Why does a cricket fly into an apartment. How do they relate to an insect in different countries. Let's get to know each other - house cricket

Many insects are predictors of the future. Of course, they themselves do not even suspect about their power, but for a person the behavior of these tiny creatures can mean a lot.

When a cricket starts up in the house, then, according to almost all beliefs, it carries good sign... Much worse if this insect long time was under your roof, and then suddenly changed its usual behavior, or disappeared altogether. In order to understand all the intricacies of cricket predictions, you need to get acquainted with the most popular signs.

A cricket has settled in the house - it means that it lives here good man... The insect is in order to reward a good owner for his good deeds, to bring him happiness and prosperity.

The appearance of a cricket in a woman's house, expecting a baby, portends a successful birth. In the old days, pregnant women were looking forward to this little harbinger of joy and well-being. It was believed that in this case, the child will be born strong, healthy and he will have a happy fate.

A cricket brings healing to a sick person.

To the house of an unmarried woman or a single man The cricket flies in to inform about the imminent wedding and that the marriage will be successful, and life is full of all kinds of blessings.

According to one of mystical signs, then the chirping insect is the messenger of heaven. If, for example, he settled in the widow's house, then soon she will find consolation, because the soul of her deceased husband descended to her in such an unusual guise.

A very good omen is the chirping of a cricket on Christmas Eve. This portends unexpected great wealth.

When does a cricket bring bad luck?

Usually insects hide in dark corners, and the owners can distinguish them only by a peculiar sound. But if suddenly a cricket flies out of its shelter and begins to rush around the house, then a terrible fire may soon occur.

It is bad when a small household member leaves his usual home. By this he informs about the serious illness of one of the owners of the house, and in the worst case - about the impending death.

A cheerful insect suddenly stops making noise, dies down for several days and disappears from sight - expect bad changes. A variety of misfortunes can happen in the near future.

A white cricket calmly sitting on the fireplace is a harbinger of sudden death.

Signs about crickets have different interpretations, but they all agree that killing an insect is a great sin... The one who will do it - with my own hands brings trouble to his house. Better to let the kid live in his corner and quietly sing songs, and the owners of the house will live in peace and harmony.

A popular omen says that if a cricket is wound up in the house, then this is to happiness and well-being. But the people whom such "happiness" visited in large quantities do not share this point of view. They are looking for ways to get rid of this scourge.

House crickets prefer to live on fresh air, and in winter they can come to "bask" under your roof

Crickets, like grasshoppers, cockroaches, bears and locusts, belong to the Orthoptera order. About 2.3 thousand species of these insects are known in the world, of which only about 50 are found in Russia. Most of them live in subtropical and tropical countries. The most famous species in our country are the field cricket and the brownie cricket.

House cricket (Acheta domesticus) in the southern part of the country lives both in apartments and in nature. In the central and northern regions, he lives only in houses next to a person, while giving preference to old warm rooms with high humidity... These insects live well and reproduce in warm basements flooded with water. They are quite large (body length 16-26 millimeters), grayish-yellow in color. Field crickets are dark, almost black.

In the warm season, domestic crickets usually live on the street, and with the onset of cold snaps they rush to warm rooms climbing through all kinds of cracks, vents, ventilation openings. But many people do not know what a cricket looks like, since during the day it usually hides, crawling out at night in search of food. It is difficult to get closer to these insects at a distance of 2-3 steps, since they have good hearing and retreat in time. Their back pair of legs is longer and adapted for jumping (like grasshoppers). But crickets do not jump that far and have a squat and shorter body.

These insects are omnivorous: in houses they feed on food leftovers, preferring liquid food. They also eat other invertebrates, with a lack of food they are able to feed on their weaker relatives. Sometimes crickets can spoil food and even things in the apartment, as well as moths. Therefore, although folk omen and they are not advised to offend these insects, the owners have to decide how to remove the crickets that have settled in the house.

Perhaps the cricket that settled in the house did not deserve destruction, but with its "songs" it can deprive all households of sleep

The owners will find out very soon that a new “guest” has arrived in the house from his nightly “concerts” and begin to think about how to get rid of the cricket. At favorable conditions house cricket can breed all year round... In just one season, the female is capable of producing up to 180 young individuals, therefore, if they are not removed in a timely manner, the insects very quickly form a significant colony.

