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Cricket Control
Field Cricket

Of the several species of crickets, Field Crickets and House Crickets are the most common and are the most troublesome. Both of these crickets have antennae that are longer than the body, and both are good jumpers and fliers. Males have two appendages extending from the tip of the abdomen; females have three. Males make a "love song" to attract female crickets.

Field Crickets prefer to live and breed outdoors where they feed on several kinds of plants. Occasionally they invade homes on search of warm hiding places, but will not breed or establish a permanent infestation indoors.

House Crickets which are very similar in appearance to field crickets, commonly breed outdoors, but unlike the fabled Jiminy Cricket, these rascals are pests. They can sometimes invade homes by the thousands ! Outdoors, they damage garden plants. Indoors they damage woolens, cottons, silks, synthetic fabrics, furs and carpeting. Clothes stained with sweat are very attractive. They also feed on foods, leather and rubber products.

Camel Crickets, also called Stone or Cave Crickets are not true crickets, are wingless and are otherwise distinctive in appearance because of their arched backs. They are active at night, are not attracted to light and have no "song".

Recommend Products:

Indoors - Granular bait such as Niban or Larva lur. Treatments using Demon WP, or Demand applied to cracks, crevices and other hiding places will give good control indoors and outdoors. Dust products such as Drione or Boric Acid are very useful for treating wall voids and crawl spaces. Contact sprays of CB 80 or Invader aerosols will also give rapid knockdown when used indoors.

Outdoors - Liquid broadcast spray such as Dragnet or Granular bait such as Niban or Larva lur. When treating outdoors, it is necessary to treat thoroughly around the foundation and to treat the mulch in flower and shrub beds.

Application Do's - Treat every 1 to 2 weeks or until problem goes away.

Application Don'ts: Don't leave outside lights on at nighttime. Crickets are strong fliers and lights attract them. \