Camel crickets invade DC

UGH - so THAT’S what we keep finding in our house! My god they can jump a mile and they are just hideous to look at. It’s been keeping me up at night!

oh my goodness! They are so scary and disgusting! What makes them worse for me is that they look spider-ish and but jump so far and fast! Even the baby ones are hard to kill. I have come across one that was literally the size of my palm! And yes…I too have had them somehow disappear on me after i thought i just smashed it. I looked everywhere in the bathroom and i couldnt find it. I started checking my hair and the back of my shirt haha.

I live in TN and they are all in our house but you can never tell where they actually come from one second and you look over and its in the middle of the floor I hate them they scare me!

omg!! i hate these things!!!i just moved to virginia and i freaked out whenever i first saw them! they look like a cross between a spider n grasshoper. they are n the bathroom n laundry room.well im glad i found out what they were so i can tell my husband!

Come on! Though they have an unsettling appearance, these buggers don’t do any real harm. They don’t sting or bite. Everyone needs to relax and go after mosquitoes, fleas or ticks.

I recently moved to Maryland for my job and the first time i saw one it jumped off the stairs and landed directly at my feet, needless to say i freaked out cause it looked like a spider but the more i looked at it from a distance and it sat there i kept thinking but it only has 6 legs not 8 it cant be a spider from everything i learned back in school. So i too chased it around with the vacuum. And i have also had one that could easly wrestle my hand it was so big. I just keep woundering how they are getting in the house.

I’m only thirteen and i founf this in my house it really scared me there are going to invade our insects if they keep coming to england!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111

just reading all of these entries makes my skin crawl. i lived in virginia for 20 years and never got use to them. they are the scariest alien/predator bug i have seen ever. i also noticed the bug disappearance. i started thinking there sinister buddies came and picked up there dead bodies up after i killed them. another thing i noticed or maybe just imagined is that the nasty little sprickets would jump at you or towards you instead of away from you. glad to know im not the only one terrified of them.

I live in Virginia and have to kill at least three a day…The dead bodies have disappeared on me too. The wikipedia article says they will eat their own limbs to avoid starvation- I’m wondering if the live ones are eating the dead ones! I’ve decided they are the earth embodiment of the Alien Sigorney Weaver destroyed.

I live in Maryland and noticed them in the basement when we moved in 6 years ago. One of them jumped up and right at me. Scared me to death! I had never seem them before. I thought they were spiders, but I knew that spiders didn’t jump that high. After trying a few ways to ger rid of them, (spraying, letting the cats attack them, vacuuming them up) we tried the plug in insect repellers. It cost us a little bit of money, but they worked! We have not had any more in the basement since. We only see them occasionally in the garage now. (There’s no plug in repellers in the garage.)

I’ve seen two of these in the basement which is pretty much where I spend most of my time, so I’m lucky to have not seen more. I just saw one earlier today but it was the first one that I saw that wasn’t injured. I thought it was the offspring of a spider and a cricket but I wanted to make sure it wasn’t just a species I had never seen before. It was really kind of scary because it started jumping at first away from me the first two jumps but then backwards right towards me. They are truly a very creepy insect. Luckily I now know what it is and can maybe keep an eye out for any more before they get near me.

One time while looking up camel crickets, I ran across websites about camel spiders. They come from the Middle East and are larger, more hideous and ARE venomous unlike these things.

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These disgusting creatures, which we refer to as “HOPPERS” are are always spotted in the middle of the night and they jump so high! We are petrified to get up in the middle of the night and awake to one jumping on our feet or legs.

I live in central Illinois and these things have infested my garage and I have seen a few in my house. As was mentioned before the best way I have found to get rid of them is with the sticky mouse paper. You can catch several at a time. Hope this helps those of you with real bad infestations.

I live in Texas out in the country and we are infested with the nasty little suckers! I call them Prehistoric Crickets because they look like something from when the dinosaurs ruled the Earth! I think they could scare T-Rex! The stick traps are working but they are still everywhere. Do NOT watch TV in the dark, they will jump on you! It has happened to me 2 times and one it got stuck in my hair! When you smoosh them they “pop” because of their had outer skeleton. I do not sleep at night and we have done everything there is to do! They have become my biggest fear and I am terrified of them because they are so freaky looking and they always jump on me! I would be very happy if they would become extinct like the dinosaurs! I am glad I am not the only one out there that is freaked out by them!

I lived in Northern Virginia for 20+ years, and had these horrible things in my basement all the time. When I went down to the laundry room and turned on the light, these hideous monsters would jump right at me. Needless to say, I usually ran upstairs to get away from them. And yes, they were very hard to kill. Foggers and wasp spray worked for me too. But the sight of them always creeped me out. About a decade ago, we moved to Nebraska and, so far, have not seen one “spricket.” It’s been wonderful to go to the basement and not have this ugly surprise waiting for me. — Sheila H.

