New Home Filled with Cave Crickets in Fair Haven, NJ

Challenge

A new customer was getting ready to move into her new home in Fair Haven, NJ when she discovered that her basement was infested with cave crickets.

Also called camel crickets, you may know them as "sprickets," because they look like a cross between a spider and cricket. Contrary to that popular belief, they are not related to the arachnid family at all. They are commonly found in caves, as well as damp, cool areas underneath damp leaves, stones, and rotting logs. In homes, the most popular areas they like to invade are basements and crawl spaces (because they are dark and moist).

Solution

We treated the entire basement and exterior perimeter of the home with a liquid non-repellant and a granular bait. Both of these products will not only rapidly exterminate the cave crickets, but also prevent them from reinfesting the area.