Asked on Jul 14, 2014
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Bug invasion in my shed. There are at least 5 at a time of these guys on the inside of my shed door every time I open it. They don't seem to be spiders. They hop (really high). I don't hear them making noise. They have speckled legs and are fascinating and ,to me, really horrifying at the same time. Does anyone know what it is, whether it bites, and what I can do to make them go away? (There are two in this picture and if you blow it up, you can see the legs of a third.)
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Cave 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.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Jul 14, 2014
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Looks like a cricket but never saw striped legs. They would be sprayed long ago with Home Defence if it was me!
Ruth Nederlk
on Jul 15, 2014
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Spotted 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-Cricket
Elaine Young
on Jul 15, 2014
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They are cave crickets. I had them in my house in NJ. They are creepy buggers!
Melissa Sabo
on Jul 15, 2014
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Crickets. Get rid of the dampness and they will leave too!
Joan
on Jul 15, 2014
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Like Joan said....no need to use poison, no need to kill crickets, they're harmless. These bug guys want to kill everything that crawls.
Judy
on Jul 15, 2014
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We have nicknamed them oobies. Can't handle them being near! I swear they jump as high as I am tall. Yuck!
Barb
on Jul 15, 2014
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We call them sprickets. It looks like a combination of a spider and cricket. Scary as heck!
Andrea
on Jul 15, 2014
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If 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!
Carole
on Jul 15, 2014
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If 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.
Carole
on Jul 15, 2014
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I say learn to live with them, they eat the bug's you don't want around.
Ida Granny
on Jul 15, 2014
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Put a few frogs in there - bet they would love dinner!
Doreen Rossan
on Jul 17, 2014
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Loving 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' :)
Joanne McCauley
on Jul 17, 2014
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Have 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...
Jill Thurow
on Sep 05, 2014
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They 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...
Jill Thurow
on Oct 18, 2014
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They 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.
Bbe325969
on Oct 22, 2014
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