evil horrible spider crickets

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 21, 2006 12:23 am

has anybody ever seen these. They are clearly the spawn of a mean spider and an evil cricket. They jump at you but look like spiders. I have them in my basement/crawl space and they try to come into my bathroom when it gets cold. Imagine running to the bathroom, quickly, sitting down to take care of things and this big spider/cricket comes crawling out from behind the bowl and starts jumping at you.
My cat loves to eat them and pull of their legs and leave them around for me. Sometimes he brings me smushed ones.
I looked online and they're called spider crickets, cave crickets or camel crickets.

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » December 21, 2006 12:29 am

OMG, never heard of them but my imagination is going wild and I may have nightmares!!!

On a semi-related note- has anyone seen King Crabs in an aquarium? They had them in Tokyo, they seriously look like something out of a horror movie. Somehow I'm picturing the spider crickets as not-orange versions of the same thing, only not 2 feet tall!!

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » December 21, 2006 12:31 am

yeah kinda creepy.

We get earwigs in my house in the summer

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » December 21, 2006 12:31 am

YIKES to both

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 21, 2006 12:35 am

here's a pic. I know he looks harmless but I swear in person they are much meaner, uglier and bigger and they have scary fangs, I think.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » December 21, 2006 12:36 am

sonofabeach wrote:
We get earwigs in my house in the summer

I HATE earwigs.....we get them here, too.....they make my skin crawl....they're about the only bug that BUGS me!

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 21, 2006 12:37 am

i hate centipedes too. And just the thought of a cockroach makes my skin crawl. I actually stopped watching CSI because of cockroaches.

Demerara · Post by **Demerara** » December 21, 2006 12:45 am

Seems like earwigs are everywhere in the summer. A few intrepid individuals even make their way into the house. Centipedes can be a little unnerving when you turn on the basement light and a big hairy one scurries across the floor, but they don't bother me much otherwise. They're pretty handy for devouring other unwanted pests. I wonder if earwigs are on their menu?

Coconuts · Post by **Coconuts** » December 21, 2006 1:07 am

Could be cousins:

(although that is not a great photo of a Japanese Spider Crab, but I couldn't find any better ones- they really are much freakier in person)

Tropic_Al · Post by **Tropic_Al** » December 21, 2006 3:35 am

I used to do plumbing work in the Union City. Guttenburg area of NJ. We'd be working in the basement under the Bodegas and there'd be these HUGE cockroaches. Mainly palmetto bugs, I think. Anyway, they would make a noise like a cricket. My boss would say they're not cockroaches, they're crickets. Ugly bugs.

Dally · Post by **Dally** » December 21, 2006 7:07 am

Ohhhhh I knew I should have kept this thread closed........bugs of any kind give me the heebie jeebies!

Those things look absolutely horrendous! Michael, your picture isn't any better.......we only live like 25 miles from each other, and I hope those things don't find their way to Palatka.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 21, 2006 9:24 am

We used to get them, but we called them "Cave Crickets". They stayed in our storage room in the garage.

We did a little sealing work and tried to keep as much moisture out (as well as some well placed poison) and they seemed to disappear.

myke212 · Post by **myke212** » December 21, 2006 9:30 am

We used to have these in our basement when I was in high school.
My older sister absolutely refused to go down to the big freezer in the basement. I had to be the fearless little brother and go in her place

I swear, those things could jump 4 feet staight up

OceanCityGirl · Post by **OceanCityGirl** » December 21, 2006 9:34 am

We did a little sealing work and tried to keep as much moisture out

Look at where I live. You can't fight the moisture here. I am picking up a tube of caulking and going to seal every open little crack in the bathroom. But when I take away his fun the cat will be so sad. Right now he's working on dismantling my tree.

land_shark3 · Post by **land_shark3** » December 21, 2006 9:39 am

OceanCityGirl wrote:
We did a little sealing work and tried to keep as much moisture out
Look at where I live. You can't fight the moisture here. I am picking up a tube of caulking and going to seal every open little crack in the bathroom. But when I take away his fun the cat will be so sad. Right now he's working on dismantling my tree.

Oh if only it were that easy. We actually had to use concrete sealant and paint the concrete walls. Good luck though!

You will find that these help considerably:

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » December 21, 2006 9:43 am

I HATE THOSE THINGS!!! My mom has them in her basement and they are evil!!

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » December 21, 2006 9:45 am

sonofabeach wrote:
yeah kinda creepy.

We get earwigs in my house in the summer

in college, I dated a girl that had both of these

Conolulu · Post by **Conolulu** » December 21, 2006 9:57 am

sonofabeach wrote:
yeah kinda creepy.

We get earwigs in my house in the summer

They're called earwigs???

I've lived in the South all my life and we just call them pincher bugs...

I learned something today!

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » December 21, 2006 10:03 am

keets call em pinch bugs too

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » December 21, 2006 11:00 am

Cubbie Bear wrote:keets call em pinch bugs too

I always called them pincher bugs as well. I think I'll continue to do so - I like that better than earwig.