Getting rid of crickets is not easy, as they hide during the day and are nocturnal. Currently, there are a large number of preparations for domestic insects, but there are no specialized insecticides for crickets yet. However effective ways control of these insects in the house exist.

If there is one cricket in the apartment, then the easiest way to get it out is to catch it. You can catch an insect at night, when it comes out of its shelter in search of food and publishes trills. Having determined the location of the "singer" by ear, you need to light it up and try to catch it with a jar or hand. So you can get rid of several crickets that have just appeared in the apartment.
With enough a large number insects in the house, when they have already laid eggs, you have to resort to using chemicals... To get rid of crickets, the same drugs are usually used as for fighting other domestic insects, but dichlorvos-based pesticides are considered the most effective. When processing the premises, it should be remembered that insecticides are toxic to people, therefore, it is advisable for residents and pets to leave the house for one or two days during disinsection. The time for the development of a cricket from an egg to a young individual is from 40 to 70 days, in this regard, it will be necessary to re-treat the premises to get rid of insects that have re-emerged from the eggs. When working with pesticides, you should strictly follow the instructions and use personal protective equipment.
A safe way to get crickets out is by setting sticky traps. They are placed in warm and humid places where insects usually live.
You can get rid of the night "singer" very effective folk remedy... In the room, you should light ordinary sealing wax. Crickets cannot stand the smell of such smoke and quickly leave the apartment.
Domestic crickets are moisture-loving insects, which means that they can live and reproduce only in places with high humidity. That is why they live in bathrooms, warm and humid basements, under sinks. If the room is well dried, then the crickets will either go to other, more suitable places for them, or die. Getting rid of insects in this way is quite simple, and, most importantly, it will not affect the health of people and pets in any way.
In order to block insects from entering the apartment from the street, from the basement or from neighbors, it is necessary to putty all the cracks, and tighten the ventilation holes and channels with mosquito nets.

Domestic crickets do not cause significant harm to people, but they are forced to get rid of them, since these insects with their "songs" interfere with the owners' sleep at night.

In order to understand how to get rid of a cricket, you first need to know the "enemy in the face". So, a cricket is a jumping insect with two wings, it lives mainly in a humid climate. Crickets are often confused with grasshoppers due to the similarity of their chirping. However, there are several ways to tell them apart:

By size (grasshoppers are larger);
By color (grasshoppers are more often green or gray, crickets are light yellow and brown).

Crickets feed on small insects and plants. They often "chirp" in the dark, when like grasshoppers - in the daytime. Crickets are divided into two types: field and brownie. They live in meadows, fields, farms and industrial premises, basements, country houses respectively. Optimum temperature for these insects: 30-35 degrees, and at 20 degrees or less, they fall into an apathetic state, stop eating and multiplying.

Why get rid of them

The biggest problems are associated with house crickets, since they move to warm rooms in the cold and interfere with the owners with their chirping. Another reason why it is advisable to get rid of a cricket is unsanitary conditions, which immediately appear due to insects in the house. They can also damage the furniture and wallpaper in the house.

In addition to these reasons, there are certain signs associated with the appearance of these insects in the house. Although they vary, the main “dangers” that crickets “tenants” may face are:

A cricket flies around the house - to a fire;
Flew away from home - to grief or illness;
Stopped chirping - to poverty or disease;
He began to chirp in the afternoon - to a quarrel;
To notice a white insect is to death.

All signs agree that a cricket can promise failure, but in no case should you kill an insect, you can only catch it and take it out into the street, otherwise you will have to expect bad news.

Methods for getting rid of crickets

Insects are one of those creatures that are quite difficult to get rid of, because they are "tenacious" and never neglect the opportunity to have offspring. All methods of breeding crickets are divided into types depending on the habitat of insects:

in the House;
greenhouse;
apartment;
bath;
car;
garden.

How to get rid of crickets in a private home

There are two ways to fight, in this case: chemicals and traps. Of course, the first can be discarded if the owners are against the use of various harmful substances or there are children and pets in the house, and the second is not suitable for those who want to do everything faster and less troublesome.

Chemical method

Method won't deliver special trouble... First you need to choose a poison. It should be taken into account whether the crickets had time to lay eggs (there are special sprays that fight against them as well).

