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Spider Cricket Pest Control Elimination & Cricket Extermination
Common Crickets and Spider Crickets
Spider Crickets
a.k.a. Cave Crickets / Camel Crickets
The orthopteran family Rhaphidophoridae includes the cave wetas, cave crickets, camel crickets and sand treaders, of the suborder Ensifera. Most are found in sewers, caves, basements, cellars, crawl spaces, and other dark and damp environments. The name "spider cricket" comes from their
long antennae and legs. They are wingless, and can be as been as two inches in size.
Although their appearance is fiercely intimidating, they are harmless to humans, except for the "fear" factor. Their ability to jump several feet into the hair, much higher than a common cricket is just creepy.
If there is just a few, the best method is to stomp them. ;-)
If there is a breeding population, such as in a crawl space, spray a chemical barrier of Diazinon, Dursban or Sevin insecticide inside around the foundation of the house. (This way it will last longer because the rain will not wash it away. Repeat as needed.
Insecticide granules also work to eliminate crickets, but the quickest results are going to be from a chemical spray for large infestations. Diazinon is known to be harmful, so there are many other cricket infestation treatment options available.
Common Cricket
Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "common crickets"), are insects somewhat related to grasshoppers and more closely related to katydids or bush crickets. They have somewhat flattened bodies and long antennae. There are about 900 species of crickets. They tend to be nocturnal. and like all other insects, crickets are cold-blooded. They take on the temperature of their surroundings. Crickets are a common pest problem across many parts of Raleigh and the rest of North Carolina.
The left forewing of the male cricket has a thick rib (a modified vein) which bears has up to a few hundred ridges. The chirping is done solely by male crickets, and is produced by raising the left wing and rubbing it against the upper hind edge of the right wing, which has a thick scraper (Berenbaum 1995). This chirping sound is called stridulation and the song is species-specific.
There are four kinds of cricket songs:
- The calling song, which attracts females, warns off other males, and is fairly loud.
- The courting song, is used when a female cricket is near, and is very quiet.
- The aggressive song is triggered by their antennae that detect the presence of another male cricket
- The copulatory song is produced for a brief period after successful deposition of sperm on the female's eggs.
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