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Urban and Community Integrated Pest Management
Posts Tagged: cricket
Creepy is in the Eye of the Beholder

Halloween is a time when many people enjoy having creatures come to their homes in search of treats. But what about unwanted indoor visitors with six or more legs? Here are three types of creatures that might bring a chill to your spine if you find...
Insect or Alien Invader?
![Adult Jerusalem cricket. [A.Antonelli] Adult Jerusalem cricket. [A.Antonelli]](http://ucanr.edu/blogs/UCIPMurbanpests//blogfiles/38773small.jpg)
We have received several questions lately from people who've found large, strange looking insects in their garden and landscape. What are these alien-like creatures? Are they good, bad, do they bite? They are Jerusalem crickets, also sometimes called...