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Serendipity
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by beautyq115

I vacumed one up with the dust buster when I emptied it out days later the freaking thing was ALIVE!!!!!!!!!Chat Icon




OMG! nooo. Well today what I did was let it scurry into a shoe box then I closed the lid tightly (bc something that big and gross there is no way I am squishing itChat Icon

Then I put it in 2 black plastic garbage bags (yes 2 full size garbage bags) and threw it in the trash outside !

That damn thing better not find a way out!!!

Posted 11/24/10 4:24 PM
 
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Jenn627
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

We're in Massapequa Park and haven't gotten any. EVER.

I'm not going to lie - I want to see one in person so badly!!! You guys make it seem like they're the most hideous things on earth and yet the google images just look like plain old crickets. Chat Icon

I want to see one!!!

Posted 11/24/10 4:40 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Serendipity

hahaha ladies...ok so then it seems smithtown, or anywhere out east north shore is my new home! LOL LOL LOL

I am in Lynbrook by the way....UGHH hates these creatures! We havent seen one in so long.....but for some reason past few daysChat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon


ETA: I was from queens too, howard beach, these creatures were foreign to me until I moved to Lynbrook!



We would get one a year in our basement. Now it's a different story in LI, I can't count how many!Chat Icon

Message edited 2/14/2014 7:08:20 PM.

Posted 11/24/10 4:50 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Jenn627

We're in Massapequa Park and haven't gotten any. EVER.

I'm not going to lie - I want to see one in person so badly!!! You guys make it seem like they're the most hideous things on earth and yet the google images just look like plain old crickets. Chat Icon

I want to see one!!!



They are not like normal crickets. They are large at times, size of a quarter or more with their gross legs. And they look like giant spiders but they JUMP towards you, HIGH up too.Chat Icon

Posted 11/24/10 4:51 PM
 

Goobster
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Serendipity

Posted by beautyq115

I vacumed one up with the dust buster when I emptied it out days later the freaking thing was ALIVE!!!!!!!!!Chat Icon




OMG! nooo. Well today what I did was let it scurry into a shoe box then I closed the lid tightly (bc something that big and gross there is no way I am squishing itChat Icon

Then I put it in 2 black plastic garbage bags (yes 2 full size garbage bags) and threw it in the trash outside !

That damn thing better not find a way out!!!



Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Hopefully you don't have to become a pro like me at whacking them. I use my swiffer broom thingy....they splat so much, could make you vomit. But I rather it splatted and dead then intact and running around my house!

Posted 11/24/10 4:53 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

We have them out East. They were bad in August, then were gone. We had one last week that got upstairs Chat Icon , but haven't seen any since. Never saw one when I lived in MD. Maybe it's the proximity to water? We live near the beach.

Posted 11/24/10 4:58 PM
 

Serendipity
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Goobster

Posted by Serendipity

Posted by beautyq115

I vacumed one up with the dust buster when I emptied it out days later the freaking thing was ALIVE!!!!!!!!!Chat Icon




OMG! nooo. Well today what I did was let it scurry into a shoe box then I closed the lid tightly (bc something that big and gross there is no way I am squishing itChat Icon

Then I put it in 2 black plastic garbage bags (yes 2 full size garbage bags) and threw it in the trash outside !

That damn thing better not find a way out!!!



Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Hopefully you don't have to become a pro like me at whacking them. I use my swiffer broom thingy....they splat so much, could make you vomit. But I rather it splatted and dead then intact and running around my house!





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Hence the reason mine was caught in a tory burch shoe box! LOL

Posted 11/24/10 5:20 PM
 

Summergrl73
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Shroggie

Posted by JustJack

I've never seen them. I am on the north shore further east. Now I am hoping I don't see them.


I've never seen them either. I'm in Merrick. Chat Icon



I live in Merrick and I have seen them. Freaked me the h-ll out!!! I put down sticky paper in my boiler room and caught 2

Posted 11/24/10 5:43 PM
 

Spring Baby06
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

I'm in Massapequa and haven't seen one....yet. I hope I never do!

Posted 11/24/10 5:58 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

i didn't see these bugs until 2005. I lived in a basement apartment at the time and they were my roommates. It was gross. Now they are in the laundry room of my house now. I have lived in Lynbrook and Valley Stream.

