You’ve probably heard the familiar chirping of crickets outside your home. Some people consider these noisy little critters to be pests. Some consider them to be harmless but annoying. Others consider ...

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While annual nuisances such as stink bugs and ladybugs have started to nestle away, more recent invaders to the region — camel crickets — have made themselves right at home. If you live in a house ...

Common types of crickets found in homes in the D.C. area include the black field cricket and the cave or camel cricket. (WTOP/Ginger Whitaker) WASHINGTON — With summer gone, male crickets will turn ...

The pest goes by many names. I have a friend who calls them mutant spiders. The exterminator at my neighbor's house calls them criders. The bug is also called spider cricket, spricket, cave cricket ...

Researchers have discovered that a bacterium found in camel crickets is capable of breaking down lignin—the stuff that makes wood tough—opening new research pathways for the development of biofuels ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Mid-day yesterday I got a text message from a ...