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- From: patter@dasher.cc.bellcore.com (patterson,george r)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers.house
- Subject: Re: crickets
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.170540.29584@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 17:05:40 GMT
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- In article <20NOV199213120494@nsinic.gsfc.nasa.gov> stern@nsinic.gsfc.nasa.gov (If you can't be replaced, you can't be promoted) writes:
- >As the weather in Maryland has turned nippy and I've started to
- >batten down the hatches for the winter, I've noticed some crickets
- >doing the same... in my house. Specifically, I've noticed one or two
- >of them in the basement and near the furnace. I don't mind their
- >chirping. In fact, it kinda reminds me of more peaceful times. I'm
- >just wondering what do they eat? Will/Could they proliferate? Do
- >they cause damage?
-
- They eat natural fibers, including cotton and wool. In the days before
- the proliferation of synthetics, the black ones were occasionally known
- as "carpet crickets".
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