Sparkle
These crickets will not harm you. They are crickets so they can jump and if you are close by...yes they might land on you. :-)
If you have a lot of them then you need to eliminate the moisture problem in your basement.
Here is a website from North Carolina State Univ Entomology Dept about these crickets for more info. You did not say where you were from however your extension office should also have some local information.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/Urban/camelcrickets.htm
Grossed out n curious by: Sparkle
I have these Camel crickets in my basement...Laundry room. They really creep me out even though i thought they where interesting being i never seen 1 before...Buut now I see them everytime I wash clothes! Are they dangerous in any kind of way and will they ever jump on me? I need more info. on these things...someone pls help...im about to go check my laundry ={
hate those things! by: Anonymous
First saw them 2 yrs. ago in basement. Don't know how they get in, give me the creeps. I'm in NJ. They climb walls???!!! Hubby moved stuff in garage today and there were MANY hiding in corner, all sizes. YUCK.
There we are! by: Sara
Thats what I have right here next to me! I've never seen one before so I thought about looking it up. I thought it was a mix between a grasshopper, Katydid, and cockroach! How silly is that? I found it in my room on the wall. It was two days after I brought in my lilies. I guess it hiched a ride!
surprise! by: Anonymous
We live in southern Illinois. Have never had bugs (other than regular crickets) in our house. I have found these camel crickets in my bathtub in the morning and in my sink. I can't believe how far they can jump! They are scary as hell with their long antennae. Yikes!
Greenhouse camel cricket by: Moni
Russell
Looks like you have a Greenhouse camel cricket. They are known to habit moist greenhouses, basements and laundry rooms. Evidently they feed on various food stuffs (carnivorous) much like field crickets or cockroaches. They are about 13-19 mm (~ 3/4 inch). These are quite common and were introduced from China.