In the last month I’ve caught several of these ‘camel crickets’. The way to catch them is to lower a plastic cup above them slowly until you are a few centimeters away from the ground. At that point slam the cup to the ground. the bugger will be caught inside. They are harmless but will scare guests when they come over.=)…They usually come out at night and sleep during the day. I put the ones i catch into a tall jar. I had 4 and now 2. They eat thier own, they are carnivores. I am wondering what I can do to rid the basement of these critters. Mothballs??

My basement is crawling with them. We have had them in basement for years. They went away for a little bit but they came back with more.how do we get rid of them?

These critters are discusting! I cant kill them fast enough. Every day I go down stairs in the basement to hunt them! What I’ve found that works better than my fly swatter and bug spray; place a small night light in the wall plug and leave it on, they are drawn to the light, then sneak down stairs and kill them little !#$#@! You can also place a sticky pad for bugs near the light too, but that takes away from the fun of KILLING THEM!

My basment is always invaded by them. I once caught one under a vase. 3 months later, I picked up the vase. Still alive! They are discusting creatures and always invade in winter and fall. During summer and spring, HUGE, black crickets invade. That’s what happens in my basement!!!

I live in Iowa along the Mississippi River edge on the sand. I just found out what these hideous things were.
Damn they are creepy. The only difference I have from the rest of you is the ones I have don’t sleep in the daytime. I find them anytime in my bathroom. I will try the sticky paper for mice and see what happens. I have plugged holes but somehow they find a way in. Really freaked out with them. Of course the hubies always think it is funny. The only thing worse here then the prehistoric crickets are the mormon(mayflies). They stink like dead fish.

“We actually came across this insect into our bathroom, and scared the crap out of us here in Harford Maryland!”. I actually took a picture of it thinking NO-ONE would believe me if I described it! Finally it took my little 11 year old to go online and come across it. Go figure? All us adults and a child found out what it was… I hope to god it was only one a no more to come…..These things are scary specially with the back end of the cricket spider that look’s as if it can seriously sting.

Hey I live in Indiana to and i have seen them In my tub I kill them but my dogs love to kill them to there was one on one of my bears i got from paoli peaks I screamed its nice to know these things dont sting or bite or are not deadly. cause Im offically scared of them and I am normally scared of snakes more than bugs.

After an hour on the internet, thinking I have some unheard of freak only in my basement in Kansas, I do find some relief in reading the posts. I am not crazy, yet, though these things could push me to the edge. The jumping thing, combined with the nocturnal roach-like behavior is very disturbing. I am comforted to know that I am not alone! Tomorrow we will try the sticky paper in the basement laundry room, so far the only place we’ve seen them. For now, I’m NOT doing my part to help the planet — I am leaving the lights on all night!

I meant to add we got rid of these so called “camel crickets”, & regular crickets (if there is such a thing)with those big green balls that come from trees I believe? They are about the size of a grapefruit, bright green, and bumpy. I know they come/grow from the outdoors. My dad gave me 2 of them, and said to try it. I did, and after a couple days I havent seen one yet! I wished I could tell you the name of these “green balls”, but sorry I cant remember. Like I said they grow outdoors, and if it’s any help my father got them down by the river somewhere?? Good Luck. Maybe you could ask someone @ a greenery? Not much help, hugh? I only stressed this because they really, really worked!!

Can someone tell me how to get rid of these nasty things please???

Im SO glad to finally know what these spider demons are!!! we have them in our garage/laundry room. we call them spider crikets. or demon crickets. everytime we go out in the garage to do laundry we see one and we freak and run in the house till it goes away then we search heavily through the screen door and walk back out. but then the cricket brings his 15 friends and they swarm around you and your scared crapless and want to run back inside but they hop very very high in the air and keep you from going anywhere. if you get ready to spray RAID on them they get smart and creapily all hop at ur face as high as they can. i sleep in the living room sometime and i saw one crawl in the living room on the floor and i got scared and instinctivly screamed and it ran quickly toward me so i jumped on the sofa. it was gone and i never saw it again. i have been in the dining room which is next to the garage/laundry room late at night after everyone is sleeping and seen one crawling on the ceiling and i walked up about 8 feet from the wall and it hopped off the wall on the ground toward me and chased me i cried and ran away from it but it chased me. im just glad to know now how to kill it. cuz one of you said to use foam wasp killer that its the only way. i got brave and stood on a stool and took a pic of one on the ceiling up in its face quickly to have pic so i could research it on the internet better and it jumped off at me. i just wanna get rid of it NOW! all of them.

