How to get rid of Spider Crickets?!
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KSumm
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We live in a floor level Condo and we have Spider Crickets so bad!
We just went to replace the floor and there was a whole in the concrete sub floor and they came out of it! We have dogs and children in our house, how we get rid of them? I know they like moist, dark places... but COME ON!! |
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Call an exterminator. If you're interested in science, here is an article for you: https://peerj.com/articles/523/ Despite the rapid expansion of the built environment, we know little about the biology of species living in human-constructed habitats. Camel crickets (Rhaphidophoridae) are commonly observed in North American houses and include a range of native taxa as well as the Asian Diestrammena asynamora (Adelung), a species occasionally reported from houses though considered to be established only in greenhouses. We launched a continental-scale citizen science campaign to better understand the relative distributions and frequency of native and nonnative camel crickets in human homes across North America. Participants contributed survey data about the presence or absence of camel crickets in homes, as well as photographs and specimens of camel crickets allowing us to identify the major genera and/or species in and around houses. Together, these data offer insight into the geographical distribution of camel crickets as a presence in homes, as well as the relative frequency and distribution of native and nonnative camel crickets encountered in houses. In so doing, we show that the exotic Diestrammena asynamora not only has become a common presence in eastern houses, but is found in these environments far more frequently than native camel crickets. Supplemental pitfall trapping along transects in 10 urban yards in Raleigh, NC revealed that D. asynamora can be extremely abundant locally around some homes, with as many as 52 individuals collected from pitfalls in a single yard over two days of sampling. The number of D. asynamora individuals present in a trap was negatively correlated with the trap’s distance from a house, suggesting that these insects may be preferentially associated with houses but also are present outside. In addition, we report the establishment in the northeastern United States of a second exotic species, putatively Diestrammena japanica Blatchley, which was previously undocumented in the literature. Our results offer new insight into the relative frequency and distribution of camel crickets living in human homes, and emphasize the importance of the built environment as habitat for two little-known invading species of Orthoptera. |
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Thanks!
I have just heard stories of it not working.. (exterminators for Spider Crickets) I think the issues is that we have floor issues where I am and of course, if my neighbors don't get an exteminator (and still continue to have them) I would assume they would come back, right? Know any reasonable priced exterminators? |
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| We get quarterly outside treatments from an exterminator and that keeps all bugs (including sprickets) to a minimum in our house. You can also try running a dehumidifer to decrease the amount of moisture. Sticky traps can work to catch them, but that might be a challenge with dogs and kids in the mix. Good luck. I hate those things. |
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| Get some cats that eat cave crickets. |
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| The way to do it is those sticky traps. Our exterminator comes, but honestly, even he says that's the way to go. Sticky traps and trying to seal up any cracks in your basement window frames. |
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If it makes you feel any better, they're harmless.
Creepy, but harmless. |
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I lived in an old house in Virginia that had cave crickets (that's what we called them), and it did not make me feel better. Those suckers can jump really high and they are so, so yucky. I'd get an exterminator and look into treating the foundation. |
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You need to take this up with the condo association. The one time we had a cockroach problem (I wasn't aware of it but apparently some owners complained) they exterminated the entire building. |
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What are these "floor issues" you are having? |
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| Duct tape. Make a large loop, sticky side out, and stick it on the floor under some furniture. Kill one spider cricket with a fly swatter, stick it to the duct tape, and the other spider crickets will get stuck trying to eat it. |
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I am allergic to cats. My one dogs does kill them though. She plays will them until they die and then cries... |
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We are replacing our floors and some of the concrete is messed up (not level, holes etc). |
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The Condo Association doesn't care unless it is outside of the Condo units. We have them on our patio (I don't like it but I don't care), I just don't like that they are in the house! And of course we are getting ready to put our condo on the market and I am just scared! We don't have an infestation or anything, but there are a lot. I have read up on them SO much and they just make me feel sick. I wouldn't mind them if they didn't jump TOWARDS you! Eeek! |
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This. Also, they eat paper, so don't store cardboard paper in the basement. |