Does anyone know the actual name for these spider-looking crickets? They

have a round, greyish brown body with long spidery legs. They can walk on

walls and can jump real high. I get them every year in my house around the

fall/winter time and they scare the heck out of me.

picture?

HA!! There's no way in hell I'm getting close enough to one of those to take a picture. And I've looked on the net for one.

C'mon! They arn't going to bite.

maybe its a weta, giant wetas can get up to a foot long :D

They may not bite, but they are very intelligent. They jump after you and

they wait all night in the bathroom for you, so when you get up in the

morning for work you're trapped.

They don't get that big, just an average size for a cricket I guess. I'll look up

wetas though, seems interesting...

just jokin, they can only get 9cm heres a pic:

http://www.sciforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3017&stc=1

:confused: I have them in my basement and I am terrified of them. If you find out what they are called please let me know. I want them out of my house.
Does anyone know the actual name for these spider-looking crickets? They

have a round, greyish brown body with long spidery legs. They can walk on

walls and can jump real high. I get them every year in my house around the

fall/winter time and they scare the heck out of me.

Is it this guy? http://entweb.clemson.edu/cuentres/cesheets/hhold/ce190.htm

The camel crickets are a moderately common group of insects. They are also known as cave crickets, a name descriptive of their natural habitat. Like all crickets, the camel crickets have very large hind legs and long antennae. They are brownish in color and humpbacked in appearance. They are wingless and up to one inch long.

As the name implies, cave crickets are found in caves. However, they live in other cool, damp situations such as in wells, rotten logs, stumps and hollow trees, and under damp leaves, stones, boards and logs.

Camel crickets are of little economic importance except as a nuisance in buildings and homes, especially basements. They are usually "accidental invaders" that wander in by mistake from adjacent areas. They generally do not reproduce indoors, except in situations that provide continuous dark, moist conditions.

Control efforts for camel crickets should include (as much as is practical) eliminating breeding and hiding sites outdoors around the house or building. Piles of bricks, stones, boards, leaves, etc., should be removed. Also, cracks and gaps in foundation or siding or around windows and doors should be sealed. Spraying a residual barrier of diazinon, Dursban or Sevin insecticide around the outside of the house may be of benefit if you apply sufficient spray to reach breeding sites. Treating indoor floor areas where camel crickets hide during the day is a last resort of limited benefit. The same residual insecticides used for ants and cockroaches can be used ("Home Pest Control", "ant and roach killer" or something similar). Occasional, individual crickets can be picked or swept up and discarded.

From http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/ccamelcr.html

YES!!!!! That's it!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! You have no idea how hard I've been searching for this.

No problemo.

Thats some pretty freaky shit you got crawling around the house. Im scared of any insects period.

I use to have those outerspace looking creature's living in my basement when I lived in Va. I moved to N.Y and have not seen one in year's I guess it's to cold for them here. Now I just deal with ant's I can handle them much better. :)