beefche Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Oh my gosh, I'm slowly going insane. We have had a cricket in the house for almost 2 weeks. We can't find him, but we suspect he is inside our half wall in the dining room. I have no idea how he got in there. We've tried taking off the outlet cover and spraying the inside, but when we take off the cover, there is a box that the outlets are wired in. So, nothing to spray. Does anyone know if a bug bomb would permeate the wall? I'm going nuts--I'm hearing crickets in my sleep now. ARRRGGG!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 I'd be going crazy, too! What's the life span of a cricket, anyway? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefche Posted September 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 A full 3 months! I can't do this for 3 months! And of course, he's a typical cricket....he begins to chirp at night...all night long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backroads Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) Wasn't there a Frasier episode about this?You will need a female cricket and harnesses made of dental floss.I am so not helpful. Edited September 29, 2015 by Backroads Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
askandanswer Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Learn to enjoy the harmonious sound :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just_A_Guy Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) I'd be tempted to tell you to just wait for it to die, but if he's already been in there for three months . . . When I spent a summer as an Orkin tech, we treated bathroom ant infestations by getting a hand blower full of a dessicant insecticide in powder form. Using a flathead screwdriver we'd punch a small hole in the wallboard underneath the bathroom sink, then a couple of puffs of powder and we were done. I have no idea whether these materials are obtainable for home use; but if they were--that's probably the route I would take; except that if you can't find an inconspicuous spot for the hole, you'll want to finish off by spackling it up and touching up the paint. Edited September 29, 2015 by Just_A_Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Been there, done that. I have a gecko and he eats crickets. And of course, the dreaded day comes when one of the crickets jumped out of the tube before I can get it into the gecko's habitat. And he ran off... couldn't find him so I thought he became a victim of the house's yearly bug protection. Night-time comes and we hear the chirping... Ugh. So, I put the cricket meal and moisture bead on a fly trap (that sticky rectangular sheet that gets a fly stuck to it never to fly again) and put it close to where I heard him chirp. Worked like a charm. You can buy cricket meal and moisture beads at places like PetCo, PetSmart, etc. and fly traps at Home Depot/Lowe's. You can probably just ask them for a sliver of food and moisture bead from their cricket bin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie123 Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Wasn't there a Frasier episode about this?You will need a female cricket and harnesses made of dental floss.I am so not helpful.I think it was The Big Bang Theory rather than Frasier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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