Cricket Control
Cricket Control That Starves Scorpions.
Quiet the chirping and cut off the scorpion food chain. Serving Gilbert and the entire East Valley — plans with published package ranges with a $129–$179 Initial Defense Service.
Starting at $49/mo · no contracts · free re-service
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Crickets seem harmless. Annoying, sure — one chirping inside a garage wall at midnight can ruin a week — but harmless. Here's what they actually are: the bottom of the scorpion food chain. Arizona bark scorpions eat crickets. Where crickets thrive, scorpions follow.
That makes cricket pest control the smartest dollar in Arizona pest control. Knock down the cricket population and you accomplish two things at once: you silence the chirping, and you starve the most venomous scorpion in the United States right off your property.
What we do
Granule Treatment
Weather-resistant granules in landscape beds, river rock and turf edges — where crickets harbor and sprays can't reach.
Perimeter Barrier
Liquid treatment around the foundation, garage thresholds and block wall bases cuts off their route inside.
Scorpion Defense, Built In
Every cricket we eliminate is food off the scorpion's table. Cricket control is step one of scorpion control.
Moisture Control Guidance
Crickets chase water in a dry climate. We flag over-running drip emitters, pooling irrigation and damp mulch that quietly turn a yard into a nursery.
Light-Smart Fixes
Bright white porch and coach lights pull crickets to your walls all night. We point out the simple lighting changes that stop feeding them.
Free Re-Service
Crickets pile up in the garage between visits? We come back at no charge. Every recurring plan, every time.
Field Crickets, House Crickets and Why Your Garage Is Loud
Both breed in irrigated landscape, under rock and inside block wall voids. Both are nocturnal, which is why the chirping starts right when you want to sleep — males chirp to attract mates, so a loud yard is literally a breeding yard.
And both are protein for scorpions, spiders and centipedes. A cricket problem is rarely just a cricket problem. It's the base of a food web you don't want on your property.
How We Treat Crickets
Then we close the route inside with a liquid perimeter treatment — foundation line, garage thresholds, weep holes and block wall bases. On recurring service we refresh both before they break down.
Crickets breed fast in irrigated desert yards, so the schedule is the strategy. A one-time treatment quiets things for a few weeks; recurring service keeps them gone — and keeps the scorpions hungry.
Why Cricket Numbers Explode After the Monsoon
That surge lands exactly when scorpion activity peaks, and it is no accident. Monsoon humidity drives both, and a fresh cricket boom hands the bark scorpion a full pantry. Treating ahead of and through the monsoon is the best window to break that food web before it builds.
Why Granules Beat Sprays for Arizona Crickets
Arizona sun and daily irrigation also break products down fast, so day-one coverage can thin by week three. Granules hold up better under heat and watering than a bare spray, and recurring service refreshes them before they fade. The barrier only works if it never fully lapses.
Keeping Crickets Out of the Garage
Inside, crickets use the same gaps everything else does: worn door sweeps, plumbing and utility penetrations, and unscreened weep holes at the stucco base. We treat those entry points and voids and flag the ones worth sealing, because a cricket already chirping in a wall is far harder to reach.
Plans & pricing
Covered on a plan, priced in public.
Quarterly Pest Plan
Every 90 days
From$49/mo
Billed monthly
Straightforward seasonal protection for maintained homes with lower pest pressure.
Get My PriceBasic Pest Plan
Every 60 days
From$59/mo
Billed monthly
Our recommended plan for consistent Arizona home protection.
Get My PriceMonthly Pest Plan
Every 30 days
From$99/mo
Billed monthly
High-frequency protection for active pest pressure or customers who want monthly inspections and treatment.
Get My PriceEvery recurring plan begins with an Initial Defense Service: $129 small, $149 standard, $179 large, and a written quote for estate, big-lot, or heavy-infestation properties. Recurring monthly billing begins 30 days later.
Questions, answered
Why do I have so many crickets?
You're irrigating a desert. Drip lines, lush landscape beds and bright porch lights give crickets everything they need — moisture, harborage and a nightly insect buffet under the lights. Add the protected voids inside a block wall fence and most East Valley yards are cricket habitat by default.
Do crickets really attract scorpions?
Yes. Crickets are a primary food source for the Arizona bark scorpion, and scorpions go where the food is. It's why our scorpion service leans so hard on cricket control: starve the predator and the predator leaves. If you're seeing scorpions, treat the crickets too — always.
How do I stop the chirping in my walls at night?
That's usually a male house cricket sitting in a wall void or weep hole, calling for a mate. Swatting at drywall won't fix it. We treat the voids and weep holes directly, lay granules at the wall base and seal the gap he used to get in — quiet, and it stays quiet.
Are crickets actually harmful?
Directly? Not very — they don't sting, and bites are rare and trivial. In numbers they can chew on fabric, paper and seedlings. The real damage is indirect: a thriving cricket population feeds and sustains scorpions and spiders. Control crickets and you cut the legs out from under both.
When are crickets worst in Arizona?
Late summer, right through the July to September monsoon. Storm moisture triggers field cricket eggs to hatch in waves, so one wet week can flood porches and garages. That is also peak scorpion season, which is why we push cricket treatment hardest through the monsoon.
Will granules wash away when I water or after rain?
The granules we use are built to resist exactly that, holding up under irrigation and Arizona sun rather than dissolving on the first watering. They keep working as crickets move through treated beds and rock, and recurring service refreshes them before they break down.
How fast will the chirping stop?
Most homes get noticeably quieter within the first several days as the treated harborage and perimeter take hold. A lone male already calling from a wall void can hang on longer, which is why we treat the void and seal his entry point rather than wait him out.
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Starting at $49/mo · no contracts · free re-service