Pale wingless crickets?

[Junebug]

Originally Posted by vmax3000

More like this
http://www.bighairyspiders.com/pix/crickets1.jpg

Like the tiniest one. I went through and tried to drown them out of pots and mounts. Not sure how successful I was, but I am wary.

Try looking up Thysanura or Silverfish. I would post a link but I don't know how to. We have them in Florida and they hang out in damp/humid places. They eat algae, lichens, starchy vegetable matter, paper, cotton, glue and the list goes on. They're commonly found in other states, as well. Some varieties are light gray and some are dark in color. Their abdomens taper towards the back and they have a straight bristle tale on the tip. They don't have wings for flight but they do run fast.

[vmax3000]

Originally Posted by orchids3

Hi,
One thought about just squishing the little *******.
Here in Florida we have a big Grasshoppers - we call them "Lubbers". Insecticide does not seem to bother them much. A shotgun would be more appropriate but when we squash them the eggs may hatch anyway. Recomend having a bottle of kersoene available to pop them into - and drown them. Fortunately lubbers are slow and easy to catch so each days inspection of the shade house turns into a Lubber Patrol. We also have "Mole Crickets" which burrow around in the yeard like moles. Light brown, wingless, and sightless. We kill this one with a bait/Poison. Could it be that you have juvenile "Mole Crickets"? Have not seen mole crickets in my orchids however.
One of the guys that posts here sometimes (Des) from South Africa reports that grasshoppers are used as food in Africa. I think you could roast a Lubber and put it on a hot dog bun - Picture that in your mind.

MMMMM.....summer bbq party.....

[vmax3000]

Originally Posted by Junebug

Try looking up Thysanura or Silverfish.

Silverfish...I have seen those. Usually around old books or paper stuffs. The beasts that inhabit my 'chids have a very defined head and they do jump....I try to catch them and...well.....squish them. The yellow egg cases in their abdomen 'smears' kind of make me think of a grasshopper / cricket - type critter. Although, I do enjoy smushing the odd silverfish now and again.....