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KittyGags
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
Holy ISH! I never had them until recently--only in the garage right now but man oh man, I turned on the light the other night in the garage and it jumped across the garage and i screamed my head off!
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Momma2Be
Mommy of an angel
Member since 10/09 5911 total posts
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Dina
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
omg the most disgusting bug I've ever seen!!!! They freak me out!!! Thankfully my cat has become quite the camel cricket hunter and can take one down in a matter of seconds 
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| Posted 11/22/11 3:53 PM |
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NewLeaf2012
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
Posted by Momma2Be
omg the most disgusting bug I've ever seen!!!! They freak me out!!! Thankfully my cat has become quite the camel cricket hunter and can take one down in a matter of seconds
Can I borrow the cat???
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| Posted 11/22/11 8:16 PM |
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DMT
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
If it makes you feel better, I was touring the Rockefeller property upstate a few weeks ago and I saw them in the house and on the grounds.
So even the Rockefellers have em! 
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| Posted 11/22/11 8:30 PM |
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MrsRivera
2 under 2...whew!!
Member since 2/07 9876 total posts
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Beth
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
O...M...G...
When DH and I used to rent a basement apartment in East Meadow years ago, these things were ALLLL over at this time of the year. It was so gross...our door opened into the basement stairwell, and I just remember sitting on the couch at night and hearing a "ffft" noise. Sure enough, they'd be squeezing in under the door 
Do you know that I once SKIPPED my grad class at night because there were 2 camel crickets in front of the door? The ONLY way out of the apartment? I skipped class and hid in the bedroom until DH came home!
But the worst...the ABSOLUTE worst (and I thank GOD this happened to DH and not to me...)...the showerhead in our bathroom had a piece of cracked tile around it, so there was a teeny, tiny little gap. Well one day, I was showering and I saw camel cricket legs on the wall of the shower. I was like  ...but then later when I asked DH about it, he was like "Oh man...I thought I got all of it...it was squeezing through the gap in the tile while I was showering"
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| Posted 11/22/11 9:01 PM |
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CaseyGirl
Mommy to 3 Boys :)
Member since 5/05 19978 total posts
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Jen - counting my blessings...
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
OMG I googled these and shivered 
We don't have them that I know of in New Jersey BUT we do have stink bugs everywhere. All year round. I never heard of them til I moved here. They appear out of nowhere and you can't step on them because they STINK! You just have to capture them and flush them, that's what I do. 
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| Posted 11/23/11 1:39 PM |
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MrsJ
I love my Katie Bug
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Kathy
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
I've done some research and i read that these things start coming upstairs to the main level of your house only after your basement is pretty infested with them. I also read its important to get them fast because they will reproduce. I've actually found a couple of small/baby(??) crickets in my basement.
One was in the sink in my laundry room, they are forever in the hallway in the basement and by the back door. I bought sticky traps (as much as i hate them) and caught a bunch of them.
I'd rather have MICE!! at least they wont jump AT me!!
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| Posted 11/28/11 10:14 PM |
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EricaAlt
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Member since 7/08 22665 total posts
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Erica
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
Posted by CaseyGirl
OMG I googled these and shivered
We don't have them that I know of in New Jersey BUT we do have stink bugs everywhere. All year round. I never heard of them til I moved here. They appear out of nowhere and you can't step on them because they STINK! You just have to capture them and flush them, that's what I do.
Oh girl... they're in NJ. Sooo gross! I remember them at our house on LI. Nasty things! We moved to NJ and hoping they wouldn't be here, but they are. We have a big, finished basement and started finding them.
***BEST WAY TO KILL THEM*** bomb the house. You get the stuff at a Home Depot or something. Do it on a day you won't be home all day and it's nice out so you can leave the windows open. Totally worked!
They love moisture that's why they're mostly in basements or garages. Worst part is when they find they're way into the kitchen or bathrooms through the pipes
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| Posted 11/29/11 8:28 AM |
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Babymakin
LIF Adult
Member since 12/10 920 total posts
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Sarah
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Re: Beaten to death topic! Camel crickets!
My dog ate/killed the ones he found in my house.
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| Posted 11/29/11 9:14 AM |
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