The most popular are substances based on dichlorvos, since it is both safe for humans and effective. You can also buy poisons from insects, in principle, and not just from crickets. Exist specific features the use of each tool, however, a universal trajectory of actions after purchase can be distinguished:

Close doors and windows.
Shake the substance.
Spray 30-35 cm from the surface to all areas where pests have been seen.
Ventilate the room and carry out wet cleaning.

In this case, the use of protective glasses and a respirator is mandatory. Animals and children should be kept away from chemicals. Re-processing should be carried out after one and a half to two months in order to neutralize the crickets that appeared during this time from the eggs laid earlier. Special attention should be paid to skirting boards and the spaces between the floor and walls. These places are difficult for humans to access, and, often, the inhabitants of these particular zones survive after all the efforts.

Traps

The method is more troublesome, but safe. All types of traps differ, perhaps, only in the complexity of their manufacture. The following options are effective:

Glue strips. Making them is simple: cut the paper and cover it with any adhesive. It is better to place it on windows, near walls and doors, as well as in damp and warm places;
A bowl of water. In a warm, damp place, place a medium-deep bowl (or similar container) with water and molasses; The latter will lure the crickets, after which they will not drown in the container. The bait must be periodically changed and the bowl cleaned;
Fishing pit. In a glass you need to mix milk, sugar, cornflakes and alcohol. The pleasant smell of food will lure insects, and alcohol fumes will complete the job;
Animals. Pets eat not only special food, but also small insects. Therefore, a cat or bird can become reliable helpers in the fight against crickets;
Sealing wax (dyed fusible mixture). It is enough to simply light it up, and the crickets will leave the house by themselves, because they cannot stand this smoke;
If there are not many crickets in the house, you can simply catch them in a jar and take them away from home.

How to get rid of a cricket in an apartment

Most often, crickets appear on the first and second floors of high-rise buildings, forcing residents to frantically recognize , how to get rid of a cricket in the house forever. This is not difficult - you can use both methods for a private house, and several others:

Create uncomfortable conditions. Crickets prefer a warm and humid environment, but if you turn it into a dry and cold environment, they themselves leave the apartment or die;
If insects enter the room from the basement, all cracks must be eliminated. This also applies to windows and doors;
The easiest method is to invite exterminators.

How to get rid of a cricket in a greenhouse, vegetable garden or plot

To the question "how to get rid of crickets in the garden or in the greenhouse?" the answer is unequivocal: not by chemical means as they will harm the crop. Better to use traps or folk methods:

Dust the plants with a mixture of red pepper and tobacco dust;
Pour sugar syrup into the kettle on the bottom and leave in the greenhouse;
Bury a bottle of draft beer in a greenhouse or garden. The neck should protrude slightly from the ground. The crickets will run into a bottle, after which they are easy to take out;
Make a strong broth of wormwood, dilute with water in a ratio of 1 to 4 and water the earth. After two days, loosen the soil and water it again;
Spread the wormwood between the beds.

How to get rid of crickets in the bath

A cricket in a bath is a situation similar to the options already considered, when a home cricket settled in a house or apartment. How to get rid of it is a simple question: all of the above methods can be applied without exception.

How to get rid of crickets in your car

Crickets in a car are a rare occurrence, and most often there are one or two insects in the car. The easiest way is to catch them one by one, or just open the windows and doors so that they fly away themselves. In this regard, the topic - how to get rid of crickets in the car - is quite simple. The only one possible problem- the living creatures laid eggs, which in itself is unlikely. But still: in this case, it is best to use chemicals, since driving with eggs is unpleasant, and cleaning absolutely everything is a difficult task.

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How to get rid of cricket eggs

There are three methods:

Exterminate eggs along with crickets with chemicals;
Do not destroy the eggs first, but re-process them after a new "batch" of insects appears;
Vacuum the apartment thoroughly, especially in hard-to-reach places by pre-installing a high-flow nozzle.

conclusions

If insects appear in the house, they must be exterminated immediately, since every day it will be more difficult to do this. When choosing a method of struggle, you need to take into account exactly where the crickets appeared. After the initial cleansing of the space, you must make sure that there are no eggs, otherwise they must also be immediately exterminated.

It is difficult to miss the appearance of crickets in the house: regular "concerts" at night unbalance even the most calm people. Small insects make characteristic sounds; when several individuals live in a dwelling, you can forget about sleep.

Catching a cricket is difficult, you have to use chemicals, traps and folk methods. Competent actions will save the owners from unpleasant "neighbors". How to get crickets out of the house? Let's figure it out.

