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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsHey, how do I catch the noisy cricket in my basement?
I kept the light off and used a flashlight. I saw the little critter and it ran. I was going to use a jar to trap it and let it go outside.
Yes, it's raining outside, but I think they are waterproof.
True story.
Any suggestions?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)My cat just looks at the sound.
zanana1
(6,102 posts)I had a colony of crickets in my basement. My cat wiped them out. I was glad they were gone, but I didn't appreciate the "gifts" my cat would give me.
JoeOtterbein
(7,699 posts)...that should scare em off!
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,699 posts)...I used Joe Biden's idea for scaring off humans. Also, trying like hell to be funny!
Sorry I missed!
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Sorry I missed it.
JoeOtterbein
(7,699 posts)"Giggling Out Loud!"
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,699 posts)...enough beer already!
GOL!
(cause I can't be too loud!)
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Some coffee then.
Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Ptah
(33,019 posts)mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Raven
(13,877 posts)mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Clever.
Big Blue Marble
(5,056 posts)Just saying.
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)sl8
(13,674 posts)We like having crickets in the house. Yeah, that's the ticket!
Big Blue Marble
(5,056 posts)sl8
(13,674 posts)safeinOhio
(32,641 posts)Watermelon trap for crickets.
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Kali
(55,003 posts)you have to be fast, also the little bastids can throw their sound and you may have seen a female that the male was calling or even another competing male.
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Kali
(55,003 posts)I forget what but think it was mice, the count is 10 for every one you actually see. with crickets I usually sleep with a pillow over my ear.
WheelWalker
(8,954 posts)Meanwhile, earplugs?
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)WheelWalker
(8,954 posts)mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)calguy
(5,292 posts)Free to roam as it pleases, in YOUR basement. Wild thing
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)unblock
(52,116 posts)If you don't mind snakes, some of them eat crickets too....
Arkansas Granny
(31,507 posts)Unless it's one of those creepy looking brownish, humpbacked crickets. For some reason the just freak me out and I'm not usually squeamish about bugs.
3catwoman3
(23,947 posts)...was The Cricket In Times Square. It won the Newberry Award in 1961. The cricket was named Chester, and he could chirp opera. I think of this book any time I hear crickets.
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Harker
(13,976 posts)I finish singing.
Cirque du So-What
(25,908 posts)If that doesn't work...
Still bothering you?
mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,413 posts)rickford66
(5,521 posts)rzemanfl
(29,554 posts)mysteryowl
(7,362 posts)LeftInTX
(25,126 posts)Control-Z
(15,682 posts)to the WH squatter on an endless loop, for killing a cricket with Raid. I wouldn't test the veracity of that claim if I were you.
wishstar
(5,268 posts)Sometimes they jump away too fast and I have to try again, but I will not kill or injure them, so a soft tissue works well to catch and then just throw the tissue and cricket outside. I spotted them after turning on bathroom light in darkness.
at140
(6,110 posts)go borrow a lizard, no smaller than 5" long. The cricket will soon be a meal.
Midnight Writer
(21,712 posts)gibraltar72
(7,498 posts)AncientGeezer
(2,146 posts)Short of a sustained "manhunt" that deprives you of sleep and sanity for several days....occasionally you get lucky and spot it on the side of the washing machine or the beer fridge and smash it with your flip flop.