{"id":13013,"date":"2022-02-26T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-02-26T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=13013"},"modified":"2022-02-12T18:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-12T23:30:35","slug":"getting-rid-of-camel-crickets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2022\/02\/26\/getting-rid-of-camel-crickets\/","title":{"rendered":"Ridding Homes Of Camel Crickets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Camel\ncrickets, also known as cave crickets or spider crickets live in dark damp\nplaces of the home or garage. They are related to grasshoppers, locusts, and\nother crickets (insect order Orthoptera) and are six legged as opposed to\nspiders that have eight legs. &nbsp;Fully\ngrown adults range in size from 1-2 inches long, while the nymphs, the immature\nstages, have the same body type at a smaller scale, and no wings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Camel-cricket.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13014\" width=\"580\" height=\"580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Camel-cricket.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Camel-cricket-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Camel-cricket-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Camel\ncrickets are strong jumpers, thanks to their long hind legs, and do not have\nwings. Camel crickets do not bite and their chewing mouthparts gnaw on just\nabout anything, including fabrics, wood, cardboard, plants, and other bugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Camel\ncrickets are often seen in eastern and Midwest states. These pests dislike the\ncold damp and tend to make their way indoors when the weather is hot and dry in\nthe summer and fall months. They can breed in your house if the conditions are\nright, and may be seen any time of year. They will feed on fungi, wood,\ncardboard, fabrics, and other spider crickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prevention\nand eradication of spider crickets is to keep them out of your home in the\nfirst place. Basements and crawl spaces are popular hangouts for them. Seal\naround entry doors and basement windows and ground-level doors with weather\nstripping. Dehumidifiers make room air less damp.&nbsp;Toss away old cardboard\nboxes and newspapers will also help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sticky insect\ntraps are available at home stores. You can make your own from a few loops of\nduct tape. Place these where walls and floors intersect in basements and\nattached garages. Shallow bowls of soapy water also make effective traps. Camel\ncrickets will fall in the bowl and drown. The key method of managing these\nhousehold pests is to reduce the moisture inside your home. They are attracted\nto water and high humidity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use a shop\nvacuum to suck them up and empty it out immediately. Otherwise, they will crawl\nout and re-infest your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Camel crickets, also known as cave crickets or spider crickets live in dark damp places of the home or garage. They are related to grasshoppers, locusts, and other crickets (insect order Orthoptera) and are six legged as opposed to spiders that have eight legs. &nbsp;Fully grown adults range in size from 1-2 inches long, while [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1569,1570,606,630],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13207,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13013\/revisions\/13207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}