Yes i understand about those, i just went outside in the basement to take a smoke in the backyard an there it was that camel back cricket. i saw 2 last year, my wife is… lol very scared of these things we have a cat now so meow

These comments are hysterical. I grew up with these critters in my basement - where my bedroom was when I was a teenager. I lived in a Chicago suburb. I was equally creeped out by them, but learned to “coexist”. The worst times were when I would have to go upstairs, and there would be one on the wall in the staicase between me and the top of the stairs. I would close my eyes and run up the stairs. Other times when they were in my room, I would throw things at them until they bounced out of sight. That was better killing them. The only way to get one is with a fly swatter (because if you get close they would jump AT you), but then you have to crunch them to really kill them. And it’s pretty messy. And like everyone else - nobody else would believe us about these things until we showed them one. Thanks for the childhood memories!

I used to get them all the time in my apartment in Virginia. Thankfully I had three cats that loved to eat them. I would usually know the cricket season had started when I would find legs here and there, but no bodies. I rarely get them in my house, but when I do, the cats are right there jumping after it. The crickets never live very long. Emma is the best cricket and fly catcher of the three. She’ll leap up, catch it mid-flight and then mash it into the carpet. Poor bug never stands a chance. Good kitties.

Ugh.. i just saw one probably 10 minutes ago. i had just went a brushed my teeth, then returned to my room only to see one sitting in the middle of my floor. My first experience battling with this creature. Obviously he won, because as i swung the shoe he jumped under my bed. Unusual as it may sound, i sleep on my bed. Soooo i decided to come check for any reported bites or stings. i knew exactly what it was because my brother had talked about ‘em all the time, and he called them camel crickets as well. Ha, glad to see i won’t be bitten or stung tonight Thank you internet!

they hatch like crazy! attracted to wet,dark areas. The green thing talked about in above texts are HEDGEAPPLES out of trees. Get a good fogger and release them under your house! Does a really good job on them for awhile!

Lived in a rental house with five friends in Charlottesville, VA. Coming from Texas, I was well-versed in huge roaches/waterbugs.

These camel crickets were something new and horrible.

A buddy and I decided to get rid of them. We went around the house and sealed any cracks with duct tape. They were clearly coming up through the basement…and we didn’t want any to be able to escape during the “death battle.”

Then…like a guy above mentioned…we used four indoor foggers in the basement. A full-on nuclear attack.

Never saw another one again.

Do this…and you can get rid of them.

how do you kill this things because i have alot of them in my basement

OMG!!…It is a relief and unnerving at the same time to find out I am not alone in this situation. These have to be the creepiest things since the cicadas. I’ve been in my home for about 14 years and I just noticed them last year!! They appeared in my basement and in my bathroom upstairs, which actually sits right over my basement/washroom, and from what I hear, everyone else seems to have the appearance in the same places.

These critters have GOT TO GO!!!….I am soooooooooooo afraid of bugs, and these just really freak me out. I am afraid to sleep at night, go to the bathroom at night, etc. …Anytime I get up in the middle of the night, I turn on all surrounding lights in hopes to spot them before they spot me. Being caught off guard if the worst!!

After doing a tiny bit of research through friends to see if they have them also, I’ve found that Raid MAX, Foggers, and bleach works. I will definitely be trying it asap……the whole combo if I have to!! Either they go, or they pay some daggone rent!!! ….it’s obvious me leaving isn’t gonna fix the problem seeing that they’re worldwide connected and available in all area codes! lol

!!HELP ME!!

OMG!!!!! thank God i found this site! i thought i was losing it…i am a teacher so i know what i was looking as was not a spider, but gosh those things are awful! i am definitely going to try some of the things i saw posted…they’ve got to go!!!

OMG, just had my first experience. I think I’m going to get a cat. My friend said she used to have them, then bought a cat, and she doesn’t even get spiders anymore. Be sure you get a cat thats got hunting skills!!! Not the kind of insect you want to run into when you’re bug phobic, like I am!

the best way to get rid of these creatures is by fumigating your entire house, they seem to move throughout the entire house, also these are a favorite food of rats and mice so it will just be a matter of time before those rodents start to appear.

I hadn’t read the post by Mark Lewis, maybe they do like people. That puts a damper on my theory..

I just found this site and have been wondering what these things are for years. My sister and I called them jumping spiders. This spring I finally went to the store and bought the ortho home defense spray that you spray on the outside of the house and the inside walls and we havent seen any in months. Like clockwork I would go downstairs at night turn on the light and there would be 2 or 3 hanging out. I will be respraying this fall. I have found this works.

so me and my mom were going to 7 11 we stop to look at this huge creature on the ground it looked part frog/spider/cricket. everyone was freaking out like wtf and joking it probably came from the lab it was like the size of my hand so i decided to get a big gulp cup and bring it homee.(mom didnt like this idea until i told her it could be worth lots of money ahahaha) so anyways we brung it home and i tried to find out what it was all night . then i searched up spider crickett and found out what it was. well my cat ate its hind leg so its kind of injured. but departion from all the mean comments .. its actually kind of friendly and cute in a way .. and im deciding on keeping it. by the way i live on longisland ny . :] and it hasnt been any harm to me.

