Camelback Cricket

[Kathi]

I have something living in the drain in my shower It comes out everynight and wonders around in my shower.It is black and it hops because when I tried to catch it the thing hopped back down the drain.

This is what it looks like except it is black.I poured pure bleach down the drain hopeing to get rid of it.Any ideas how to get rid of the thing?

 

[reba]

boiling water... bug spray... flypaper

 

[Kathi]

boiling water... bug spray... flypaper

It is coming out of the drain of my shower.

 

[Edward]

They're probably Springtails. Clean the drain real good and treat it with vinegar. Pour a bunch of vinegar in the drain at night before going to bed and tape off the top of the drain so they can't get out. Do this a couple/few days in a row and they'll be gone. They feed off of the organic matter in drains and like the humidity.

 

[reba]

Spray the bug spray down the drain...or some people dont like to use bug sprays .... try this...
Boil a pot of water carry it to the shower dump it down the drain.. or
if the cricket is coming out at night he might step on the fly paper and you can then toss him in the trash...

That sounds good Edward... vinegar is good for lots of stuff

 

[Edward]

TY reba. It would be good if we could positively identify the bug. That would help a lot. A lot of bugs will feed off the fungi and organic matter in the drain, and many will breed and lay eggs down there. That would be bad, and hot water alone would not stop the eggs and larvae. Something else would be needed.

Whatever kind of bugs they are, the humidity in the drain and food (fungi and organic matter) are what's drawing them there. That's a good place to start, clean the drain good. Some drain cleaner perhaps or baking soda and vinegar, then follow up with...a bottle brush like for cleaning baby bottles to break up the slime and stuff and a good rinsing.

 

[reba]

Just in case Kathi has never done baking soda and vinegar she should know how it bubbles up

View attachment 4731

 

[Kathi]

Just in case Kathi has never done baking soda and vinegar she should know how it bubbles up

View attachment 4731

Yes,I have used that combination in my drains to keep them flowing.It works well.

 

[TOG]

Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. (Lev. 11:21-22 ESV)
​

Catch it, rinse it, fry it and eat it.

The TOG​

 

[reba]

 

[agua.]

Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. (Lev. 11:21-22 ESV)
​

Catch it, rinse it, fry it and eat it.

The TOG​

Omlette is good.

http://bijlmakers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cricket_omelet.jpg

 

[TOG]

Eating it would be better than using poison like you suggested and letting it go to waste.

The TOG​

 

[jasonc]

Eating it would be better than using poison like you suggested and letting it go to waste.

The TOG​

no thanks. I know what people put down septic systems. I have opened my septic tank. if he was venturing there. no thanks.

 

[Kathi]

Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. (Lev. 11:21-22 ESV)
​

Catch it, rinse it, fry it and eat it.

The TOG​

With a little Carmel sauce?

 

[Kathi]

I have not seen it for two days when I poured pure bleach down the drain and boiling water.

 

[Kathi]

Omlette is good.

http://bijlmakers.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/cricket_omelet.jpg

That looks more like a pizza.A Cricket pizza.Unique idea

 

[TOG]

With a little Carmel sauce?

Caramel coated fried drain cricket... Sounds yummy.

I have not seen it for two days when I poured pure bleach down the drain and boiling water.

You killed it!

The TOG​

 

[Kathi]

 

[Edward]

Yet among the winged insects that go on all fours you may eat those that have jointed legs above their feet, with which to hop on the ground. Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind. (Lev. 11:21-22 ESV)
​

Catch it, rinse it, fry it and eat it.

The TOG​

No sushi style? That way they stay crunchy and don't go all soft in the skillet, lol (it does sound yummy.)

 

[Lewis]

Draino or Liquid Plumber will do the trick they will eat the bug alive, right on the spot.