I have sprayed them with a lot of lysol and they lived. Glue strips were the only thing that worked. I personally only see them from October to December.

Message edited 11/24/2010 6:24:00 PM.

Posted 11/24/10 6:22 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

I'm in Lindenhurst, and grew up in East Northport, and have never seen them. Of course I have poisonous spiders in my house in Lindy from time to time, so I think I might prefer the crickets!!

Posted 11/24/10 6:27 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Spring Baby06

I'm in Massapequa and haven't seen one....yet. I hope I never do!



same here, and i hope i never do!

Posted 11/24/10 6:32 PM
 

VickiRG510
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Grew up in Lido Beach/Long Beach & we never had them. Our hous ein Frank Sq doesnt & our new home in O'side doesnt either & we totally gutted it 7 havent seen a thing.

Posted 11/24/10 7:01 PM
 

KittyGags
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Shroggie

Posted by JustJack

I've never seen them. I am on the north shore further east. Now I am hoping I don't see them.


I've never seen them either. I'm in Merrick. Chat Icon



Me neither and I'm in Bellmore. But my friend thats 3 mins away has em...so Chat Icon

Posted 11/24/10 7:12 PM
 

pickles16
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by VickiRG510

Grew up in Lido Beach/Long Beach & we never had them. Our hous ein Frank Sq doesnt & our new home in O'side doesnt either & we totally gutted it 7 havent seen a thing.




This is the first time ever I saw one. I grew up in Oceanside and now live there and there was one in my garage the other day I literally almost jumped into my 2 year olds lapChat Icon

Posted 11/24/10 7:18 PM
 

VickiRG510
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by pickles16

Posted by VickiRG510

Grew up in Lido Beach/Long Beach & we never had them. Our hous ein Frank Sq doesnt & our new home in O'side doesnt either & we totally gutted it 7 havent seen a thing.




This is the first time ever I saw one. I grew up in Oceanside and now live there and there was one in my garage the other day I literally almost jumped into my 2 year olds lapChat Icon



UGGGGGG I hope u live far from me. hahahahahahahha Good luck. Cause those things are disgusting & yes no child would have a chance im outta there if i have to run someone over! lol lol Maybe an exterminator will get rid of them???

Posted 11/24/10 7:25 PM
 

csorisi
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

My parents live in Seaford and we NEVER had them--never saw them until I got o sayville--since we redid our sideing I haven't seen them just 1 or 2 in the garage--they are gross!

Posted 11/24/10 9:00 PM
 

BeachGal
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

I had them a month after I moved to the South Shore. I was so grossed out. We called Terminex and got a one year contract. It was the best $1,00 I ever spent b/c they never came back! Fingers crossed.

Posted 11/24/10 9:36 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

I'm in RVC and we and all of our neighbors have them Chat Icon

My parents in Seaford had never heard of them!

Posted 11/24/10 9:36 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Message edited 11/27/2011 12:27:03 PM.

Posted 11/24/10 9:43 PM
 

Goobster
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

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Posted by Sassyz75

what is a camel cricket?
I'm from Amityville.. never seen one



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DEAR GOD I SHUDDER WHEN I SEE THEMChat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon

Posted 11/24/10 10:28 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

oh no.... we were JUST trying to figure out what the hell my cat ate off the laundry room floor. i didn't even think it could be one.... and now I just rememered i turned the dehumidifier off a few hours ago.

she was CRUNCHING on something! AHHH!

Posted 11/24/10 10:54 PM
 

carlowlou
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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

omg! I am in Huntington and have never seen one of these and I hope I never ever do.

Posted 11/26/10 1:28 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Shroggie

Posted by JustJack

I've never seen them. I am on the north shore further east. Now I am hoping I don't see them.


I've never seen them either. I'm in Merrick. Chat Icon



same, massapequa Chat Icon

Posted 11/26/10 3:28 PM
 

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Re: Is there a town on LI that...

Posted by Serendipity

hahaha ladies...ok so then it seems smithtown, or anywhere out east north shore is my new home! LOL LOL LOL

I am in Lynbrook by the way....UGHH hates these creatures! We havent seen one in so long.....but for some reason past few daysChat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon Chat Icon


ETA: I was from queens too, howard beach, these creatures were foreign to me until I moved to Lynbrook!



I'm in Smithtown and we have them :(

Posted 11/26/10 8:15 PM
 
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