# Getting rid of crickets **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 10, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758 "2018-10-10T14:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/1 "2018-10-10T14:57:04Z")
Please save my daughter’s sanity. Her bedroom is in the basement. She now has crickets chirping 24 hours a day. I’m assuming they are getting in through the French drains. She hunted down several and thought the problem was over. Now they have multiplied. This is the third year we lived here and it’s the first time it’s happened. Short of calling an exterminator is there anything that can be done? ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/2 "2018-10-10T15:01:50Z")
Get poison down in those drains. You’ll terminate the nests themselves. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/3 "2018-10-10T15:07:36Z")
A cat? I know they can be maddening, i agree poison should do the trick. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/4 "2018-10-10T15:15:04Z")
Get Intice Cricket bait. It solved the cricket infestation in our house years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/channing_idaho_banks/32/250_2.png) [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Channing_Idaho_Banks)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/5 "2018-10-10T15:20:51Z")
Praying Mantises! ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/6 "2018-10-10T15:21:58Z")
I feel her pain. The cold weather we have been having seems to have quieted them down though. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/7 "2018-10-10T15:59:54Z")
We had them once. We had a trio of hungry pugs who hunted them down and ate them. I recommend buying some pugs. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/8 "2018-10-10T16:11:52Z")
> [@Channing\_Idaho\_Banks](#): > > Praying Mantises! Then get lizards and scorpions to control the Mantis infestation! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/9 "2018-10-10T17:05:53Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > We had them once. We had a trio of hungry pugs who hunted them down and ate them. > > I recommend buying some pugs. Sure but you recommend that for everything. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/10 "2018-10-10T17:09:15Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > Get poison down in those drains. You’ll terminate the nests themselves. Poison is a little vague for advice. Since this is her bedroom I would like to be very careful about what I use. > [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Get Intice Cricket bait. It solved the cricket infestation in our house years ago. That I will look at. Unfortunately the specifics of our floor plan isn’t great for a perimeter spread. It’s a townhouse. The deck out back is too low to get under. I only have access to parts of the French drain because of the walls they used to finish the basement. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/11 "2018-10-10T17:13:41Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > A cat? I know they can be maddening Well, then you can get a dog to chase away the cat… ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/12 "2018-10-10T17:15:31Z")
> **[How to Kill Crickets Using Natural Products | DoItYourself.com](https://www.doityourself.com/stry/how-to-kill-crickets-using-natural-products)** > > Crickets can be a nuisance, but using pesticides may not be the answer for eliminating them. Here are some natural solutions. Most especially, diatomaceous earth… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/13 "2018-10-10T17:16:15Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Sure but you recommend that for everything. And I’m here to recommend Dachshunds. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/14 "2018-10-10T18:57:49Z")
Have you tried those sticky traps? We used those in the basement a few years back when we had trouble with spiders and crickets getting in. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/15 "2018-10-10T19:01:55Z")
Noise cancelling headphones? ---
**Author:** ![Turble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Turble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turble)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/16 "2018-10-11T14:48:54Z")
Glue traps can help but are slow acting and aren’t a 100% solution. Granular baits work but it sounds like you can’t do a full perimeter spread. You can buy the same stuff an exterminator would use – you just can’t buy it at the local big box store. For quick knockdown: [D-Force Aerosol](https://www.domyown.com/dforce-aerosol-p-189.html) For long-term control: [Delta Dust Insecticide](https://www.domyown.com/delta-dust-insecticide-p-44.html) (Be sure to also order a duster / puffer to apply it.) I have no connection to this supplier other than being a satisfied customer for many years. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/17 "2018-10-11T15:59:19Z")
We have Chinese water dragons and a bearded dragon–they eat crickets like popcorn. Turn a couple loose in her room. She won’t hear crickets anymore if she’s sleeping on the roof. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/18 "2018-10-11T17:54:12Z")
Poison in the drains, some box/cage traps as well. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2019, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-crickets/822758/20 "2019-08-20T06:06:10Z")
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