Crickets

Field crickets and house crickets invade North Texas homes in late summer and fall. Pest Me Off controls cricket infestations across McKinney, Allen, Frisco, and Collin County TX.

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Camel Cricket (Spider Cricket) on natural substrate showing humped back, no wings, very long legs

Home/ Pest Articles/ Crickets/ Camel Crickets Camel Crickets, the Spider Crickets in Garages and Laundry Rooms Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated October 2026 Cricket Control The silent, humpbacked cricket that leaps at you from a dark garage corner goes by three names, camel cricket, spider cricket and cave … Read more

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Black field cricket beside a green grasshopper, showing the long thin cricket antennae against the short thick grasshopper antennae

Home/Pest Articles/Crickets/Cricket vs Grasshopper Are Crickets and Grasshoppers the Same? Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated August 2026 Cricket Control No, crickets and grasshoppers are not the same insect, though they are close relatives in the same insect order, Orthoptera. A cricket has long thin antennae and is dark … Read more

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Black field cricket on concrete beside a garage door track at night in McKinney, the species behind late summer hopper season

Home/Pest Articles/Crickets/Black Crickets & Hoppers Three Myths About Black Crickets (Hoppers) in Collin County Ryan Beyer, President  ·  Pest Me Off  ·  McKinney, TX  ·  Updated August 2026 Cricket Control A black cricket is a field cricket, a shiny dark brown to black insect from about half an inch to over an inch long that … Read more