Comments on: Black Cricket http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/ A daily photographic look at the world of insects, spiders, creepies, crawlies and critters. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:31:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Insect Picture of the Day » Giant Water Bug http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-1260 Insect Picture of the Day » Giant Water Bug Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:01:54 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-1260 [...] still as can be, with its buddies nearby, waiting patiently under a floating rock for the crickets on top to fall in the [...] [...] still as can be, with its buddies nearby, waiting patiently under a floating rock for the crickets on top to fall in the [...]

]]> By: David Brady http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-650 David Brady Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:17:41 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-650 Anon420: This is now my favorite cricket story! Thanks! :-) Anon420: This is now my favorite cricket story! Thanks! :-)

]]> By: Anon420 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-649 Anon420 Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:16:00 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-649 I had an entirely different problem. Living in Texas, about once a year we suffer from an absolute FLOOD of these annoying things. Usually the birds manage to take care of many of them... but they are just smart enough to seek shelter indoors from their predators. They are NOT smart enough to figure out how to get back OUTSIDE to eat. So in any large building, around mid to late summer you have literally PILES of starved cricket corpses that you have to sweep out. On top of that, they like to get into my apartment. However, I'm a night owl, and like to leave all my lights out while I surf and play games on the 'net. Unfortuantely, crickets are attracted to my computer monitor... so I'll be deep in Oblivion, in a dark, dank dungeon, then suddenly something will smack me in the back of the head with a loud buzzing noise, crawl in my hair for a few seconds as I scream and flail, then fly away again and crawl into some little nook I can't find, while I try desperately not to have a heart attack. Yeah, I hate these little things. I had an entirely different problem. Living in Texas, about once a year we suffer from an absolute FLOOD of these annoying things. Usually the birds manage to take care of many of them… but they are just smart enough to seek shelter indoors from their predators. They are NOT smart enough to figure out how to get back OUTSIDE to eat. So in any large building, around mid to late summer you have literally PILES of starved cricket corpses that you have to sweep out.

On top of that, they like to get into my apartment. However, I’m a night owl, and like to leave all my lights out while I surf and play games on the ‘net. Unfortuantely, crickets are attracted to my computer monitor… so I’ll be deep in Oblivion, in a dark, dank dungeon, then suddenly something will smack me in the back of the head with a loud buzzing noise, crawl in my hair for a few seconds as I scream and flail, then fly away again and crawl into some little nook I can’t find, while I try desperately not to have a heart attack.

Yeah, I hate these little things.

]]> By: Beth http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-357 Beth Tue, 27 Nov 2007 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-357 The other problem with living in black cricket country is cats. My cats *love* the crickets that get into my apartment. But they won't eat them. Just pull one back leg off and leave the poor thing to die. So I wind up finding lots of cricket legs and cricket bodies, just not in the same place. sigh. The other problem with living in black cricket country is cats. My cats *love* the crickets that get into my apartment. But they won’t eat them. Just pull one back leg off and leave the poor thing to die. So I wind up finding lots of cricket legs and cricket bodies, just not in the same place.

sigh.

]]> By: AJ http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-345 AJ Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:34:11 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-345 Steve -- I live in AZ, and I only ever see crickets in the drab brown variety. There was one in my friend's house the night after this post, in fact, and it kept evading him so we kept calling that one a ninja cricket, too. I guess since our dirt is drab and brown, it's better camouflage for them? Steve — I live in AZ, and I only ever see crickets in the drab brown variety. There was one in my friend’s house the night after this post, in fact, and it kept evading him so we kept calling that one a ninja cricket, too.

I guess since our dirt is drab and brown, it’s better camouflage for them?

]]> By: Steve Jackson http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-337 Steve Jackson Fri, 23 Nov 2007 04:22:56 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-337 Geckos outside are horribly cute. Geckos inside are a nuisance. They leave little spots of gecko droppings on the walls. And unless your house is a total bug-haven, they can't find enough to eat, and they starve, and eventually you find a pitiful emaciated corpse in the corner of a room. AJ - Where are you posting from? Both where I grew up in Oklahoma, and here in Austin, you can have crickets in any color you like as long as it's black. I have seen drab brown ones in pet stores, but the ones that swarm outside are all black. What color are yours? Geckos outside are horribly cute. Geckos inside are a nuisance. They leave little spots of gecko droppings on the walls. And unless your house is a total bug-haven, they can’t find enough to eat, and they starve, and eventually you find a pitiful emaciated corpse in the corner of a room.

AJ - Where are you posting from? Both where I grew up in Oklahoma, and here in Austin, you can have crickets in any color you like as long as it’s black. I have seen drab brown ones in pet stores, but the ones that swarm outside are all black. What color are yours?

]]> By: James http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-335 James Thu, 22 Nov 2007 16:01:36 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-335 My wife suggested pet geckos, let loose in the house, but she's weird like that... Then again, we have wild geckos here, and she sees them as a cure-all for any bug problem. "And they're cute!" Her words, not mine. My wife suggested pet geckos, let loose in the house, but she’s weird like that…

Then again, we have wild geckos here, and she sees them as a cure-all for any bug problem. “And they’re cute!” Her words, not mine.

]]> By: SamWibatt http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-333 SamWibatt Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:35:28 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-333 Kawaii! Kawaii!

]]> By: David Brady http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-332 David Brady Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:30:11 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-332 Hehe, yeah. I would make a joke about them being lethal killers and whatnot, but the reality is that they are distinctly a prey species. I mentioned the problem of them being in the bedroom. The reality is you really don't want them in the house at all, because another displaced species, <i><a href="http://www.xmission.com/~dbrady/images/buuud_mortis_topfront.jpg" rel="nofollow">Lycosa rabida</a></i>, will come in after them. I have been on the lookout for one of these spiders ever since I started this site but I just haven't seen one this year. Maybe next Spring. :-) Hehe, yeah. I would make a joke about them being lethal killers and whatnot, but the reality is that they are distinctly a prey species. I mentioned the problem of them being in the bedroom. The reality is you really don’t want them in the house at all, because another displaced species, Lycosa rabida, will come in after them.

I have been on the lookout for one of these spiders ever since I started this site but I just haven’t seen one this year. Maybe next Spring. :-)

]]> By: AJ http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-331 AJ Wed, 21 Nov 2007 20:16:26 +0000 http://www.insectpod.com/2007/11/21/black-cricket/#comment-331 I didn't know crickets even came in black.. It's like a ninja, and just as hard to find, apparently :) I didn’t know crickets even came in black.. It’s like a ninja, and just as hard to find, apparently :)

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