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FIeld Crickets

FIeld Crickets
Class: insect
Color: Black or brown
Size: ½ to 1 ¼ inches long
Legs: Six, with powerful back legs for jumping
Diet: Seeds, plants, living, and dead insects
Hazard: Minimal in small numbers; can damage clothing, furniture, and more if they invade in larger numbers
Interesting Fact: The female field cricket has an oval, sword-like laying tube—an ovipositor—at the tip of their abdomen. This enables them to deposit eggs directly into moist, warm soil.
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Signs of a Field Cricket Infestation in Your Baltimore Home

Do you hear chirping in your basement during the summer months? Field crickets may be paying you a visit.

Field crickets are occasional invaders of homes and are attracted to moist, dark places like basements and crawl spaces. They usually live outdoors in woodpiles, under stones and in yard debris, but may come inside if they are attracted to an indoor light or find a crack they can slip through.

How do you know if you’re looking at a field cricket? Here are a few of their identifiable factors:

  • Black or brown in color
  • Six legs, with large, powerful hind legs
  • ½ to 1 ¼ inches long
  • Long thread-like antennae

 

Field Cricket Facts

Although both males and female field crickets sing, the male sings loudest and most often during both days and nights during the mating season. Once a male attracts a female, he performs a courtship dance before mating.

The field cricket nymphs hatch after 15 to 25 days. They look like the adult field crickets but don’t have wings. The nymphs become adults in about 12 weeks.

Field crickets like to eat seeds, plants, including grass, ragweed and chicory, small fruits, living and dead insects and sometimes each other.

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How To Keep Field Crickets Out of Your House

Adult field crickets won’t be able to survive the winter months in your home, so your problem will likely disappear at that time. Though that’s good news, it’s not much consolation if you’re dealing with large numbers of crickets at any other point of the year.

Field crickets have the ability to damage clothing, furniture, rugs, and rubber materials. They may also damage agricultural crops outside.

To keep field crickets out of your home:

  • Inspect and seal up cracks with screens, caulking, insulating foam, etc.
  • Move hiding places (like mulch and woodpiles) away from the home’s foundation.
  • Use a dehumidifier to remove moisture from your basement.
  • Replace white lights with yellow lights, which aren’t as attractive to bugs.
  • Vacuum them up when you see them (don’t forget to empty the container).
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Schedule Field Cricket Removal in Baltimore, MD

If you live in Baltimore, Catonsville, Lochearn, Pikesville, Towson, or the surrounding areas, and have a field cricket problem, give Brody Brothers a call today. We can remove the pests from your home and help prevent them from returning.

To schedule field cricket removal for your home, contact us today. We’re here to help!

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