Once you have crickets in your home, they can multiply alarmingly quickly. As much as possible, avoid keeping cricket-friendly food sources or environments, like moist compost piles and sections of tall grass, close to your home. One of the best ways to prevent crickets (and many other pests) is to make sure that any gaps around your home’s exterior are filled. If you’ve seen crickets around your house, but can’t quite figure out where they’re hiding, try listening to any chirping they’re making at nighttime to try and find their hiding place(s). Weirdly, though, Crickets can also be attracted to bright lighting at night, so you may see them near any well-light areas at night. Once they’ve gotten into your house, they’ll probably head to dark, damp spaces, like under appliances or cabinets. Why Do I Have Crickets in My Home? Like with a lot of common pests, the crickets in your house likely got there through gaps or holes in your home’s foundation, walls, doors frames, etc. Crickets are usually most active in the spring, and have a mating season in the late summer and early fall before hibernating in the winter – although they can reproduce year-round when the climate allows. Some cricket species, however, also eat things like larvae and molting insects. Many crickets are omnivores, seeking out organic foods like flowers, fruits, and leaves. As nocturnal insects, crickets will generally spend daytime in mulch areas and cracks and crevices. Certain species also have specially textured legs that they can rub together to make a chirping sound.Ĭrickets can be found in a variety of outdoor habitats, but particularly thrive in dark, moist environments. This elongated section of their legs is what enables them to jump long distances. Their songs attract their species.There are over 900 species of Crickets out there, but most are pretty easy to identify, with cylindrical bodies, round heads, long antennae, and an elongated segment (femora) in their back legs. When attracting a mate, male crickets create sound by rubbing their forewings against each other. Residents may notice these insects in different places including:Ĭrickets complete a gradual metamorphosis from egg to nymph to adult. Most crickets prefer damp, moist conditions. These pests are omnivorous, meaning that they will eat: They also provide food for other animals, including:
Young appear similar to adults, although their wings are underdeveloped.Ĭharacteristics: Females feature a long ovipositor in the rear, which is used to lay eggs within the soil, and both sexes have segmented, taillike appendages known as cerci.Ĭrickets renew soil minerals by breaking down plant and animal-based materials. Wings: Held flat against the body, their wings cover at least half of their abdomen, but some species are wingless. Field crickets are brown or black in color. Ground crickets are much smaller than other common crickets.Ĭolor: House crickets are light yellowish-brown in color and exhibit three dark bands atop their heads. Field crickets can grow to measure more than 2.5 cm in length. Size: House crickets measure 16 to 22 mm in length.
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