Anonymous
Post 10/25/2024 23:11     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
Why do you think they’re called cave crickets? Humidity
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2024 23:09     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
That’s not the best answer to your question at all. The best one addressed the root cause.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2024 09:57     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/25/2024 06:21     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/25/2024 06:20     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/25/2024 06:08     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/25/2024 01:40     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
PP is right. Also interior perimeter drains, one of the stupider building ideas ever.
Anonymous
Post 10/25/2024 01:28     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/23/2024 22:44     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/23/2024 14:15     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/23/2024 13:45     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
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
Post 10/23/2024 13:24     Subject: cave cricket exterminator
Can’t imagine wanting to use pesticides for cave crickets.