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Posted by Mr.Spock on October 1, 2007, 2:02 pm
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>>I would love some advice on how to limit the cricket population at
>>my
>> home. I have tried many different bug sprays, with the noisy
>> creatures prevailing. My last resort was to go to a pet store and
>> purchase some Geckos, let them loose in the back yard, and
>> (hopefully)
>> sleep in silence. The guy at the pet store said this was a
>> terrible
>> idea. He said the Geckos would run away. If they have a
>> plentiful
>> amount of food, why would they leave. Does anyone have any other
>> ideas? I would be forever in your debt...
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
> Don't know where you live, but around here (TX), when it starts
> getting cool, the crickets seem to congregate around buildings
> (homes, stores, anything), I suppose to stay warm. When you kill
> the ones you have, a new crop will come in that very night.
>
> There doesn't seem to be any way to handle them in the huge numbers,
> or else stores would be doing so. Sometimes they are so thick on
> sidewalks that they are dangerously slippery.
>
> Probably just going to have to live with it, and soon they will go
> away.
>
> Bob-tx
>
>
Let a monster loose in your yard. Ever notice in the movies that sounds
stop when a monster appears?
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