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GrinningDentrassi t1_isb76ej wrote

Reply to comment by KillerJupe in Do crickets respond to TV’s and video audio, with their own sounds? by Bony_Geese

Not to derail OP but question for the entomologist: I once lived in a house with crickets, we couldn't get rid of the damned things. One week we agreed to babysit a friend's pet tarantula, and during that time fed it two or three of our huge cricket infestation. The crickets left us in blissful silence afterwards. It was glorious. So, do crickets avoid predator rich location's?

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PrincessDie123 t1_isb9i1m wrote

Crickets usually shut up as soon as they notice I’m trying to find them but the start up again when I turn to leave. Little shits.

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GrinningDentrassi t1_isba8pm wrote

Yes! But these guys completely evacuated after "Tony the Tarantula" visited us for a week. And there had previously been many more than the few we caught for him/her/them

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KillerJupe t1_isbxv0n wrote

Ehhhh... they aren't really smart. They usually survive by reproducing faster then the predators and hoping for the best.

You'll see rock piles, where crickets like to live, and lots of spiders hunting there.

I suspect the spider showing up was timed around a natural die-off.
If they sense something sneaking up to them, they will stop sinking as many predators use the sound to find the insect.
In almost all cases it's the male that sits in one place and sings, the female comes to them, so they can't stop at every noise.

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NotFromReddit t1_isbs4vz wrote

I've been thinking of breeding geckos or something to try get rid of the crickets.

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TheRealJasonium t1_isc6qws wrote

What will you breed to get rid of the geckos?

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Dirty_Hertz t1_isclohy wrote

Snakes, duh. Then falcons to eat the snakes. Then resurrect a pterodactyl to eat the falcons. Then evacuate your house because a dinosaur owns it now.

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