2007-09-16 16:11:54 · 12 answers · asked by Nannie 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
normal insect spray does the job...crickets are very damaging to old carpeting with jute backing. Modern carpet is all nylon backed , so crickets have little interest. Outdoors, dusting or spraying does the trick quickly. Boric Acid is used for roaches...they love the stuff, carry it back to the nest, die,and other roaches eat them, dye also. Boric acid is NOT very delightful to dogs or cat, is relatively safe to use under the sink, refrig, etc. does the trick as well as any roach bait. But not used for crickets so much.
2007-09-16 20:51:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am wondering if they could be killed with soap water. I KNOW this works on hornets, and since the breathing mechanism is the same, it should work on crickets as well...
Mix about a half cup of dish soap into a spray bottle of water--try not to get it foamy. Then spray this mixture until the bug is saturated. The water helps the soap to run into the spiracles (I believe that is what they are called) which are the breathing tubes in the shells of insects, which then clogs the breathing system up and gums them up like glue. No oxygen...no life.
http://www.livescience.com/animals/070517_beetle_breath.html
As I said, it is what most exterminators use on wasps because is it quick and easy and non-toxic.
2007-09-16 16:20:39 · answer #2 · answered by Susie Q 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I will share a cute story about crickets with you:
I dated this man for about 2 years so I spent the night at his house because we were going to go fishing early in the morning on his boat. I woke before dawn to get ready, there were no lights on in the house. I went through the living room to go to the bathroom and tripped over this thing that was on the floor. It was crickets! They all escaped and were everywhere for a very long rime. It seems that here, in the Carolina's, they use crickets for bait and I let the bait go. It did make him think about me every night though!
2007-09-17 01:19:04 · answer #3 · answered by slk29406 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cricket is an insect. All insects have their skeletons on the outside of their bodies. So, the trick is to dry them out from the inside and also dry out their eggs so they don't reproduce. Get some boric acid. Put it in one of those bulb dusters you use for roses and plants. Lay a layer of it around your plants and the border of your house. It will work quite nicely. It's the stuff the exterminators charge you an arm and a leg for.
2007-09-16 16:24:04 · answer #4 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I reproduce below the first page of the relevant site. It has more pages and over a lakh effective measures on crickets. You may like one which suits you better.
cricket control, Cricket Control, CRICKET CONTROL, cricket remedy ...
Crickets are a pest for several reasons. First, they can destroy wallpaper. ... years, several cricket baits have been introduced which work well on crickets. ...
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Only Natural Pet All-in-One Flea Remedy | Dog Cat Fleas Control
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... (in both ears but louder in the right one) is like a thousand tree crickets on a hot summer night. ... our Type 4 tinnitus relief remedy for cochlea damage. ...
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www.naturalflearemedy.com/instructions.htm
SinusWars16 -Tinnitus Remedy
Click here for the ingredients of SinusWars16 and what each ingredient does? ... whine, Roaring, Hissing, Music, Crickets, Ringing, Whistling, Buzzing and Humming ...
www.sinuswars.com/remedies/SinusWars16.asp
mole crickets
... cricket program that including the Nosema locustae protozoan as a remedy, but ... this is not effective for controlling crickets which eat pretty much the same ...
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CD Baby: JIM WEIDER BAND: Remedy
... composing and playing together for 20 years, and co-wrote four tunes for Remedy. ... Not Fade Away with Buddy Holly's Crickets and The Band (Decca Records, CD and ...
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Carpenter Ants Remedy
... Control provides the products and expertise you need for residential and commercial control of carpenter ants ... Crickets. Drain Flies. Earwigs. Fabric ...
www.doyourownpestcontrol.com/carpenterantbaitkit.htm
Domestic 20/20 league
For the cricket yobbo, nine hours of drinking takes its toll on the liver. ... The remedy to crickets problem is likely to be 20/20 cricket. ...
www.convictcreations.com/ideas/twentytwenty.htm
2007-09-17 07:38:14 · answer #5 · answered by Prabhakar G 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My husbands uncle had this problem except it was grasshoppers and they were eating everything in sight. He mixed up some dish soap and cooked some tobacco in water, mixed it all together and sprayed everything. Cleared his whole property. I would recommend going to the store and buying a package of Bugler(tobacco) cook it a little with about two to 3 gallons of water, up to 5 gallons. Let it cool.Put it in a sprayer with a squirt of dish soap and spray everything.
Good Luck
2007-09-17 03:21:24 · answer #6 · answered by Cheryl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kindness
2007-09-16 20:40:34 · answer #7 · answered by Knuckles 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have found the only way is to kill one and let the others see it. Like crawl over it and sometimes that will work and sometimes not,. Good Luck
2007-09-16 16:20:34 · answer #8 · answered by Gypsy Gal 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://www.critterridders.com/crickets.htm
I found this link that you can check out. Otherwise I haven;t a clue. I'm still dealing with ants. Try boric acid!!!
2007-09-16 17:06:52 · answer #9 · answered by Granny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Napalm.
2007-09-16 16:20:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