dude they invaded my garage, i only seen them around the fall time of the year. but now i see them all year round. i’ve never been scared of bugs but these things are wild. they jump so freaking far and their lightning fast i’ve found them in manny sizes but one i found was like the size of a 60 w light bulb. i found that tire shine kills them quick and they dont like loud music. all my friends made fun of me when i would talk about them but now that they seen them they wont step foot in my garage.. chickens!!! these things have got to go…

We call them Hippity-Hoppities. I despise them. They jump all over our front step/door area every night, so if you come or go at night, ya gotta deal with the little monsters.

One once hopped onto my shoulder …yes, I freaked. I was trying to pull my shirt off and still keep it away from my face. It was terrible! I was screaming, “get it off, get it off!!!”.

They also used to live in the basement. I’d go down in the very early morning (still dark out) to get my scrubs for work from the laundry area, and they’d be jumping and hopping and freakin’ flying all over the place! Not good, first thing like that.

I hear mixed info regarding whether or not they’re dangerous to humans, carry disease, etc… Anyone know for sure?

I hate thoese things and I live in a basement apartment so I see them all the time. I have found bleach spray kills them pretty well but does anyone know how to keep them out of the house?

Well i’m fifteen and i’ve lived in virginia all my life and i went to my room last night to go to sleep and as i opened my door…there was one big one and he jumped sooo high and so fast that the sight of it made me not even want to go to sleep. so i didnt get to sleep untill 2 o’ clock that morning. and i still havent been back in my room. i Hate them so much. and its like they never die. My sister had tried to kill one and that thing was indistructable. he kept trying to walk or hop away. Since i was little i’ve always been scared of those things.

I hate bugs more than anything on this planet. Anything.
I don’t know if this is what I killed, but it’s definitely similar… and certainly unnerving. It was in my bathroom, on the floor. The only thing is, a lot of these posts say they’re difficult to kill, but I managed to smash it with the toilet brush; didn’t even hit it that hard, but it died. I picked it up with some tissue by the antennae and flushed it X]

Anyway, the biggest difference I can see is that the one I found was a brighter, solid tan, instead of this tortoiseshell look he’s got, and its body was definitely much softer; it looks like a wolfspider with the abdomen of a flea…

I’ve looked everywhere for more information and this is the closest I’ve got so far, but if somebody more educated thinks they can link me to the real culprit, I’d be most grateful.

got to love the internet. googled cricket spiders and there they are.. I just bought a new house in Long Island, NY( complete with these suckers in the basement). Its quiet a challenge trying to step on these guys wearing flip-flops, and they make a nice poping sound when you get one. I sprayed that ortho home defense max all around and around the perimiter of the house last week. I killed another one yesterday..I think I will spray again tonight. I am running the dehumidifier and plan to bleach down the walls and floor. A friend of mine told me to buy a couple of can of ‘great stuff’ expanding foam sealant for use where the basement foundation meets the wood framing..inside the drop ceiling, and seal up any spots where sunligh enters, thats where the bugs can get in..38 years and I never before saw these ugly things.

I woke up last night with one of the things on my face!!! I couldn’t sleep the rest of the night

i live in alabama and found a spider cricket had to walk pass some boxes in the hallway to get to the bathroom didn’t see it until i came out and saw it on one of the boxes i past freak myselsf out ran past the boxes went to get a glass to trap it i hit the box to make it get on the floor it chased me in the hallway i woke my dad up to catch it cause they freak me out when they jump let me tell you he was’nt happy to be woken up to catch a cricket he caught in a cup and took it outside

It never fails to fascinate me how much we hate creatures that are quote unquote “ugly” — which is how we perceive most insects. I do sympathize with those of you who were scared by these particular critters jumping out at you, and I would not want to find one in my house (and certainly not in my bed. That place is reserved for a good book, or a man who’s read one). I would rather find a way to seal up any entrances for these crickets than kill them (which sounds like a daunting task anyway). Personally, my hat is off to Amber, who has made a sort of pet out of one. Amber, I think you ROCK!
Seriously, think about it - it’s essentially harmless, it doesn’t sting or inject you with venom, I guarantee that you are far more likely to catch a disease from people….really, its only crime is that we consider it hugely unattractive (well, that, and it’s HUGE.). What is it doing in our homes? Essentially, it is just trying to survive, like any creature.
I’m not judging anyone here , just commenting on the issue in general. My mind always goes to the thought of : what if aliens came to earth and found US ugly, and for that reason alone, they stomped us, or stuck us to glue traps or sprayed us with poisonous foam until we suffocated.
Granted, this is an intellectual exercise for me - at the moment, I am not being confronted by several of these things jumping out at me. I’d rather not kill if I can possibly help it. If I would have to resort to killing, though, I don’t think I’d take any pleasure in it, and I wouldn’t hate my victim for being what it had no choice to be, and for simply trying to survive.
What I’d really like to do with these guys, though is teach them a dance routine and get them on Letterman…….

