How do i get rid of cave crickets?

Question

there are cave crickets in my house and i NEED to get rid of them, one was in my SHOWER today!!!!

Answer 1

the best thing to do is get sticky pad that insects stick to that helps!!!! if you get your house sprayed it will e a mess even if you try make your home safer by buying sticky pad you can find them any where and make sure you put them in places you think they would hide like in your closet under your dresser behind your toilet

Answer 2

Cave crickets enjoy cool, damp, dark habitats, such as caves, or the basement or garage of your home. They are fairly large (adults can be up to 1½ inches in length) and have a hump-backed appearance, which explains their other common name, camel crickets. According to information from the University of Missouri Extension, they usually come into your home in the fall looking for a place to spend the winter, and remain in basements, crawl spaces and other hiding places. They feed on decaying matter they may find there, and they don't cause any damage.

Cave crickets usually enter your home through cracks, crevices in the foundation or siding, poorly fitting windows or doors, vents and other small openings, so the best way to keep them out is by finding and sealing these entry points wherever possible. You can minimize cave cricket (and other types of cricket) habitat near your home by moving rocks, firewood and other types of clutter away from your house, according to University of Missouri Extension.

Because they are large, they are easy to catch and remove or kill. The extension service notes that crickets should always be removed after killing them so they don't become food for beetles, ants and other insects.

You get boards and put duct tape on them upside down so that the sticky side is up. You just tack it to keep it in place. For some reason most beetles, and the cricket is a beetle, like to eat glues. You can put that stuff down and within a day or so, there should be quite a few on the boards