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how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

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groovypeg
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how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

seriously in the last few days i have seen at least 5 crickets in the basement. help!!! nothing that i have sprayed has helped!

Posted 8/6/08 10:22 AM
 
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leighla
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Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

Buy a cat?

Posted 8/6/08 10:22 AM
 

rkoenke
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rachel

Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

Posted by leighla

Buy a cat?



correction... ADOPT a cat.
Yup! my silly cat chases these things all day long!

Posted 8/6/08 10:25 AM
 

MrsRbk
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Michelle

Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

The only thing that's worked for me is:

My cat
having my husband remove them

Posted 8/6/08 10:25 AM
 

lucyloo
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Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

I can lend you my dog. She loves catching them.

Posted 8/6/08 10:27 AM
 

joenick
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Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

Home Depot sells a spray (with a hose and a sprayer attached). You have to spray all around the outside and inside perimeter of your house. It helps.

Also...glue traps...Chat Icon It doesn't (immediately) kill them, but it does cut down on the ones that will jump around freely in your basement.

Posted 8/6/08 11:02 AM
 

pixiedust
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Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

my hubby bought some stuff online, I don't know the name off hand, I will have to ask him, but it did work for us. We also used glue-traps, which was gross at times. When he comes home I will FM you the info.

Posted 8/6/08 12:32 PM
 

IrishLasss334
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Patty

Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

alot of the time crickets in the basement is due to dampness...do you have a dehumidifier? if you do and it has a setting, set it to make it as dry as possible.

Posted 8/6/08 1:04 PM
 

KLSbear
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Karen

Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

It's that time of year again Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

We have Cricket & Spider glue traps that we got at Ace Hardware and they do a pretty good job.

Posted 8/6/08 7:23 PM
 

Lauren09
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Lauren

Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

Posted by rkoenke

Posted by leighla

Buy a cat?



correction... ADOPT a cat.
Yup! my silly cat chases these things all day long!



lol, yea i can send my cat over. she'll have them all gone and eaten in about 5 minutes (expect for the legs - she usually leaves those as presents for us Chat Icon). it's so funny because during cricket season, DH and i never see her since she spends all her time in a corner by the fireplace waiting for crickets to kill.

Posted 8/6/08 8:21 PM
 

pixiedust
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Re: how to get rid of crickets in the basement?

Posted by pixiedust

my hubby bought some stuff online, I don't know the name off hand, I will have to ask him, but it did work for us. We also used glue-traps, which was gross at times. When he comes home I will FM you the info.



Ok spoke to him and he gave me this info:

http://www.bugspray.com/articles98/camelcrickets.html


These are two products that worked great for us.

Nolo Bait – Cricket Pathogen

Niban – Boric acid coated with a special protein that attracts crickets

Hope this helps!
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Posted 8/6/08 8:58 PM
 
 

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