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Peter Parrot · Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:52 pm Post subject:

Top attitude Rick! Wink

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keiron · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:44 am Post subject:

in my house there is a VERY large brown cricket that lives under the fridge, as soon as lights are out he pipes up and like Pete i find it a pleasant noise, very calming. after living with the constant chirping from escaped crickets for over 10 years i would miss it if it went - call me strange but i love the noise they make!

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peaches · Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:42 am Post subject:

I had my next door neighbours complain about a cricket last summer, what I'd like to know is how they knew it was one of mine when they're son keeps a couple lizards lmao Laughing

I made a mistake a couple of months ago when I had teeny crix and alot squeezed through the gaps in the tub, I chased them around to catch just a couple - open the lid to put them back in the tub but another 20 jumps out!!!! Pointless.

My philosphy now is if they escape - let them be.

WelshBoa · Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 9:57 pm Post subject:

I keep all my crickets in the outhouse connected to the back of my house. As I sleep at the front of the house its sometimes amusing to hear how loud they are in the middle of the night if I go for a wee and the bathroom window is open at the back.

I daresay all the people without double glazing can hear them in the street

An escapee is an escapee - not much you can do about it - say you only buy hybrid jumpless crickets which couldnt possibly get next door.
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Jan O · Key Member Joined: 23 Jan 2006 Posts: 360

ITS DEAD!!! Very, very dead. I saw it just sitting on the path next door so a quick leap over the fence and that ooh so satisfying crunch as my slipper came down on it!! Thing is when we were crawling all over the next door garden another neighbour asked why- my OH thinking on his feet says "oh one of our pet hamsters has escaped and weve seen her in here"- Nice one OH ,now my neighbours think I squidged the hamster!
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Insectsunlimited · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 2:17 am Post subject: crickets on the loose

Hi, Dave @ Insects Unlimited & if anyone confronts you on loose crickets, you can look them right in the eye & inform them that there are over 20 breeds of cricket, that occurr & breed, naturally in this country. The average "Joe public" won`t know if it`s a naturally occurring one or one of yours... & you get to walk away with a clear conscience. I did have a more difficult problem to talk my way out of the other day whilst doing a bit of gardening for a neighbour about 10 doors away. Whilst lopping his Cupressus Leylandii down to a more acceptable hight, I spotted an adult Sipyloidea sipylus (Madagascan pink winged stick insect). Luckily I saw it & he didn`t but it had to be one of my escapees as I haven`t sold any locally. It was probably from where I`d cleared a cage out & it was originally an egg but with the hot summer we`ve had, it had gone through all the instars & made it to adulthood. It looked quite pretty having a 6" long bright pink stick insect sitting in a hedge but I would think for people a bit squeemish about insects... it would probably be enough to frighten the do-do`s out of them.
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bobert · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:57 am Post subject:

by far one of the funniest threads for a while..........and so close to home!!

bobert · Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 2:20 am Post subject:

by far one of the funniest threads for a while..........and so close to home!!