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  • tsavo303
    huh, i didnt know they bit.
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  • Sig220_Ruger77
    Wow! That is kind of one of them freaky inccidents that you don't really think could happen.

    Jon
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  • LOKO383
    of course the wife wants the whole basement fumagated,exterminated,and six other things![V][xx(][xx(]
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  • Sig220_Ruger77
    quote:of course the wife wants the whole basement fumagated,exterminated,and six other things!

    Good luck winning that arguement.

    Jon
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  • LOKO383
    quote:Originally posted by Jon0322
    quote:of course the wife wants the whole basement fumagated,exterminated,and six other things!

    Good luck winning that arguement.

    Jon
    situation solved ORTHO HOME DEFENSE to the rescue,no rest for the weary[:D]
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  • goldeneagle76
    Holy Crap...I was wondering what those things were!!! When I moved 2 years ago I took the old outdoor carpet off my deck and these things started flooding out of the cracks in the deck. They literally chased me from my deck to the front of the house where I put the carpet out for the garbage truck. They're some nasty critters. I sat there spraying them point blank with Ortho and they didn't budge...it did not kill them.
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  • LOKO383
    direct application of wd-40 w/ the straw works too [}:)][:D]
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  • Frogbert
    Has anyone looked this cricket up? I'm having a hard time believing the part about it being a spider.

    Here's one good link: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page421.html
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  • allen griggs
    There are a bunch of them in the basement of our rental house. I have been down there for hours and hours, and yet still I am alive!
    This story is hard for me to believe. Sounds like some dumb ass hillbilly W. Virginia doctors misdiagnosed and/or mistreated this poor woman.
    I never heard of a cricket even biting someone, much less it making them sick.
    It sounds more like the bite of a brown recluse spider.
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  • Kimbercolt
    quote:Originally posted by LOKO383
    direct application of wd-40 w/ the straw works too [}:)][:D]


    WD-40 and lighter will work great!
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  • LOKO383
    quote:Originally posted by Frogbert
    Has anyone looked this cricket up? I'm having a hard time believing the part about it being a spider.

    Here's one good link: http://www.bugspray.com/catalog/products/page421.html
    FrogBert,i too looked it up and read that i had to print it off for the wife[V] she still doesn't believe it, i am going cricket hunting at dark, without a gun [:D] only time will tell[xx(]
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  • jbc23060
    Had hundreds of the things we called 'Camelback Crickets' in the crawl space. I read that the're harmless, but they're VERY aggressive! Got sick of finding 'em on the wall in the garage and workshop, so I bombed the crawlspace & garage with Raid fumigators. This brought them under control, I put sticky cockroach traps out and trapped dozens more. Bombed again about 2wks later and they were gone for the summer (last summer). Came back over the winter and so I put the stickys back. Only catching a few now, but I'll bomb again, when the weather warms up.
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  • IAMAHUSKER
    Got those in my basement. Pickem up with my hands and throw them outside or in the toliet. Guess I should rethink that.
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  • mrseatle
    Sounds like she stepped on it and on of the segments went deep enough into her skin to cause an infection, not necesaraly a bite, but ouch!
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  • joeaf1911a1
    To me, they are one critter I enjoy seeing occasionally in my basement.
    Had one trapped on a roll of sticky shipping tape a couple of months ago
    and took me 10 minutes to free him with all his legs caught. Just love to see them jump the distances they do when touched. Many more people are killed with the sting of a honey bee. Want to wipe them out also?
    Sounds like a one in a million chance or less if this is true which I
    doubt. Want to exterminate all deer for carrying deer ticks which is very prevelant??
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  • JackBwr
    I'm wondering where the thing might have been or had on it that could have caused an infection like that. Has anybody ever studied one to see if they would even be capable of biting a human?

    I live in northern IL and I've never seen one before that pic. Never knew they existed.

    I agree that it sounds more like a real deadly spider bite.
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  • JackBwr
    Brown recluse spider bites often go unnoticed initially because they are usually painless bites. Occasionally, some minor burning that feels like a bee is noticed at the time of the bite. Symptoms usually develop two to eight hours after a bite. Keep in mind that most bites cause little tissue destruction.

    Victims may experience these symptoms:


    Severe pain at bite site after about four hours


    Severe itching


    Nausea


    Vomiting


    Fever


    Myalgias (muscle pain)


    Initially the bite site is mildly red and upon close inspection may reveal fang marks. Most commonly, the bite site will become firm and heal with little scaring over the next few days or weeks. Occasionally, the local reaction will be more severe with erythema and blistering, sometimes leading to a blue discoloration ultimately leading to a necrotic lesion and scaring.



    Blistering (common)


    Necrosis (death) of skin and subcutaneous fat (less common)


    Severe destructive necrotic lesions with deep wide borders (rare)
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  • Permanently deleted user
    These things will sting you. Try messing with one with a stick. It will take that stinger thing on it's tail and stab the stick...
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  • renneck
    I see those in peoples crawl spaces but rarely in a basement unless it's dark and damp. I never seen them until i moved here, i call 'em DEMON CRICKETS cus none of the guys know what they are called. They are not as afraid as regular crickets but never seem to be aggressive.
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