My husband and I figured out that Camel Crickets (often called Hoppin’Bugs) can actually SENSE the malace you exhibit when you are trying to KILL THEM. I am so serious about this. Hoppin Bugs can READ YOUR MIND, Man! How else do you explain how they manage to evade your every move? huh? Here’s the trick: When you approach the Hoppin Bug, you must clear your mind and heart of all thoughts of malace and evil doing. Slowly approach the Hoppin Bug and hold out a large book, then DROP the book on the bug. Your only other option is to send your dog after them since they are inherently innocent and never hold malace and ill will in their souls…. my dog kills them every time!

I hate these bugs.We call them jumping spider frogs!The first time i saw them was a basement in GA!There was so many of them down there.They are not like any other bug i have ever known.I dont care how many times you smash them they wont die,and when they do they die for like 5min.,and they some how reform,and jump away.The only bug i have ever saw that jumps at you.They are soooo ugly!!!They no how to disappear really fast too.They are like some kind of alien

We called these things “Super Crickets” before I knew what they were actually called. I think I will just call then Funasties because they are f*cking nasty….

Duct tape works really well to get them. I fold over the ends for grabbing later on and set the tape out sticky side up. Come back a couple of days later and the tape is covered with trapped camel crickets. They are especially active by the basement door. The babies are nearly microscopic. It is very satisfying finding the tape covered with hundreds of those little tiny dots. Try it!

I absolutely hate these guys. We have sprayed our house and they keep coming back. I am so mad because for two nights this week there has been one waiting for me in my bed at night when I go to sleep. Why is it stealing my bed! I can’t sleep in my room because I am afraid of it being on me. I am going to try the sticky paper, spraying the outside of the house, and using a night light to attract them. Also, I might convince my parents to invest in a plug in bug repeller.

“Spider Crickets” I have always called them this. I first saw them seven years ago in our garage her in Goldsboro, NC. I was terrified, they are larger than a normal cricket, and they really look like the cross between a spider and a cricket. They also can jump really far and high. I have noticed that they love the dark and also wet and damp places. But as I studied them I found out that their harmless bugs. Still scary but harmless!

you all have one or two……i have so many that i ran out of names for them.. after 1000 it gets really bad

im pregnant and me and my husband just recently moved into a house and he works 3rd shift so im home alone all night!! ive killed like 5 of these things but it takes me 4ever cuz i have to use the broom cuz i cant use the bug sprays…i never thought about the sticky paper stuff!!! i just hope it works cuz i cant sleep @ nite…plus my husbands not here to kill them!!!! they’re so creepy…i want them gone before the baby gets here….im getting the heeby jeebys from just thinking about them!!

The first time I seen this creature I was so scared. I sent my kids in there room and scream for my boyfriend to come kill it. My nephew was so freaked out. We all joked about how scared everyone was but we did not want another encounter with the spricket. Yes I said spricket, that what we started calling them because they looked like a cross between a spider and a cricket. These things are horrible.

Hi… I can only laugh at all these posts….it’s amazing how frightened we are (I am) of this one or two inch insect, spider, WHATever! I love reading other peoples posts…it helps to put my fear into perspective, and makes me laugh at how humiliated I am that I’m so fearful. ….as I’m sitting here I can see my broom out the right hand corner of my eye against the door frame, just patiently waiting for one of the little f##, oh sorry, buggers to come by…in fact about .30 minutes ago I saw something dark on my very light carpet and swung the door shut to avoid it from jumping with the room I’m in, in my basement. I’ve had these for years, but alas…I believe I’m going to use an extermination compay. Isn’t is just pathetic that I’m going to pay probably $50.00 or more a month to be rid of these? They really do nothing…I see about 1 or 2 a day….but only when it’s been dark for a while…$50.00 a month so I won’t be frightened of a bug that’s …..that’s…..no bigger than a toe. Someone should make this part of a stand up comedy act! Hope you enjoyed….now I’m off to research pest companies! Oh my!!!

i live in piqua ohio and i have them ALL OVER my house, outside and inside. they are a ton of them in my basement though. my house is built on top of a natural spring and from what i hear they are attracted to moisture, hence damp areas. they are impossible to kill! its like they have a sixth sense with humans.. i have found though if you use a toilet brush then they cant sense it or something. i also spray them with hairspray first before i kill them. i know it sounds silly but they wont move that way haha.

omg. wsant to burn my house down. there all over the freakin basement. captured one in a jar. must be granddaddy of them all. thanks to all of you who had to post they were in your bed. just freaked me out to the max. ahh. im screaming….. nasty little nocturnal alien creatures. i,m crying.

