How To Stop Crickets From Making Noise. It s a familiar hallmark of summer and for plenty of homeowners it s a pleasant background noise that lends a sultry evocative ambience to the evening. There is no way to stop them if they are outside where you live unless you hire an exterminator to kill them all.
Crickets call because they want to attract females. The problem with crickets is that they usually make noise at night while you are trying to sleep. Only the male of the species is responsible for the racket which he makes by rubbing special structures on his wings together.
Chemical cricket bait is sold in hardware stores and uses the same basic method to catch crickets.
If you use this type of bait make sure your family and pets don t go near it since it is toxic. Females do not make noises. Crickets love molasses and they ll hop into the bowl when they smell it. The chirping of crickets in the yard.