General information about the insect

In temperate latitudes, there are several species of crickets. The main habitat is green spaces, the basement of the house, but often insects "give concerts" in the corner or on the wall of the room.

More often than others, two types of crickets are taken into a person's dwelling: field and brownie. The second type is always located next to private houses and high-rise buildings, the first type sometimes settles in an apartment. Not all people know what crickets look like: during the day it is difficult to meet them in prominent places of the home.

Features of appearance and activity:

an insect from the Orthoptera order lives in warm, humid places. Basements are the main place where house crickets meet. Body color - grayish-yellow, body length - from 15 to 25 mm. Field cricket is black. Both species have long whiskers like cockroaches;
the body is squat, but shorter than that of cockroaches or grasshoppers;
the hind legs are longer than the front ones, adapted for jumping. Insects move shorter distances (the grasshopper jumps further);
crickets search for food debris in human dwellings, eat small insects, for example, moths. In the absence of food, they attack smaller individuals of their kind;
in the daytime, mustachioed "singers" hide in cracks, baseboards, climb into dried-up window frames, go out hunting at night, and make characteristic sounds.

How to get rid of: methods of struggle

The first thing that comes to mind is to catch a cricket. Despite the seeming simplicity of the method (you can clearly hear where the sound is coming from), it is difficult to implement the idea. Insects feel air vibrations well, hearing is sensitive, it is difficult to approach the “singer” closer than three or four steps. The owners have to use other, more effective methods.

Crickets destroy small pests, for example, but constant nightly "concerts", insomnia among residents negate the benefits of living next to humans.

Sticky traps

A sticky device will help you catch the cricket. Hang up the duct tape in the areas where the night "singers" were seen. For greater efficiency it is advisable to buy several products for catching annoying insects. Duct tape is inexpensive, gives noticeable results.

Important! When breeding "singing" insects, traps alone are not enough: toxic aerosols and mechanical removal egg-laying.

Folk remedies and recipes
To scare away annoying "singers", formulations based on medicinal plants are suitable:

wormwood decoction. You will need 2 tbsp per liter of water. l. chopped leaves and stems. Boil the composition for 5 minutes, close the lid, remove from heat, let it brew for two hours. Pour the filtered product into a spray bottle, spray the baseboards, floors, walls, window sills, window frames;

pyrethrum powder. The herbal remedy does not harm people and pets. A special variety of chamomile is often used by the hosts to repel harmful insects. Crickets also do not tolerate the characteristic smell of the plant. Spread the pyrethrum powder over the areas where annoying "troublemakers" have been noticed.

Chemicals

Toxic drugs will be needed if the insects had time to lay eggs. For the destruction of crickets, compositions based on Dichlorvos are suitable - varieties Super, Neo, Varan. Universal remedy with and without odor has a detrimental effect on adult insects. Repeated processing of the premises helps to destroy individuals hatched from eggs.

Pest control rules:

put on a protective suit, plastic transparent glasses, a respirator, protect your hands with gloves;

a can of Dichlorvos is ready for use;

close all doors, windows, take household members out of the apartment. Pets and a fish tank are also not needed during processing;

shake the can several times, start pest control;

processing is carried out in areas where crickets have been sighted. Be sure to spray the composition on doors, window sills, corners, window frames;

the optimal distance to the surface is 25-30 cm. Carefully go through all the zones, spray the composition into the cracks, behind the skirting boards, if they lag behind the walls;

keep a container with a toxic composition at arm's length so that vapors do not get on the face;

leave the room after disinsection;

return after 6 hours, open windows, pick up dead insects;

mandatory stage - airing for half an hour;

it remains to collect with a vacuum cleaner with a disposable egg-laying filter at the baseboards and in the corners, do wet cleaning;

reprocessing of the apartment is carried out in 40–70 days. During this period, adult insects appear from eggs that have remained unnoticed;

after the destruction of crickets, the owners should think about how to prevent the reappearance of annoying "singers" in the apartment or house. The section "Preventive measures" describes the available ways to protect your home from insect infiltration.

How to deal with? See an overview of effective chemicals and recipes for folk remedies.

Crickets in the house: a sign

They say that the "concerts" given by the little musician testify to good news for the owners. A cricket in the house - to joy and goodness: this is exactly what the national omen says.

