cave cricket exterminator

[Anonymous]

Can’t imagine wanting to use pesticides for cave crickets.

[Anonymous]

The key is finding where they are coming in and sealing then treating. This is a small, local pest service in VA and MD that was really good with the inspection part of treatment: https://bluebirdpest.com/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just get some sticky traps from Amazon. They work great.

Just use duct tape. We see them at the change of seasons for a week or two and then they are gone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just get some sticky traps from Amazon. They work great.

Just use duct tape. We see them at the change of seasons for a week or two and then they are gone.

How do you lay out the tape?

[Anonymous]

If you have those, you have mildew, mold, or wood rot. That is what they eat. They aren't in your house randomly. Fix that problem or they will never go away.

[Anonymous]

PP is right. Also interior perimeter drains, one of the stupider building ideas ever.

[Anonymous]

I use the yellow glue traps from Amazon. Something on it attracts them to it. Those things are amazing. We only get them in the basement but I lay new traps each fall at the end of summer then throw them out in December.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just get some sticky traps from Amazon. They work great.

Just use duct tape. We see them at the change of seasons for a week or two and then they are gone.

How do you lay out the tape?

I just put strips of tape in a few places in the basement. I have read they are attracted to the glue - not sure but they seem to end up there. I do feel a bit sorry for them stuck there so I usually squish them and replace the tape pretty quickly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just get some sticky traps from Amazon. They work great.

Just use duct tape. We see them at the change of seasons for a week or two and then they are gone.

How do you lay out the tape?

I just put strips of tape in a few places in the basement. I have read they are attracted to the glue - not sure but they seem to end up there. I do feel a bit sorry for them stuck there so I usually squish them and replace the tape pretty quickly.

I used to buy the sticky traps until someone suggested duct tape instead. I feel it works the same and is much cheaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We never eradicate the crickets -- there are always some breakthroughs that the glue traps mostly catch. But the exterminator's spraying has helped a lot. We use Infestation Control in Rockville. We try to spray by mid-August to get ahead of the crickets.

OP here, thanks for reading my question and responding to the question.

[Anonymous]

That’s not the best answer to your question at all. The best one addressed the root cause.

[Anonymous]

Why do you think they’re called cave crickets? Humidity