Crickets Inside House

By

karilynn

11/10/2009

I purchased a gallon of 9 month insect repellent spray from the hardware store and sprayed my foundation and all around the basement windows with this stuff. No more spiders or crickets except for the occasional one here & there. I live in a fairly dry climate so spraying twice a year is good for me but give it a try. For the crickets already in your house, there is a granular bait you can use for them to feed on to kill them.

How do I keep crickets from coming inside my home?

Debbie

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RE: Looking for a Cricket Solution

I have had some success using what I call hedge apples or hedge balls. They grow on hedge trees and look like very large green apples, but are textured and have a real bumpy outside. Bring several of them inside and cut them open with a sharp knife. Then put the pieces wherever you have been finding crickets or in your basement. I don't know if the crickets find the smell repulsive or if they drink the sap that comes out of them, but I noticed using this method seemed to cut down on the number I had in the house. Be careful though as the sap inside of these hedge balls could stain if it gets on the carpet. Good luck. (09/23/2004)

By Donna in Kansas

RE: Looking for a Cricket Solution

Debbie, debbie, Why do you want to remove a cricket from your home. Crickets do not bite and bring good fortune to your home! The people of the far east ecven make little houses for them and feed them. If he sings your house is twice blessed. (09/23/2004)

By alobarbear.

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How do you get rid of crickets? I live in an older house. Crickets keep getting inside and they keep me awake at night.

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