On the other hand, one of the food sources of scorpions and spiders is crickets, so, as long as crickets are a food source for scorpions and spiders, and they are present around your home, it is increasing the risk of attracting scorpions and spiders to your home as well. That is the reason why A BEE PEST & PRO’s uses a treatment approach that contains a component on the Arizona bark scorpion, which is to decrease the amount of crickets (among other pests) by cutting down their population around your home.

Cause Of Cricket Infestation

As omnivores, crickets generally eat fungi, dead bugs, and plants, but when their food source is scarce, they will eat one another. However, usually the landscaping around the homes in the Scottsdale-area provides enough food, including water sources for crickets. Of course, along with this is the ideal nesting sites from the landscaping and mild climate, which are perfect breeding conditions. The cricket population can rapidly increase into a cricket infestation if left unattended too.

Cricket Control Treatment

The first thing needed to be done will be to locate the crickets nest, and all of our expert’s service technicians here at ‘A BEE PEST & PRO’s’ know exactly where we will find them.

With oodles of place to make their nests, crickets will choose a damper and moist place to nest. They need an area to hide during the daytime, as they will dry out and/or over heat, especially here in Arizona. Usually, their hiding spots will end up being their nesting ground as well. The most common areas for their nesting spots will be under meter boxes, the cusp of your stucco siding, and block walls, and all of which will commonly surround a Phoenix area home.

After our experts locate their nests, a flushing agent will be used for breaking the nest down. We also use a premium treatment service, specifically for crickets, which is a truck mounted power sprayer that puts a barrier all around your home, and will keep the crickets from creating a new area to rest anywhere close by, this is all a part of ‘A BEE PEST & PRO’s service.

Cricket Removal & Prevention

Although it is not an easy task to prevent the infestation of crickets, there are a few simple steps one can take to make them less inviting. It starts with the removal of the spots that would be tempting to them, like clutter, wood, rock piles, compost, leaf letter, and keeping the landscape and vegetation trimmed back at least six inches from the home, this also includes ground covers and bushes. Removal of any debris and clutter laying around the home will certainly help to keep them at bay.

Crickets will also make their nesting spots under things left in the yard, such as cardboard boxes, pools, tarps, and many other items that are sometimes left in the yard. If one keeps these type of things picked-up or thrown away, is going to reduce the amount of cricket nest around your home. To prevent crickets from sneaking into the home one can seal any cracks or crevices. Also, caulking door frames, windows, cracks that might be in the foundation, including the walls, and all vents should be covered with a fine-mesh screen.

We are one of Arizona’s leading pest control companies, ‘A BEE PEST & PRO’s focuses on giving our customers 100% satisfaction. That is the reason that we can provide all of our customers with a guarantee, which is “We will come out free of charge and service your home again if you, our customer feels there is a need for additional service or you are not completely satisfied at any time in between our scheduled appointments.”