Elimination
Control efforts for camel crickets should include one or more of the below measures.
* Cultural:
1. Eliminating suitable breeding and hiding sites outdoors around the house or building. Piles of bricks, stones, boards, leaves, etc., should be removed.
2. Change outdoor lighting to yellow or sodium vapor bulbs
* Mechanical/Physical
1. Individual crickets can be easily picked up and discarded.
2. Hit insect with fly swatter or crush with shoe.
3. Sweeping with Vacuum cleaner
4. Glue boards, or other sticky traps. ie: Fly paper, upturned strips of duct tape do a very good job of catching the insects for disposal. Shoe boxes with sideholes and inside pasted with depilation wax.
5. Seal or screen entry points: Cracks and gaps in foundation of building or siding or around windows and doors should be sealed.
* Chemical
1. If there is a breeding population and chemical control is desired, spraying a residual barrier of diazinon, Dursban or Sevin insecticide around the outside of the house may be of benefit if you apply sufficient spray to reach breeding sites. It should be repeated monthly or bimonthly.
2. Spraying household "with ant and cockroach" insecticide onto indoor floor areas where camel crickets hide or are seen is a last resort of limited benefit.
3. Insecticied granules.
* Biological:
1. Predator and parasitic insects. House centipedes are a natural predatory form of control, but most homeowners are uncomfortable having them around, despite their beneficial nature. [citation needed]