Finally took action against SPIDER CRICKETS!!!

[Bonefreak]

Creepy lil bastards been wreaking havoc on the wife and kids!!  Me not so much cuz I've been known to use em for panfish bait, but I'm tired of hearing the screeches come from the basement!!

Glue traps with a kernal of dog food as bait.....voohwa-la!!!  

[jsickles33]

i get them in my basement here and there, cave crickets. Running a dehumidifier has helped reduce numbers but still get a few with the glue traps. Still gets me when they come hopping out of a dark corner when I'm not expecting it!

[Lunatic]

I’m doing the same thing but using cat food:-) 

[JHbowhunter]

i was running glue traps with no food - got some but gonna add some dog food now, thanks for the tip!

 

[Nomad]

dehumidifier 24/7 spring /summer.

[Shootstraight]

I get those suckers in one blind every year. I just hit them with raid and they do not come back. Creepy things.

 

SS!

[Tarhunt]

Just use glue boards. No need to use dog food.

[Haskell_Hunter]

I run a dehumidifier 24/7/365 and keep the basement to about 35% r. humidity.  They don't survive down there, and the only time I see them is when they're dead.

[RPK0620]

Dehumidifier runs year around but they come in from my garage..... will get glue boards tomorrow, have about 70# of dog food.

[Tarhunt]

Take it from a pest control professional, you don't need dog food as an attractant. The crickets eat fungus, plant matter and fabric. They don't eat dog food. Just put out the glue boards and you'll be fine. 

[hammer4reel]

Just takes one on the glue trap. all the rest try to eat him and glue trap fills up quick 

[Swamp_Yankee]

56 minutes ago, Tarhunt said:

Take it from a pest control professional, you don't need dog food as an attractant. The crickets eat fungus, plant matter and fabric. They don't eat dog food. Just put out the glue boards and you'll be fine. 

I was cracking up when I saw the dog food...it's bigger than they are.  I just had Viking come spray the basement for them, that every six months or so plus glue traps and the dehumidifier keeps their numbers low in the basement and non-existent on the upper floors.  

[Bonefreak]

3 hours ago, Tarhunt said:

Take it from a pest control professional, you don't need dog food as an attractant. The crickets eat fungus, plant matter and fabric. They don't eat dog food. Just put out the glue boards and you'll be fine. 

Those MF'ers love dogfood!!  Look at em....all aiming rt towards that salmon meal tablet in the middle!!  Lol

I did research that they are indeed carnivores. Yikes!

I will try an experiment....one trap w bait...one without....Will post results!!

[Reeltight]

I don’t use anything except a plain glue board and I catch so many you can’t even see the board. Definitely don’t need dog food. I always have a dehumidifier running in the basement and that doesn’t seem to do anything.  The only problem I have is that the cat seems to step on the glue boards every once in a while.       

 

[Woodsman416]

Yeah, with the current low price on cricket hides there's no way your gonna make a profit wasting all your money on dog food bait. I 'member back when Greece had a viable economy and the price of cricket hides went through the roof! Those were some shinin' times!