Cave Cricket Control On Long Island And The Five Boroughs

The cave cricket is active all year-round, and while usually residing in cool, damp areas, they begin searching for warmer places to spend the fall and winter in New York. You can find them hanging out around your foundation, and ultimately inside your home. Cave crickets lay eggs in the spring that will hatch within a few weeks. Because of their behavior, you will usually see a spike in cave cricket activity in the spring as they're hatching and in the fall as they're moving into warmer areas.

While camel crickets do not usually bite people, they do have chewing mouthparts that can cause damage to materials such as fabrics or clothes. Cave crickets are not poisonous and are more often seen as a scary nuisance more than anything.

Pied Piper Pest Control offers an integrated pest management (IPM) approach to cave cricket control, which includes an assessment of your property and exclusion suggestions, as well as environmentally friendly treatment options. Homeowners can take steps to prevent cave crickets from invading their homes, such as:

• Eliminating moisture in basement areas by using a dehumidifier
• Sealing cracks and crevices around the foundation
• Inspecting and sealing windows and checking screens for holes
• Clearing debris away from the structure of your home to eliminate possible breeding sites

Check out our other pest control services to see how we can better serve your family, removing cave crickets and a variety of other pests around your home.