Rarely a real infestation. Usually one loud individual in a crawlspace that nobody can locate.
Chirping means a field cricket — only males chirp, and they do it to attract females. A silent, humpbacked, alarmingly jumpy insect in a crawlspace is a camel cricket. Neither bites nor damages structures, though both will chew paper and fabric given time.
Black or dark brown, the familiar chirping species. Enters structures in autumn seeking warmth.
Humpbacked, long legs, no chirp, jumps toward you when startled. Prefers damp crawlspaces and basements. Harmless despite being genuinely unnerving.
Camel crickets thrive in the damp crawlspaces common in older Port Angeles and Port Townsend housing, and in the creek-bottom ground around Port Hadlock and Chimacum. Field crickets follow autumn cooling indoors and are drawn to exterior lighting, so rural properties on the Sequim–Agnew corridor with yard lights get most of the calls.
Perimeter treatment handles crickets well because they are entering from immediately outside, and they are not a species that establishes large indoor breeding populations. In most cases a single scheduled perimeter visit plus sealing a door sweep resolves it entirely.
Call us when: You are hearing them nightly indoors, or camel crickets are established in a crawlspace in numbers.
Chirping means a field cricket — only males chirp, and they do it to attract females. A silent, humpbacked, alarmingly jumpy insect in a crawlspace is a camel cricket. Neither bites nor damages structures, though both will chew paper and fabric given time.
Late summer through autumn. Camel crickets thrive in the damp crawlspaces common in older Port Angeles and Port Townsend housing, and in the creek-bottom ground around Port Hadlock and Chimacum. Field crickets follow autumn cooling indoors and are drawn to exterior lighting, so rural properties on the Sequim–Agnew corridor with yard lights get most of the calls.
Perimeter treatment handles crickets well because they are entering from immediately outside, and they are not a species that establishes large indoor breeding populations. In most cases a single scheduled perimeter visit plus sealing a door sweep resolves it entirely.
Exterior lighting, especially white and blue-white. Damp crawlspaces and unfinished basements. Tall grass, mulch, and debris against the foundation. Gaps at door sweeps, garage doors, and crawlspace vents.
You are hearing them nightly indoors, or camel crickets are established in a crawlspace in numbers.
Flat contract pricing, and we answer the phone locally. Tell us about the property and we'll get you a number.
Or call (360) 670-3367 — we answer locally.