But often the owners dream of getting rid of such "happiness" that interferes with sleep. If two or three individuals have settled at home, egg-laying has appeared, crickets have bred, then the signs fade into the background.

Prevention measures

Compliance with simple rules will save the owners from the appearance of annoying "singers" in the house:

fix the mosquito net on the windows;

cover up all the cracks in the doors, window frames, floor;

tightly close the trash can, remove crumbs, food debris from the table;

prevent dampness in the premises;

warn sanitary services and workers management company about the accumulation of water in the basement;

double vigilance when living on the lower floors: the inhabitants of the basements (crickets,) are often taken into the dwelling, if next to sewer pipes, there are holes, cracks in the floor, skirting boards;

illuminate the yard with medium-power lamps, the best option- yellow light;

close ventilation grilles with a mesh with fine meshes;

compost heaps, place a scattering of sawdust at a distance from a private house, in the far corner of the site;

cut greenery near the house, avoid planting close to the structure of climbing plants;

close the blinds in the evening, draw the curtains: bright light attracts insects.

If preventive measures are observed, the night "singers" from the Orthoptera squad will not disturb sleep. If a cricket has entered the house, it is important to get rid of the insect until several individuals have settled in the house. With the active reproduction of annoying "neighbors", disturbing the peace of the household, you will have to spend self-processing insecticide or call workers sanitary services for pest control.

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Signs of many peoples of the world say that a cricket who has settled with a house will warn about changes in the lives of its residents. But about good or bad, let's try to figure it out.

Good omens about crickets

The black cricket, as well as the black cockroach, warns of unexpected wealth, prosperity, which will accompany people living in this room for a long time. Moreover, as long as he lives in your apartment or house, until then, luck will accompany you.
Beliefs for marriage say that the appearance of an insect for an imminent wedding. But only if he settled in a room unmarried girl or an unmarried guy.
According to her, seeing or hearing a cricket is a very positive sign for a woman. Childbirth will be easy, and the baby will be born healthy.
Appeared in a house where there is a patient - soon the person will recover.
Sings at Christmas - wealth will come to the house.
Showed up at work - a bonus, a pay raise, or a career advancement.
Previously, insects were launched into the house where the devilry was going on - they cleaned the room of negativity.
The novel awaits those who find it in their bed.
Jumped on you - wait for meeting interesting people.
Appeared in the kitchen - wealth.
In conclusion, the Slavs believed that such insects are living amulets from evil forces, with their chirping they drive away evil spirits.

By the way, there is a legend - the soul of a deceased spouse can settle in an insect. If a creature appears in the widow's house, it is her ex-husband came to protect her peace.

Insect in the house - bad beliefs

Unfortunately, not all signs associated with crickets are positive:

he disappeared from the room himself, without your help - difficult days will come;
flies around the house - a fire is possible, be careful (if the cat eats it, the negative will be neutralized);
sings every night - you will soon get sick;
appeared in the house and after one or two nights disappeared - indicates troubles, troubles;
white cricket prophesies disease;
stopped singing at night, and began to do it in the morning, then this is to severe illness close relative or about a grandiose quarrel in the family. Perhaps the child will leave home or the wife will leave the husband.

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Secondly, to kill an insect is to push away good luck and happiness, because they could attract joy, wealth. Getting rid of a cricket is disrespectful to higher powers who sent him.

The Scandinavians have different beliefs. An insect that has flown through the window is a harbinger of trouble, since it lives in evil spirit... If you kill him, then you can free an evil entity that will settle in the house. Therefore, in the northern countries they try to catch it and throw it away. Use this recommendation.

Foreign superstitions

There are many myths about insects that are relevant among representatives different nations. Chinese confident that they contribute to life extension. Therefore, they believe that they need to be started at home.

Acheta domesticus

Indians used crickets to prepare a special tincture that helped a person become more enduring, faster, and physically strong.

Japanese believed that musical insects can be tamed and settled in their home. It was believed that sitting next to the house, crickets sing for the owners, thereby lulling them. But if someone unfamiliar comes to the house, then the insects immediately become silent, warning that a stranger is coming to the house.

IN Brazil believe that the singing of an insect attracts death.

There are many superstitions associated with crickets - they are able to warn about both bad and good events, to attract happiness and good luck into the house. Therefore, do not rush to drive away such a small messenger, even if he interferes with sleep with his night trills.