So, dead, rotted, moist cricket in sink for 2 weeks while away on vacation…other than foul smell, any germ hazard (respiratory)? :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
You have probably been in close proximity of millions of cricket-masses of dead insects in your lifetime. Probably have a few cricket-masses of dead insects hiding in various corners of your house/apartment any given day all of your life.
One cricket? No.
You only see one dead cricket…but there could be many more! What of the invasion of American homes by the Asian Camel Cricket? :eek:
Looks like disease could be lurking in any home harboring crickets:
“The danger with house crickets isn’t their bite; it is the diseases and parasites they can carry in their bodies and in their waste, like E.coli and salmonella. They are also capable of carrying worms that can come out in their feces. If you handle a cricket or touch its feces, there is a chance you may develop a painful rash or sores on your skin, and if you handle food, you could accidentally introduce harmful bacteria that may later be ingested.”
Granted, the few cites I could find in a brief online search about Cricket-Borne Diseases were heavily weighted toward pest control companies, but I’m sure they’re only looking out for our best interests.
And BEWARE of cricket-spread STDs!!! :eek::eek::smack:
In the OPs case, I’d just let soapy water laced with a little bleach take care of the sink odor, and forget about it. Or maybe evacuate the house permanently. I’m not sure…:o
Perhaps if you had a dead cricket-player rotting in your house…
But, what killed the cricket?
20/20
There same bacteria and other single cell life forms that would live in the cricket also live in/on your skin. Every day your lungs , bronchea and trachea pump up a few litres of dirty green phlegm and you swallow it.
The snot in your nose is full of staph bacteria.
You could eat the long dead cricket and really not notice.
(don’t - it could contain live and dangerous parasites . Insects might have parasites that will eat your lung…deadly.)
Dishwashing detergent will do … Its actually antiseptic on its own.
Not just because It detaches the life forms from your sink,plate,utensil,skin and washes it down the drain - it also kills the single cell life forms directly.