Tue 7 Nov 2006
What’s up with these crickets?
Posted by David under Uncategorized
[3] Comments
So, are other people noticing a surprisingly large number of these crickets in and around their houses? I don’t remember ever seeing them in the past, at least not enough to notice them by species. But, over the summer I started seeing them (often dead in spider webs) and Priscilla found many many of them at her house (much to her dismay).
Well, they are still here, and I’m still surprised. Priscilla now says they are cave crickets and the pictures in Wikipedia definitely look right. So, now I know their complete taxonomy and stuff, but that doesn’t tell me anything about why they suddenly seem so much more prevalent than I’m used to.
Anyone?
they were definitely there before. they used to live in the basement at 211, and i’ve seen them other places, too.
i can’t vouch for if there are more of them this year though, sorry.
ask people with cats.
cats like to pounce on crickets and torture them slowly, so people with cats probably
a) always noticed them
b) might have also noticed if there are more this year
Oh, yeah man. This year they have been prodigious in number. I’m done trying to coexist… I want to trap them. You wouldn’t believe how much poop they produce. Every flat surface in my garage is literally covered in cricket poop.
K
eh…david, are you high?