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Spider Crickets aka Cave Crickets in basement .. help

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  1. Oct 8, 2019 at 11:40 AM
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    Anyone ever had these nasty looking things in their home? We have lived in this house 15-years and i have never seen one until a week ago ... i had no idea what it was and about freaked when it jumped towards me. I have killed 4 of them in the last week and yesterday went to Lowe's and bought a couple sticky glue traps ... this morning there was one of these nasty ass spider crickets on it. I read where once you get one on the glue trap that it will attract others cause they eat one another?

    Have you had any experience with spider crickets and if so what did you do to get rid of them? My wife is freaking out and don't want to go down in basement to do laundry .. we have a fully finished basement

    Thanks!

    -below is pic of one this morning caught on glue trap
    20191008_115436.jpg
     
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  2. Oct 8, 2019 at 11:47 AM
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    3" 00Buck should help get rid of them while providing pewpew entertainment :thumbsup:

    On a more serious note, HotShot makes bugbombs which can kill a variety of pests.
     
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  3. Oct 8, 2019 at 11:50 AM
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  4. Oct 8, 2019 at 11:58 AM
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    I knew the salt gun would be in someone's reply :D:D:D:D
     
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  5. Oct 8, 2019 at 12:00 PM
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    Ha! I totally have one of those! It was gifted to me from one of my best friends this past Christmas...I have at least 8 confirmed kills...my house rarely gets intruders.
     
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  6. Oct 8, 2019 at 12:03 PM
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  7. Oct 8, 2019 at 12:06 PM
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    Lmao you would HATE my garage. I deal with those jumping on me all the time when I’m under my car.
     
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  8. Oct 8, 2019 at 12:08 PM
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    I think we call these camel crickets in the south.
     
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    They get SO big! Their legs are long but their bodies are close to the ground. Have you tried Diatomaceous Earth ("DE"). It's pet and kid-safe and cheap. Can be found at most hardware/far/home supply stores.
     
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  10. Oct 8, 2019 at 12:09 PM
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    No but i will check into that, thanks
     
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    Get rid of the moisture.

    Screenshot_20191008-150954.jpg
     
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  12. Oct 8, 2019 at 12:18 PM
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    I have a dehumidifier in our basement and i run it on the "dry" setting so our basement is definitely not damp
     
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    They are common here. I put about 4 or 5 of those glue spider/cricket traps around my basement and they work pretty well. Dont really see them all around the basement any more. Just the crawl space and laundry room where the traps are. It is freaky that they usually jump toward you. lol
     
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    I have read online about them, just wondered if folks here had any experience with them and getting rid of them etc

    Thanks for the replies
     
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    They are some ugly sum bitchez for sure

    Here is a close up of the one on my glue trap this morning

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    They are harmless, but they obviously have an entry point and are finding food. Look around outside for any entry points, if you're in a brick home add some steel wool to the weep holes.
     
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    Holy crap!. Just a cricket. Do you fish?
    I found this around the house.
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    I get some large crickets around the house too, they are annoying loud.
     
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    Luckily these don't make noise .. they are just nasty looking and freak my wife out if she goes down to basement and see's one. The glue traps have caught several
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