Thanks to their tendency to be extremely noisy, you’ll probably hear a house cricket before you see them. They’re typically brown in color and about 1/2 to 1 inch in length. House crickets are able to jump as high as a grasshopper and can make their way into your home through weep screeds or via your sliding glass doors. House crickets love to feed on plants, other insects (dead or alive), and fabric, which can devastate your upholstered furniture and/or clothing collections, leaving behind large holes and tiny, crumb-sized black droppings.
Outside, house crickets eat plants and insects, both dead and alive, including other crickets. They can devour fabric indoors, including clothes and carpets. Wool, cotton, silk, synthetic textiles, and perspiration-soiled clothing are particularly appealing to house crickets.
While house crickets pose no health danger to people, they may cause property damage, mainly to clothes, carpets, and fabric-covered spaces. Wool, cotton, silk, and synthetics are popular materials. Because house crickets typically feed on the surface, the region is roughened by pulling the fibers free while feeding. Large sections of cloth may be eaten out in the event of a significant infestation. This is why it is important to eliminate crickets as soon as possible.