Oh my gosh! We have these in our new house, and here’s what I typed into Google to find this article. lol

basement looks like a cross between brown cricket spider fast

SO GROSS!!!

These things may symbolize luck and prosperity in some places but they can do it outside of my room thank you very much! I live on the 3rd floor in my dorm so I’m really confused as to how it got in. I’ve set a “trap” for it: an ice cream bucket with dead leaves inside and the lid set on top, leaving a crack open for it to get in, and weighted down with a shoe. We’ll see if that works.

The creepiest thing is that it doesn’t chirp, so I know it’s in here, I just don’t know where.

BASTARDS!!!!!! I often refer to them as “Hoppies”, and dammit I hate these mother-effers. I mean who really wants to live with spiders OR crickets? But seriously, I’d rather deal either of those before these nasty-ass things. Thought I was in the clear for several years but after returning to KY I’m once again having to deal with them. Damn they are ugly and way too unpredictable. Thank god I have a cat that mangles their legs so that afterwards I can then manage to spray , smash, and vacuum them up. And no joke, those are the steps I have to take. Most recent encounter: wake up at 7 a.m. to get ready for work and one of these creatures is stalking me out, chilling on the curtains that divide my room from the rest of the house; the rest where all my weapons of defense reside. My only choice was to get in the shower and hope my cat eff’d it up. NOPE. Stupid thing had me paranoid the entire morning and then after returning home from work I was finally able to eliminate the piece of s**t. I feel like this blog is soooo long, but I seriously despise this species of a bug. My buddy Joseph Albari posted a blog not too long ago, and GOD I feel him, along with every other post on here. Good luck to all. My motto: Die hoppies, DIE.

I have these things all throw out my house i live in dover,PA and my kids are tarrafied of them just like i am lastnight there w as on in my bed so i did not sleep well at all lastnight i need to find something that kills them i do not see them at all in the summer just when it is starting to get cold out i was told they like to bit and i do not need my kids bit by one of them nasty things please help

they show up late summer to early fall in my crawlspace. i close all the vents, and set two cannisters of bug spray, one at each end of the floor of the crawlspace, then set them off and close the door. two weeks later, i do the same thing and they’re completely gone again until next season. trick is to bomb them early when they first start to hatch (show up) and they’re still small. but you have to do it a second time to kill any late bloomers that the first carpet bomb missed.
they are gross . . .

To the spricket loving fool above …
This is the dumbest idea that I’ve ever heard of!
Don’t be mad PQ, just letting you know.

AND ONCE AGAIN HERE I AM! I AWOKE EARLIER THIS WEEK TO FIND MY ROOMATE JOSH SPRICKET LOVER MCGRUDER, TRYING TO SMASH ONE OF OUR LOVELY FRIENDS! I THOUGHT HE WANTED PEACE AND HARMONY??? NO LOVE IN OUR TOWN FOR THESE UGLY PLAUGED FOOLS! IM CURRENTLY AT WORK AT FOUND THAT THEIR INVASION WILL NOT STOP….AT ANY MEANS. MAYBE I’LL LET THE TERMINATOR GUY IN ON FRIDAY MORNING. IM CURRENTLY AT WORK , SO……………….SHOUT OUT TO JOSH AND MORGAN IN LEX! HOPE THEY DONT CREEP UP ON YA WHEN YOURE SLEEP!

We’re living in a finished basement @ our parents house in KY an they’re always n our bathroom, laundry room, an hallway. My 3year old daughter is terrified to go to the bathroom by herself bc of the “jumpin spiders”.They r pretty creepy lookin. An very odd when u’re tryin to use the bathroom an theirs one 2ft away from, jus sittin there, as I wait for it to jump at any second. I’m terrifed to try kill them bc anymroe bc all they do is jump! It’s a never ending cycle. They like to chase me as I’m tryin to kill them! I give up. I’m puttin out the glue/tape traps!

We have had these critters in our house for the past 5 year. With the exception of centipedes, they are the most disconcerting insects I have ever encountered… and I am allergic to bees! My mother refuses to go down into the basement after dark.

We have found that the best way to kill them is with a flyswatter; therefore, we have flyswatters placed at strategic spots all around the basement. Lately, a few have been found in the human living quarters. I want them out of the house and have declared a full out war on these crickets. They need to crawl (or hop) back to the caves from whence they came! They may be “harmless” but they nibble on all things organic–including each other–Yuck! Oh yes, and I almost forgot… Mice and rats enjoy eating them as snacks. Rodents would make a very nice addition to an already horrific situation.

Here is a website that I found very helpful with a plan of action for driving these critter our of my house! http://www.economyexterminators.com/camel_cricket.html

If anyone else comes across a good method for eliminating these pests from their homes, please let me know.

