Crickets Acheta, Gryllus spp.
A cricket in the garage is a soundtrack; crickets every night are an entry-point problem. In Florida the house cricket chirps from warm corners indoors, while field crickets pile up around porch lights and slip under garage doors by the dozen in fall.
Signs you have them
- Chirping indoors that stops when you get close
- Crickets around the garage door and porch lights at night
- Chewed edges on stored fabric or cardboard in the garage
What you can do today, free
- Swap porch bulbs for warm/amber LEDs — half the attraction
- Seal the garage door bottom corner gaps
- Declutter cardboard from the garage floor
Questions, answered straight
Mole crickets ruined my lawn — same thing?
Different pest, different plan: mole crickets tunnel and eat roots, and they’re the signature target of our Lawn Bug Plan ($99/visit). House and field crickets around the structure fall under the Pest Plan.
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