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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Jul 14, 2014Cave Crickets. Found a lot in damp, cool dark locations. Use a bug bomb and place it in the shed and that will remove them quickly. I have been in some basement crawl spaces that contain thousands of them. They will not hurt you nor harm anything. But they are a sign that the environment in which they are living is not so good. Air out the shed, and keep it dry. Only way around them.Helpful Reply
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Ruth Nederlk on Jul 15, 2014Looks like a cricket but never saw striped legs. They would be sprayed long ago with Home Defence if it was me!Helpful Reply
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Elaine Young on Jul 15, 2014Spotted Camel Cricket. Likes dark, damp places like your shed. Totally harmless to people. No need to spray insecticides into your environment, they won't hurt you but they can be startling because they jump high and suddenly. Here's a bit more about them: http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Spotted-Camel-CricketHelpful Reply
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Melissa Sabo on Jul 15, 2014They are cave crickets. I had them in my house in NJ. They are creepy buggers!Helpful Reply
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Joan on Jul 15, 2014Crickets. Get rid of the dampness and they will leave too!Helpful Reply
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Judy on Jul 15, 2014Like Joan said....no need to use poison, no need to kill crickets, they're harmless. These bug guys want to kill everything that crawls.Helpful Reply
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Barb on Jul 15, 2014We have nicknamed them oobies. Can't handle them being near! I swear they jump as high as I am tall. Yuck!Helpful Reply
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Andrea on Jul 15, 2014We call them sprickets. It looks like a combination of a spider and cricket. Scary as heck!Helpful Reply
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Carole on Jul 15, 2014If you want to worry about scary then go to New Zealand and see a Wetter - you would need your brown trousers on to cope with the sight of one of them! Google it for a picture. They are massive! Most bugs are harmless and if these are indeed crickets then please don't hurt them. They are more afraid of you than you are of them. Look at the difference in size for goodness sake! No wonder they leap 6 feet into the air when a human approaches! There they are sitting in the dark minding their own business when the door opens and in comes something towering six feet tall - Eeeeek - the spectre must keep them having nightmares for days afterwards! LOL! Harmless - live and let live!Helpful Reply
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Carole on Jul 15, 2014If you read the link that was posted here by Elaine Young, you will see that these crickets are in fact your friends as they eat other insects.Helpful Reply
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Ida Granny on Jul 15, 2014I say learn to live with them, they eat the bug's you don't want around.Helpful Reply
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Doreen Rossan on Jul 17, 2014Put a few frogs in there - bet they would love dinner!Helpful Reply
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Joanne McCauley on Jul 17, 2014Loving all the comments. Can see which insects give whom the "willies"! My son is freaked out by all insects and must do a perimeter spray with whatever will kill 200 some odd bugs. I said, well what about the ladybugs, they eat the aphids on my roses. My son says.... oh..well there aren't any aphids either..it will be ok... I'm like...ummm..... some bugs are beneficial...his response...beneficial to mankind? How? LOL..Those of us who see the "circle of life" with the insect population get it...those who cannot stand bugs..don't see the effect of killing off the bug population. Hey there are other animals in the food chain that eat those bugs you just sprayed to death. And other animals that eat those...and on we go and that is how the beginning of the end begins..jus' sayin' :)Helpful Reply
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Jill Thurow on Sep 05, 2014Have to laugh...I have crickets, spiders, toads, and the occasional grass snake in my basement. They can startle especially if it's dark and late at night, but, they do no harm. I personally like my basement "pets" and they get rid of pests...Helpful Reply
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Jill Thurow on Oct 18, 2014They are not pets nor are they pests. I live by a lake (across the street). They come with the territory. I have two pugs for pets...Helpful Reply
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Bbe325969 on Oct 22, 2014They are camel crickets aka cave crickets. They like dark, moist places. They are somewhat harmless, but crickets will eat dirty clothes, so you don't want them in your house. If you are so inclined to use pesticides, a bomb or general spray will kill them.Helpful Reply
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