I found a product called Niban. Google it and you’ll find sellers. You sprinkle it around your foundation and their gone. It can go in garages and basements as well. It worked for me.
I’m not promoting any particular seller. Here’s what the description says about Niban. T

Theres no better professional grade, all-around bait for targeting the two most prominent invading pests you deal with: cockroaches and ants. NiBans new formula includes a tougher, weatherized granule that will last longer than any other on the market, providing you with a more effective kill between quarterly visits. This is the industrys only granular bait with the power of borates and our patent pending. It was formulated with a concern for the environment, its easy to use and it has produced amazing results since it was created. NiBan targets a wide spectrum of pests and can be used both indoors and out. Kills and prevents: Ants Cockroaches Silverfish Carpenter ants Crickets Earwigs Slugs Snails NiBan At A Glance: Weather resistant Indoor/outdoor use No known resistance Specifically formulated to attract a wide variety of pests Superior against cockroaches and crickets Comfort Grip refillable shaker jug Long-lasting protection 5% Boric Acid active ingredient

1-12-10 With all the cold weather and snow, they seem to be really hiding.
We have only seen a dead one in a bedroom and one that must have come in from the garage via a box. I surely will be ready for them on the warm up. I am looking into products and getting armed. So far, none of our friends noticed them this past summer. (OKC)

The Jerusalem Cricket is even worse. It looks like a giant tank.

I was searching about this bug in google and came across this blog. We are planning on moving to Virginia..we are looking in the areas of South Boston and Clarksville. I’ve heard Virginia is famous for these camel crickets and I am terrified now…I have an irrational fear of water bugs and now the thought of having to fight these things..gives me the creeps.

Oh, man, I remember those guys when I lived in Richmond. One year, they started making their way out from under the house and into my bedroom through a panel in the closet, and after that they popped up every year. Creepy crawlies don’t really bother me very much, except for these guys and cockroaches, and I find cockroaches much more preferable. Cave crickets are hideous creatures that should be hunted down like Osama bin Laden, who is also rumored to live in a cave. If Obama came out in favor of committing the full power and authority of the federal government to eradicating this species, I think this is something that could really unite the country. When are those jerks in Washington ever gonna stop catering to corporate fat cats, special interests, and lobbyists, and start concerning themselves with what’s going on in (or under) the homes of real Americans?

I just encountered one of these insane things in my basement again even though I thought we got rid of them. They are truly the most disgusting thing I have ever experienced. We have been having a problem with them for a while and I thought they finally left. The bugs rear looks like a bee but has the legs of a cricket which makes me think they bite or sting.

ive lived in Co for the past 8 years and I have never seen a camel back cricket. The only bugs Im used to are spiders. You just didnt find many insects in your home there. I got married and we had to move to TN where my husbands work is. And I see them EVERYWHERE INSIDE MY HOUSE! I LOATH bigs and these things are H U G E! They climb walls and eat fabrics and you can even see their poop! Well, before I found out that it was the camel cricket leaving the poop I was sure it was rats. So I left those sticky bait traps out in the hopes of catching a mouse. Instead I caught, in one night mind you, 20 camel crickets! I was shocked and creeped out. We had t be treated for an infestation o course, but my point is this: If you have already treated but are afraid one or two will get in some how then discreetly put the traps where you think they are coming in and VOILA! I have found it to be really useful catching crickets, roaches, whatever little creepy crawly bug that may enter.

We used to always call them well crickets cause they’d hang around in the well house. I heard they bite, but I never gave one a chance. I live in Tennessee and only see them there or when moving boards.

O K i hate these things so much i am going to foggbomb the crawl space under my house one person says to dehumidify are you kidding i live in nashville tn they are all over the place i have killed at least 10 to 15 in my bedroom alone is there any way to kill them without killing my whole family with pesticides and i think they are mutating i have found some with spikes on the backs of their legs and lots less stripping like they are trying to blend in better HHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have never seen things before until I went to my future mother-in-laws house in Missouri where we live. The first time I saw one of these things it freaked me out because it looks like a really friggin huge wolf spider until you get up on it. I’m deathly afraid of spiders so I freaked out. When I realized that it wasn’t a spider, I called it an alien cricket because it looks like an alien with huge legs. They are all over the basement and outside. I just killed the biggest one i’ve ever seen tonight. They are indeed very hard to kill, but I think I am mastering it by hand!! You have to slowly get close to it, and slowly go over the top of it with a blunt object (usually my shoe). When you are about an inch or less above it, you blast it. I cannot stand to see them, very disgusting looking. My cat does have fun with them, but I see plenty at night. At one time I saw about 20-30 of them hanging around the basement drain. I finally decided to look these freaky creatures up to see what kind of cricket it was because it looks like it would bite. I have also killed a few, then come back and they’d be gone! Now that was very weird. Later, I saw a live one eating on the dead one! Killed that one too! Very crazy! Glad to know they don’t hurt you, and to know exactly what type of cricket it was, because it was freaking me out.

