Those of you who know me fairly well know I am phobic about any kind of bugs............among them, crickets. I don't care if they are the regular black crickets or cave crickets...I am terrified of them and freak out when I see one. when I moved into this house it was overrun with cave crickets...and after 18 months of an exterminator coming every month, they were gone. I was told they probably wouldn't come back, because none of the neighbors had a problem with them, so............I sort of relaxed. guess what? In the past 7 days there have been 6 of them in the house...and I'm at a loss as to what to do to be rid of them! Exterminators either want an annual contract, (the big companies) or the smaller, local types will come once and go around spraying.......ONCE. I think that's a waste of time! Once won't do it... and I am not sure I can afford another annual contract. does anyone have any ideas on how to keep crickets out? I think they come in thru the plumbing or something...all I know is I can't stand it......... do I have to take out a loan to hire an exterminator for a year, just to be rid of them? Peggy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================