Get Rid of Crickets



Posted: Friday, January 27, 2006

by Josh Riverside

Crickets can be real pests, especially because the chirping can get irritating. Crickets also cause damage to plants, seeds of grain crop, stored tubers and fruits, and baler twine. When they enter the house, they can damage clothing, furniture upholstery, draperies etc. since they are very fond of cotton, silk, wool and even rayon and nylon.

They also eat paper products. Crickets can be controlled by using insecticides like bendiocarb (Ficam D), chlorpyrifos (Dursban, Duration, Empire, Engage), diatomaceous earth (Answer), propoxur (Baygon), diazinon, pyrethrins, or resmethrin. Drione or Boric Acid and other dust products can be used to treat wall voids and crawl spaces. Granular bait like Larvalur or Niban can also be used both indoor and outdoor. Some common outdoor insecticides that can be used are; cyfluthrin (Tempo), cypermethrin (Demon, Cynoff, Cyper-Active), Ficam W or Plus, propetamphos (Safrotin) lambdacyhalothrin (Commadore), or permethrin (Dragnet, Flee).

One way to control crickets is to prebait before they enter the lawn. A chemical treatment program, started early enough, is also effective. Maxforce Granules is an effective pre-bait chemical that is sprinkled around the yard before a rain. Crickets feeding on these granules would die immediately. However, this is effective only if the crickets have not yet established themselves in the yard. If there are cricket nests already, regular chemical treatment once a month for at least three months is necessary. Orthene Turf WP and Talstar Granules are other popularly used products for controlling crickets. These chemicals are also available in concentrated liquid form, dusts, wettable powders and aerosol forms.

To keep mole crickets from entering the house avoid use of bright lights outside since crickets are attracted to bright lights; seal any cracks in the around doors, windows and in the walls and floors; keep the area in and around the house dry and clean since mole crickets prefer moist environments; ensure that low-growing vegetation is planted at least 12 inches away from the house; sprinkle cricket baits available in the market; sticky traps can be used to trap crickets, which can then be flushed down the toilet or destroyed; take the help of a good pest control company if the problem with crickets is too unmanageable.

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