I live in Charlottesville Virginia and these things are the worst insect of all time. I was smoking a cigarette and afraid to go outside because there were so many crawling all over the porch. So I threw my cigarette butt out through a crack in my screen door, and then I watched in horror as FOUR CRICKETS jumped onto the cigarette butt, then starting dragging it together off the porch! They were (gag) working as a TEAM. And where were they TAKING it? I mean what else were they collecting? It was like they had a plan….And I don’t get it because they will eat each other later. Once in the kitchen I pulled a big stock pot off the top shelf and there was one INSIDE. It was just sitting in there, like, “hi”. I hate it when you try to kill one and you lift up the magazine or broom and there is no dead body! Sometimes there would only be one twitching leg behind, which made it even grosser, that it was loose without a leg! Does anyone know how these things reproduce? I have been seeing teeny miniature little babies in my sink doing creepy baby hops like their parents. Ugh! I mean, do they come out of eggs? I’ve had cockroaches before and cockroaches are my nice friends compared to these mo-fos. Oh, and once there was one sitting happily inside my washing machine. Why are they so cocky? They leap around all confident and zig-zag, like “F You Human!” I’ve never seen such cocky little a-holes before.

When I moved to northern Virginia for the first time and found these in the basement I freaked out. I battled with the creepy insects all three years I lived in that house, after which I moved to southern Virginia, where there aren’t any. Apparently they like cool, damp places, which is why basements are where they usually make their homes. Fortunately there are no basements in southern VA, and now I’m back in northern VA on the second floor of an apartment, so I don’t see them anymore

This is so funny. I saw one in my living room (I live in a basement apartment on Long Island, NY) and was DETERMINED to find out what it was. For some reason I intuitively knew it was some sort of cricket - maybe those legs in the back gave it away. So I looked up types of crickets and when I saw the words “camel cricket” I KNEW that had to be it!!! When I saw the pic I could not believe I had found it!!! Google is amazing. Thank God I’ve only seen one because those things are so crazy and erratic and they jump AT you!!! It’s so traumatizing. But not as traumatizing as having bed bugs. So I count my blessings.

well i just killed one in my kitchen so i wanna to know what it was so i googled it and i called it a cricket spider well we live in Indiana and i already caught a few outside and to find one in my house was creepy. i wanna how to get rid of them cause my sister is Scared of spiders and other bugs.. so i wanna how to keeep them out of the house…they play deadd, so im go see if its still there sooo…..thanks
i HATE camel spiders

I just found one in my bathroom! Most of the stories on here r from VA! I live so north in PA that i can literally walk down the road and be in NY! What r these things doing in PA! Not scared of them< but they r creepy, especially at night when on the throne! HAHA!

I can’t believe so many people have posted on this! and all HATERS too-except “JOSH(SPRICKET LOVER)MCGRUDER” ! Can I tell you that the first time I saw one in our NJ basement-where my bedroom is-I was SO relieved it was not a spider…I can’t even tell you. The basement of our old house was c~r~a~w~l~i~n~g with spiders the size of your HAND. We had our laundry down there. I’m pretty sure I have some form of PTSD from those years. Those things wouldnt die if you hit them with a baseball bat. FIVE TIMES.
I think the crickets are adorable. I sleep ninja style, on a mat on the floor, and I never worry about them hopping on me. They have always been very respectful of me, and they are great conversationalists should you get lonely or when you need advice.
I went downstairs this evening, and found what I believe to be a mom cricket with her babies. the lil babies are sooooo cute! Not even the size of the moon on your pinky nail! That’s why I went on-line tonight, to find out more about the babies.
I guess it all depends on your perspective. I see everyone calling them “spider crickets” but to me, they are the good guys. Not spiders at all! Thank God. I <3 u Cricky. =)

cant stand these things. twice now i have stepped on them walking to the bathroom in the middle of the night

EVERY night I put glue boards down in the kitchen. Some nights we catch none, some nights we’re lucky that they jump on the glue boards and we get up to 4. They start coming up from the basement around 10pm. At least I don’t go looking for a snack at night anymore. They are demonic creatures. The really creep me out!!!

We have these in our basement in Tennessee as well. Ugly buggers, they call em jumping jaggers (sp) down here. One of the reasons i hate laundry day is because of these little guys, and the numerous spiders we have in our basement. We had a bunch of wood stacked up in the corner for our wood stove, and removed the wood a few days ago since we no longer use the stove and there were thousands of these dang bugs crawling up the walls and hopping towards my husband. My neighbor says her father was once bitten by one, said it felt like someone pinched ahold of his skin and twisted as hard as they could. Good luck to all with your cricket problems!