actually have a natural control for them...my cat! LOL
2006-09-11 17:00:59 · answer #8 · answered by redneckgardendiva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! They will eat your clothes, too.
I use the vacuum cleaner hose to suck them up. Not fast enough to catch them, and hate glue strips.
Rain
2006-09-11 15:53:13 · answer #9 · answered by Rainbow 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they do.
Weather strip your doors!
2006-09-11 15:35:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