Bugs

Sep 24, 2007 23:34

I am having one hell of a maddening cricket problem, I haven't seen traps or bait in stores for crickets before, has anyone had to get rid of these things themselves? Any tips?

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djnurseallison September 25 2007, 03:35:32 UTC
Are they black crickets, or the tan, humpback-looking ones? The latter ones freak me out a lot.

I've heard that boric acid sprinkled around kills crickets (and roaches too). And Google turned up this highly scientific advice:

"There are many non-toxic methods for managing cricket populations.
* Fly swatter
* Vacuum cleaner
* Heavy shoe
* Sticky traps"

So don't be using a non-heavy shoe to smoosh em :P

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mrzodiac September 25 2007, 04:21:47 UTC
See here's my problem, I think I've got one of the fuckers living in my god damned wall. I've just about torn through my entire living room trying to find it to no avail. I even got up in my ducting system with no luck. I'm a big fan of the catch and release program, or the Demonia squishification method if they piss me off enough, but I can't lay eyes on the little bastard. :[

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djnurseallison September 27 2007, 05:26:32 UTC
Ugh, that's the worst! I guess maybe spray some kind of bug killer around the offending areas? Hopefully the little beast will move out or croak very soon.

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dedqgirl September 25 2007, 12:22:23 UTC
get a lizard

no, seriously, you hate crickets, but reptile stores everywhere *sell* the things. :) plus they make great pets.

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