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Trusted Cave Cricket Control in New Jersey
GUARANTEED CAVE CRICKET REMOVAL
Cave crickets often invade damp, dark areas like basements and crawl spaces. PermaKill Exterminating provides effective cave cricket control in New Jersey, sealing off entry points and applying targeted treatments to reduce activity. We help restore comfort and prevent recurring infestations where these pests are most active.
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Reclaiming Your Crawlspace, Attic, and Everything in Between
Save your carpet, wood, and furniture from the silent menace that is cave crickets. End the infestation and live with peace of mind.
Having a cricket at home is bad, but having a jumping cricket that looks like a spider is much worse. As if their eerie appearance isn’t disturbing enough, there are other real reasons why you should never let cave crickets hang around the house.
Some infestations are threatening because they can be detrimental to our health, others will be more damaging to your home than anything else. While cave crickets, also known as spider crickets due to its many legs, may not turn to you for food, it will not have any problem treating your furniture as its favorite snack.
Although they don’t have fangs that sting or harm humans, they have mandibles that can eat and bite through any piece of furniture they set their sights on. Expect to see worn down carpet, wood, and cloth if you leave an infestation unchecked.
The PERMAKILL Process
You Call
At (973) 584-6414, or fill out a form and let us know about your pest problem.
We Inspect
Once the appointment is made, we come to your home to evaluate the situation, explain our findings and offer a solution.
We Exterminate
Our expert team employs safe, eco-friendly techniques that protect your home and family while eliminating unwanted pests.
We offer extermination and control services for:
Cave Crickets 101: Understand everything about your silent basement dwellers
The Basics
Cave crickets (also known as Spider Crickets) dwell in damp areas and are attracted to dark, humid parts of the home such as the basement, garage, and crawlspace. Cave crickets are also called camel crickets due to the visible hump on their back. Camel crickets also tend to gravitate towards exposed pipes and congregate around air conditioner units.
A single spider cricket is already one too many. This species of cricket has a tendency to gather in large numbers. One camel cricket can easily invite others to breed in your home. Moreover, they can call in other species, particularly the noisy kind, to hang out in basements.
Fertile females ready to lay eggs will have no problem finding a dark, damp corner in your home to lay hundreds of eggs in. Leaving them alone to die is not an option. Cave crickets can survive through the winter and live in a damp basement even without any food to eat. This pest is known to survive with little to no food resources.
How Cave Crickets Ruin Your Home
Because these New Jersey crickets do nothing but hide in your basement or attic without a peep, most people make the mistake of letting these pests co-exist with them.
The fact that they jump 3 feet thanks to their large legs and possess uncanny spider-like legs aren’t the only reasons why you should hire a pest control service. At the end of the day, these silent menaces are still invasive pests that have no place in homes. Crickets attract mice and mice attract snakes. The circle of pest invaders is crickets, mice, and snakes.
First, they will seek shelter by occupying basements, garages, or crawl spaces, but sooner or later you’ll find one inside your home. As they seek refuge indoors, you are bound to find them in your kitchen, bathroom, or laundry room as they tend to prefer cool, moist areas inside your house.
It’s only a matter of time before you find pieces of clothing, furnishing, and other home items with chewed holes. They can worsen gaps and cracks in the structure of your home, which could invite other kinds of insects to invade your space.
Signs of Swarm Infestation
- Fecal smears on wood and other surfaces in your home
- Unexplained damage to clothing and other objects in your home
- Chewed wood and minor damages to wood and cardboard
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How Cave Cricket Control Works
PermaKill Exterminating begins with a comprehensive inspection of your home to identify spider cricket activity and the conditions contributing to the infestation. Once confirmed, we implement an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) program that combines professional treatment products, exclusion techniques, and environmental modifications to eliminate spider crickets and help prevent them from returning.
In order to prevent future infestations from happening, we seek ways to promote better airflow to eliminate excess moisture. We suggest dehumidifiers that can help dissuade them from sticking around by making the air less damp.
Why Choose Permakill Exterminating?
