Do cave crickets

[jobhunter]

Camel crickets, spider crickets, crickets from hell, whatever you call them...do they completely demoralize anyone else???

 

[paigevz]

I hate bugs of all kinds. Crickets jump, which make them especially scary.

 

[Liberty Belle]

I. Hate. Them.

We used to live in an older house with our washer and dryer in the basement. One day I went down to do laundry with a sundress on. I came upstairs, felt something moving under my dress and out jumped a cave cricket.

 

[PrincessParty]

We never go down there without a cat. (We have 4 cats.)

 

[jobhunter]

LibertyBelle, I would have died.

My cat would kill them if she saw them. But one got in the house yesterday and I was alone. It was as big as a mouse, I swear.

 

[HugsForEeyore]

We had them in our house for 22 years now. I had one hopping around my bedroom for 4 days this week - finally caught it and let it outside.

The crickets mainly hop around the ground floor of our house at night. I don't know where they are during the day! We are so used to them that we just walk around them nowadays - too much trouble to try to kill them and clean up the mess. They are so ingrained into the structure of the house that I can't imagine how to get rid of them. We sometimes set traps of yellow sticky stuff, but that's about all we can do.

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

You mean these?

We have spider crickets -- or sprickets as we call them -- in our basement. Occasionally they make their way upstairs. DW Lauri hates them. One time one of them chased her into the bedroom and trapped her there until I came home. I'll admit I've jumped and yelled in surprise when they've jumped on me.

Maybe we need a cat. The dogs, love 'em as much as we do, are worthless on spricket detail. Spraying or scattering sevin dust doesn't always help because they can jump right over the sprayed or dusted area.

And ya gotta love the "crunch" they make when you step on them, right?

 

[arkansas mom]

"Jumpy crawly things", as I not-so-affectionately refer to those little demons, are the most disgusting things Mother Nature ever cursed us with. My hatred/fear of them started in college when my roommate screamed in the middle of the night as one landed square on her face and then got caught in her hair as she was flailing about in bed. Oh, the humanity.

Nowdays my super-sized can of Raid Spider Spray is never far from reach. You just can't kill them by normal means. They're too fast. They're too jumpy-crawly. *shutters* You gotta aim, spray, and run!!!

 

[arkansas mom]

We are so used to them that we just walk around them nowadays - too much trouble to try to kill them and clean up the mess.

EEK!!! Buy some Raid--stat!

You mean these?

Holy Spider Cricket, Batman! That photo's a heart attack waitin' to happen!!!

ETA: Ewww, look, he even has devil-horns on his backside. Vile little creature.

 

[lovetoscrap]

You mean these?



We have spider crickets -- or sprickets as we call them -- in our basement. Occasionally they make their way upstairs. DW Lauri hates them. One time one of them chased her into the bedroom and trapped her there until I came home.
And ya gotta love the "crunch" they make when you step on them, right?

And remind me again when you finally decided to "crunch" that particular Spricket?

 

[MontanaZoo]

You mean these?

We have normal tiny crickets in Montana that live outside in some areas. If something like that jumped in me in my own house, I'd freak out and get the bug spray (or even hair spray or something if it's handy, it'll slow down spiders ).

 

[PrincessParty]

The crunch isn't as bad as the locust! Seriously, we go down armed with a cat. The cat gets entertainment and exercise and I can approach the washer and dryer. Although it is a great excuse when I don't do laundry, the cat was napping.

 

[Tiggeroo]

The crunch isn't as bad as the locust! Seriously, we go down armed with a cat. The cat gets entertainment and exercise and I can approach the washer and dryer. Although it is a great excuse when I don't do laundry, the cat was napping.

Ok make that evil picture go away. I hate them and call them sprickets or spider crickets. They get into my bathroom from the basement which I never ever go in to. I have had dh caulk it several times. It gets rid of them for a long time and then they come back, starting with babies. He caulks around all the heating pipes and any little crack he sees. Once I was in the bathroom, sitting, doing my thing and one came out from behind the toiled. I about died. BTW- my cat loves these things. I lock him in to the bathroom and he has a blast. But then you will find legs and other things on the floor and that's really bad to clean up. Again, I hate these evil creatures.

 

[Chuck S]

Oh, so that is what cave crickets are. I've seen a few of them here, but mostly just the normal dark brown/black crickets.

LOL - is anyone else getting the "Live Bugs & Worms" ad banner at the top of this thread? "Guaranteed live, fresh and feisty!""

 

[bgirl29]

Yes I am getting that same banner at the top. OK why would I want fresh and feisty bugs???? I can see maybe fishermen but really do they buy those online? Yuk!

 

[alldiz]

You mean these?

We have spider crickets -- or sprickets as we call them -- in our basement. Occasionally they make their way upstairs. DW Lauri hates them. One time one of them chased her into the bedroom and trapped her there until I came home. I'll admit I've jumped and yelled in surprise when they've jumped on me.

Maybe we need a cat. The dogs, love 'em as much as we do, are worthless on spricket detail. Spraying or scattering sevin dust doesn't always help because they can jump right over the sprayed or dusted area.

And ya gotta love the "crunch" they make when you step on them, right?

OK....that pic needed a WARNING

I hate all bugs.....I think they all should live though.....just far away from me
Yes Crickets are particularly disturbing because they HOP
Kerri

 

[sumrmist]

You mean these?

We have spider crickets -- or sprickets as we call them -- in our basement. Occasionally they make their way upstairs. DW Lauri hates them. One time one of them chased her into the bedroom and trapped her there until I came home. I'll admit I've jumped and yelled in surprise when they've jumped on me.

Maybe we need a cat. The dogs, love 'em as much as we do, are worthless on spricket detail. Spraying or scattering sevin dust doesn't always help because they can jump right over the sprayed or dusted area.

And ya gotta love the "crunch" they make when you step on them, right?

I seem to recall a bathroom incident with a spricket and you !!

 

[sanctus]

We call them "jumpy bugs" and they scare the bejeesus out of me. I will avoid the basement entirely if one is out. My daughter told me there was one in the downstairs bathroom, and my response was, "I guess we'll just have to go upstairs, then." I am not trying to squish something that can leap in any direction with no warning. Those things are EVIL.

 

[fightin 23]

we here in baltimore county st the fightin 23 middleborough have these little bugs and we call em spider monkeys... one of our guys was in a shower noticed the bug and it started lookin at him funny made some ind of noise and he started jumpin at him. then he ran out of the shower slipped tripped and fell... then busted his head and ever since then he will not sleep whenever he sees a spider monkey...

 

[Michelle67]

That thing is yugly. Ick. I don't think we have those here, but we have ordinary black crickets that get in my (attached) garage and drive me bananas. My cat eats them if she's in the mood, but she doesn't get them all and they hang out having chirping contests all day and night. Then they go and commit hari cricket in my dog's water bowl and I have to fish them out. Eeew.