Hey, how do I catch the noisy cricket in my basement?

[mysteryowl]

I kept the light off and used a flashlight. I saw the little critter and it ran. I was going to use a jar to trap it and let it go outside.
Yes, it's raining outside, but I think they are waterproof.

True story.

Any suggestions?

[jberryhill]

1. Borrow a cat

[mysteryowl]

9. She is not helping

My cat just looks at the sound.

[zanana1]

50. That's the best solution.

I had a colony of crickets in my basement. My cat wiped them out. I was glad they were gone, but I didn't appreciate the "gifts" my cat would give me.

[JoeOtterbein]

2. Take a shotgun, go out on the front porch and fire a shot in the air...

...that should scare em off!

[mysteryowl]

11. seriously, aahhhh... no

[JoeOtterbein]

27. Huh Duh....

...I used Joe Biden's idea for scaring off humans. Also, trying like hell to be funny!

Sorry I missed!

[mysteryowl]

29. I get it now.

Sorry I missed it.

[JoeOtterbein]

34. GOL!

"Giggling Out Loud!"

[mysteryowl]

36. let's go have a beer

[JoeOtterbein]

37. Someone just told me I've had...

...enough beer already!

GOL!

(cause I can't be too loud!)

[mysteryowl]

38. ha!

Some coffee then.

[Lochloosa]

3. Snake. Small one.

[mysteryowl]

10. Oh, sure. Then I would have a cricket and a snake.

[Ptah]

4. It works for crickets, June bugs, snakes and fruit flies.

[mysteryowl]

7. A bit over doing it, don't you think

[Raven]

5. Loud music :-)

[mysteryowl]

13. The radio might work to stop the sounds.

Clever.

[Big Blue Marble]

6. The Chinese say that crickets in your house are good luck.

Just saying.

[mysteryowl]

8. Fantastic!!!

[sl8]

46. Sounds like the Chinese couldn't figure out how to get rid of their crickets, either.

We like having crickets in the house. Yeah, that's the ticket!

[Big Blue Marble]

47. Crickets as pets is a real thing in China.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crickets_as_pets

[sl8]

49. Interesting. Thank you. n/t

[safeinOhio]

12. Google

Watermelon trap for crickets.

[mysteryowl]

16. Okay, but I will use DuckDuckGo for the search

[Kali]

14. centipede, toad, tarantula

you have to be fast, also the little bastids can throw their sound and you may have seen a female that the male was calling or even another competing male.

[mysteryowl]

18. Ahhh, man! I might have more than one.

[Kali]

21. there is almost always more than you see of "pests"

I forget what but think it was mice, the count is 10 for every one you actually see. with crickets I usually sleep with a pillow over my ear.

[mysteryowl]

22. yikes!

[WheelWalker]

15. Patience. Their lifespan is shorter than yours.

Meanwhile, earplugs?

[mysteryowl]

17. This might be what happens

[WheelWalker]

19. Truly. Every cricket is less deplorable than many humans. And, any annoyance more tolerable.

[mysteryowl]

20. Right, but the cricket is missing out on a chance to be free

[calguy]

32. But the cricket IS free

Free to roam as it pleases, in YOUR basement. Wild thing

[mysteryowl]

33. indeed!!

[unblock]

23. Fly paper works

If you don't mind snakes, some of them eat crickets too....

[Arkansas Granny]

24. If I can locate it, I usually just grab it with my hand and toss it out the door.

Unless it's one of those creepy looking brownish, humpbacked crickets. For some reason the just freak me out and I'm not usually squeamish about bugs.

[3catwoman3]

25. Slightly off topic, but one of my favorite childhood books...

...was The Cricket In Times Square. It won the Newberry Award in 1961. The cricket was named Chester, and he could chirp opera. I think of this book any time I hear crickets.

[mysteryowl]

26. nice! Thanks!

[Harker]

31. I hear crickets every time

I finish singing.

[Cirque du So-What]

28. Try this...

If that doesn't work...



Still bothering you?

[mysteryowl]

30. Ohhhh, too funny

[Historic NY]

35. Beer can

https://www.wikihow.com/Kill-a-Cricket-that%27s-Loose-in-Your-House]

[LuckyCharms]

39. Blast a repetitive loop of a Trump speech. It will get depressed and become quiet.

[rickford66]

40. Why would someone here have a better idea than all the advice on YouTube ?

[rzemanfl]

41. Fill basement with water, throw in some bluegills. One of them will get it. n/t

[mysteryowl]

42. oooohhh, right!

[LeftInTX]

43. Raid..It's a bug dammit.....

[Control-Z]

44. I believe you go to hell, or are forced to watch/listen

to the WH squatter on an endless loop, for killing a cricket with Raid. I wouldn't test the veracity of that claim if I were you.

[wishstar]

45. Have caught 3 in my bathroom recently- I grab them with a tissue and throw em out the door

Sometimes they jump away too fast and I have to try again, but I will not kill or injure them, so a soft tissue works well to catch and then just throw the tissue and cricket outside. I spotted them after turning on bathroom light in darkness.

[at140]

48. Rent this creature who eats crickets for a living

go borrow a lizard, no smaller than 5" long. The cricket will soon be a meal.

[Midnight Writer]

51. An infestation of crickets have invaded your border? Call ICE.

[gibraltar72]

52. Burn the house down.

[AncientGeezer]

53. I live in the Adirondacks and this is a continual issue....

Short of a sustained "manhunt" that deprives you of sleep and sanity for several days....occasionally you get lucky and spot it on the side of the washing machine or the beer fridge and smash it with your flip flop.