PermaKill Exterminating is the cave cricket NJ specialist homeowners have been going to for nearly 40 years. We understand the behavior of cave crickets and have the necessary equipment and training to deal with an infestation completely.
Our mission is to control the problem quickly. More often than not, cave crickets linger in a damp garage or in woodpiles around your yard or neighbors, before making their way inside your house. We assess the state of your yard and find any conditions that may be conducive to the breeding and collection of these pests. While the yard itself cannot be effectively treated for these pests, we can guide you in proper yard maintenance to prevent attracting these pests in the coming seasons. Contact us today to schedule an inspection. Learn more about us and how PermaKill Exterminating delivers reliable, long-term pest control solutions throughout New Jersey.
Spider Cricket Control FAQ
What should I expect during the inspection?
After confirming an appointment with us, we will visit your home and perform a site visit. We will look in common infestation sites to locate the nest. We can begin treatments on the day of the visit to make your home pest-free right away.
What is the best way to prevent camel cricket infestation in the first place?
Camel crickets thrive in dark, moist, and cool environments. We recommend using a dehumidifier in your basement to reduce moisture. Sealing and caulking your home is another great way to keep cave crickets at bay
Will cave crickets come back after they have been removed?
Unlike bees, wasps, and hornets, this pest can return to your home every year and treat your yard as its nest. At PermaKill Exterminating, we help you seal your home to ensure no crickets find their way into your space. Keeping your shed dry and well lit can also deter these insects.
Do you have services that will remove other kinds of home intruders?
The cave cricket isn’t the only pest we deal with. PermaKill Exterminating is a New Jersey removal specialist for all kids of insects, vermins, and rodents. We offer pest control services year-round and will be more than happy to help you clear your property of undesirables.
What are cave crickets, and why are they in my home?
Cave crickets, also called spider crickets or camel crickets for the hump on their back, are the long-legged jumpers you spot in basements, crawl spaces, and garages. They want moisture, darkness, and steady temperatures, so we usually find them clustered near exposed pipes and air conditioner units. Older homes with damp block or fieldstone foundations suit them perfectly, and because they gather in numbers and can ride out a New Jersey winter in a damp basement on very little food, they rarely stay a small problem.
Are cave crickets dangerous, and do they bite?
No, cave crickets don’t bite or sting people. The damage is to your home: they chew on fabric, carpet, cardboard, and stored boxes, and they leave dark fecal smears on wood and walls. They also gather in large numbers, so a handful in the basement rarely stays a handful. Just as important, the damp gaps that let them in are the same ones mice use, which is why a cricket problem sometimes turns into a rodent control visit as well.
When are cave crickets most active in New Jersey?
Late summer into fall is when cave crickets are most noticeable in New Jersey homes. As nights cool and after wet stretches, they move from woodpiles, mulch beds, and damp garages into basements and crawl spaces looking for moisture and steady temperatures, and they can stay through the winter on very little food. If you’re on our Home Protection Plan, the fall visit lands right when they’re pushing indoors, and if they show up between scheduled visits, we re-treat at no charge.
Is professional cave cricket control better than DIY treatments?
For a couple of stray crickets, glue boards and a dehumidifier will often do the job. When they keep coming back, the crickets you see aren’t the problem; the conditions are. Our technicians inspect the basement, crawl space, and garage to find where they’re harboring and getting in, treat those spots with targeted products, and show you the gaps to seal and the moisture to fix. We’ll also walk the yard, since woodpiles and damp mulch against the foundation feed the problem, and give you honest maintenance advice.
How much does cave cricket control cost?
There’s no flat price for cave cricket control; it depends on how widespread the activity is, the size of your basement and crawl space, and whether you want a one-time service or ongoing coverage. The inspection is free: a technician checks the damp areas where crickets gather and tells you what it will cost before anything starts. Start with a one-time visit and decide within 30 days if you’d rather have the Home Protection Plan, and that first visit is credited toward it. Call (973) 584-6414 or request your free inspection.
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