Cricket Control on Long Island

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Finding one cricket may not seem serious—until the chirping keeps you awake or long-legged camel crickets begin jumping around your basement. When crickets continue appearing, spraying the ones you see does not explain where they are coming from or what is allowing them inside.

EM Pest Control provides professional cricket control for homes and businesses across Nassau County and select Suffolk communities. Our technicians inspect the property, identify the type of cricket, check the areas where activity is occurring, and recommend treatment based on what we find. Whether you call them camel crickets, cave crickets, spider crickets, or simply those jumping bugs in the basement, we’ll help you understand what you’re dealing with and what should be done next.

Why Do Crickets Keep Showing Up?

When you find another cricket a few days after removing one, it doesn’t necessarily mean the first one was part of a large indoor population. Crickets often live outdoors and enter separately through the same door gap, window opening, or crack near the foundation.

What’s happening outside matters too. House and field crickets gather near lights, while camel crickets favor damp, sheltered areas. That’s why the answer depends on which crickets you’re finding and where they keep appearing. The same basement sightings and nighttime chirping don’t always point to the same source.

3 Common Species of Crickets in Long Island Homes

Not every cricket found indoors is the same. Its appearance, where you find it, and whether it chirps help identify what you’re dealing with.

House cricket found inside a Long Island home

House Crickets

House crickets are usually light brown or tan and have dark bands behind the head. Their loud nighttime chirping is often the first sign that they’ve moved indoors.

Camel cricket or spider cricket in a Long Island basement

Camel, Cave, or Spider Crickets

These long-legged, humpbacked crickets don’t chirp, but they jump suddenly when disturbed. They commonly gather in damp basements, crawl spaces, garages, and utility rooms.

Field cricket near the foundation of a Long Island home

Field Crickets

Field crickets are usually dark brown or black and primarily live outdoors. They enter through doors, foundation gaps, garages, and basement windows when drawn toward lights or shelter.

Identifying the cricket helps us understand where it’s hiding, what’s drawing it toward the building, and where treatment should be focused.

Chirping that keeps you up at night: House and field crickets chirp, and the sound can be difficult to trace once they’re behind stored items or tucked along a wall. One loud cricket doesn’t mean you have an infestation, but repeated chirping deserves a closer look.
Crickets showing up in the same room: Finding one near an open door is different from finding them repeatedly in your basement, garage, or laundry area. We look at where they’re appearing and check nearby access points.
Large, jumping crickets in damp areas: Camel crickets don’t chirp. They’re often noticed when someone turns on a basement light and they jump from a wall, floor, or pile of stored belongings.
Activity around doors, windows, or the foundation: Crickets live outdoors and get inside through openings around the structure. Sightings near an entry point help us narrow down where to inspect.
Damage to stored fabrics or paper: Some crickets feed on these materials. If you’re finding crickets near stored clothing, boxes, or other belongings, tell us what you’ve noticed so we can check that area.

What You Should Know About Crickets

Crickets hear through their front legs

Their hearing organs are small membranes located on their front legs. They use them to detect the calls of other crickets, even though they don’t have ears where we’d expect to find them.

Chirping is made with wings, not a voice

Male house and field crickets rub their front wings together to make their calls. Camel crickets have no wings, so the jumping cricket you find in a damp basement won’t be the one chirping.

That point on the back isn’t a stinger

Some female crickets have a long, pointed structure extending from the end of their body. It’s called an ovipositor, and they use it to lay eggs. It doesn’t sting.

A cricket’s song changes with temperature

Crickets chirp faster when it’s warmer and slow down as the temperature drops. That’s one reason the sound outside changes from one evening to the next.

What Happens When You Call Us About Crickets?

1. We find where they’re active

We start with the chirping or sightings you’ve noticed, then inspect those rooms and accessible areas nearby. In a basement or garage, we look at where crickets are gathering, the conditions in that space, and nearby openings. We also check the exterior around the affected part of the home.

2. We treat the areas involved

We select treatment based on the type of cricket and where we find activity. That means focusing on the areas crickets are using, including appropriate areas inside and around the exterior, instead of treating every room the same way.

3. We explain what needs attention

Before we leave, we tell you what we found and where the crickets appear to be getting in. If we find a worn door sweep, excess moisture, or debris against the foundation, we explain how it relates to the activity and what to address to reduce repeat sightings.

How Do You Keep Crickets Out of Your Home?

After treatment, a few changes around the property help reduce the conditions that bring crickets close to the house.

Check doors and basement windows

Replace worn door sweeps, repair screens, and close visible gaps where crickets are getting inside.

Keep basements and crawl spaces dry

Fix leaks and use a dehumidifier where moisture builds up. This is especially helpful when you’re finding camel crickets.

Clear shelter near the foundation

Move leaf piles, stacked materials, and other debris away from the house so crickets have fewer places to gather beside it.

Look at lights near entry doors

House and field crickets are attracted to light. Keeping doors closed when exterior lights are on helps prevent them from slipping inside.

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Over-the-counter sprays may eliminate visible crickets, but they typically do not address entry points or conducive conditions. Without correcting the source of the problem, new crickets can continue to enter.

Crickets are not dangerous and do not bite or transmit diseases.

Some species of crickets can fly, but they preferably jump or hop.

Professional treatment involves inspecting the structure, identifying entry areas, applying targeted treatment to active zones, and recommending corrective measures to reduce moisture and access points.

Occasional crickets may die off indoors, but if moisture conditions or entry points remain, new ones can continue to enter. Without addressing the source, repeat activity is common.

Only male crickets chirp, and they do so to attract females.

Cricket extermination services can vary depending on the size of the infestation, species, location, or property size. Get a free quote and contact your local exterminators at EM Pest Control to request a thorough pest inspection.

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