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Crickets may seem harmless at first, but when they invade your home in large numbers, they quickly become a noisy, destructive nuisance. Their constant chirping can disrupt your sleep, and their habit of chewing on fabrics, papers, and even walls can lead to unexpected damage. If crickets are making themselves at home in your house or yard, it’s time to call Alamo Pest Control for expert cricket pest control services.
Our team has over 30 years of experience helping Texas homeowners eliminate crickets and prevent them from returning. Whether you’re dealing with just a few or a full-blown infestation, we deliver fast, effective cricket control solutions tailored to your property.
Crickets thrive in warm, humid environments, making Texas the perfect breeding ground for them. Once they get inside, they multiply quickly and can create several issues for homeowners:
Crickets are drawn to entry points around foundations, patios, garages, and crawl spaces. Without professional cricket treatment, they can continue breeding and creating chaos for months at a time.
This package covers interior and ongoing seasonal 30' perimeter exterior treatments of pests covered in the economy plan plus rodents (1 bait station), ants, fire ants, wasp nests, mud daubers, fleas & ticks, german roaches, pantry pests, beetles, and annual pest audit.
Initial Fee Starts at $179
This package covers interior and ongoing seasonal 30' perimeter exterior treatments of pests covered in the defender plan. This is our flagship product that includes termite coverage, plus wire mesh placed in your home’s weep holes, fire ant control for a whole standard size yard, scorpions, venomous spiders, annual termite inspection, and annual pest audit.
$349 Initial Fee for Sentricon System Applies
While a single chirping cricket may not seem like a big deal, several signs indicate it’s time to call a cricket exterminator:
If you’re noticing any of these signs, professional cricket removal can stop the infestation before it spreads.
At Alamo Pest Control, we use a detailed, science-backed approach to eliminate crickets and keep them from coming back:
Our team locates areas where crickets are hiding, breeding, and entering your home. We check exterior lighting, foundation gaps, landscaping, and interior hotspots to understand the full scope of the problem.
We apply professional-grade treatments in key areas both inside and outside the home. These treatments reduce active cricket populations quickly and create a protective barrier to prevent future activity.
Crickets often enter through gaps, cracks, and poorly sealed doorways. We identify these weaknesses and recommend steps to keep pests out. We also provide guidance for reducing moisture and adjusting outdoor lighting to make your home less appealing.
For homes in high-risk areas, we offer recurring cricket pest control services to ensure year-round protection.
Our goal is to provide a complete solution, not just temporary relief.
When you choose Alamo Pest Control, you’re choosing a trusted Texas team that understands local pests and how to eliminate them. Homeowners rely on us because:
From minor cricket issues to stubborn infestations, we have the tools and expertise to restore peace and quiet in your home.
Don’t let crickets take over your home or disrupt your nights. With Alamo Pest Control’s expert cricket control services, you’ll get fast, effective, and reliable solutions that stop crickets in their tracks.
Call today to schedule your inspection and experience professional cricket pest control with Alamo—your trusted Texas exterminators!
Should pests persist in between scheduled treatments, simply let us know and we’ll re-service your home for no additional cost to you. That’s our guarantee to you!
As a locally-owned and operated company, our team of exterminators takes great pride in helping our community. We’ve provided dependable, affordable pest control across the region since 1993.
Aaron with Alamo was very prompt and courteous. We appreciate such good service. We have no complaints!
Kristen Noack, Carrollton Office
Great experience! The technician, Aaron, was extremely polite and punctual. Would definitely use their services again!
Margaret Barbi, Carrollton Office
Troy came and got rid of all the pest in the house!!!!!!!!!!
Jada Person, Carrollton Office
Crickets are drawn to the same three things every time: moisture, food debris, and light. Exterior lighting near doors and windows is a magnet for them at night, and once they’re on your property, gaps around the foundation, weep holes, and door thresholds give them an easy way inside. Overgrown mulch beds and woodpiles close to the house also give them a place to shelter during the day before they move in after dark.
That chirping is a mating call, and it’s produced only by males, who rub a scraper on one forewing against a ridged “file” on the other — a process called stridulation, according to entomologists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Iowa State University Extension. Chirp rate is also temperature-dependent: crickets chirp faster as it warms up and slower as it cools down, which is why you’ll often hear a burst of noise on a warm September evening in DFW even as the season is turning.
Yes — while they don’t cause structural damage the way termites do, crickets will feed on natural fibers like cotton, silk, and wool, along with paper, cardboard, and even wallpaper paste. In large numbers they can leave holes in clothing, curtains, and stored linens, which is usually what tips homeowners off that a few crickets have turned into an infestation.
Crickets aren’t considered a health hazard and don’t spread disease the way flies or rodents can. The bigger issues are the fabric and paper damage mentioned above, the disrupted sleep from constant chirping, and simply the unpleasantness of a large population living in and around your home.
We start with a full property inspection to find hiding spots, breeding areas, and entry points around your foundation, patios, garage, and crawl space. From there we apply targeted, professional-grade treatments both inside and outside the home to knock down active populations and build a protective barrier, and we’ll point out gaps, cracks, moisture issues, and exterior lighting that are inviting crickets in. Recurring service plans keep that protection in place going forward.
Just let us know — if pests persist between visits, we’ll come back and re-service your home at no additional cost.
