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Using motion-activated vacuum cleaner to control camel crickets

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For those of you with camel cricket infestations in your basement, this might be of interest. Here’s what you’ll need: vacuum cleaner, motion-sensing light source, Belkin WeMo motion switch, bait. Plug the vacuum into the motion switch and then situate the hose intake perhaps 2″ from the motion switch, as per below: After all this […]

Getting rid of camel crickets

Camel crickets (“sprickets”) feed on fungi that grow on damp basement walls. When they can’t find fungus they are reported to eat carpet, cardboard, wood, and even each other. They absolutely adore cat litter (pic at bottom of post). There’s even an Australian species that eats one of its own legs when sufficiently hungry (watch […]