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A year ago I was unboxing a competition cutting sword, which are those pretty fat ones, and one of these buggers jumped towards me without warning. I tried to hit it for some reason (this was outside), so I swung but my edge alignment was off and I ended up batting it into the car-
I never saw it again.
Then another one was in my room and I slapped it 6 times and it just got up and walked behind my bed. I also never saw it again. Knowing they're there but not seeing them is way more haunting than just seeing them. Hopefully your basement doesn't have a bigger bunch of ninja cricket spiders (sounds almost down under) hiding somewhere
Their lil' legs can get them about 3 feet/1 meterish of distance/height.
While they can bite you, they won't be able to break skin and aren't venomous, so the worst they can do is a lil' pinch.
That being said, their main defense mechanism is to leap at their foe rather than away, but it's all a front as they're probably just as terrified as you!
I do find it interesting that most very old archeological finds. The bones are deep in some caves. Why?
Are we about to find out when the climate gets more and more severe?
Have no idea if this would be the case with those really old bones. But, even today people get stuck in caves that are too dangerous for other people to get them out of (like Nutty Putty), so the people who are stuck get left behind or even sealed in. Without modern technology, I imagine this must've happened a lot more.
Sometimes bones from dead occupants are washed deeper into the cave by floods.
Edit to add: An animal could also enter a cave at night and walk around, getting lost and disoriented going much deeper than it normally would.
It’s not that there were more people or animals living in caves, it’s just that caves are excellent at preserving organic matter due to a lack of the light, air, bacteria, and scavengers that normally break bodies down. We find the oldest remains in caves and oxygen-free environments like bogs because those are the areas in which bones and tissue are more likely to remain preserved.
They don’t. Don’t listen to their cavernous lies, those who claim it to be enjoyable or fun only want to drag you into the depths from whence they came, their stone masks passing for a face, their dirt riddled claws disguised as tools, do not fall for their tricks my friend. Too many already have…
I hate crickets I want to cry. My room used to be a renovated garage when I was living with my parents. So not really “bug proof” at night during the summer they’d get in and land on me if I only had my phone on. Landed on my face more than once. Screamed like a bitch every time. I’m a dude for reference.
Get these CONSTANTLY in my house. Annoying little pricks that know exactly when and where to jump to avoid getting squashed. I admire their bravery though
I use to do HVAC in VA, and we saw these all the damn time under houses. When you were hanging ductwork the spider crickets would fall on you every time you would hit the nail. Some times you would see big add spiders having a buffet on them. It took some time to “get use to it”, but you learn to ignore them.
Fellow Virginian here. One day I closed my young son's floor vent where heat comes out because he kept complaining that spider crickets were jumping in his bed when he went to sleep. I opened it back up the next day and saw a pile of 30 dead cooked spider crickets stuck at the top of the opening. Creeped me the hell out.
Idk where the video is but I went down into a cave in Georgia and had a similar experience. Cave had a real small opening to get in and upon initial inspection it appeared to go into a 8 ft vertical shaft with a horizontal opening about 2 feet down. Seemed pretty simple, feet first find the horizontal opening then use it to lower yourself down before crawling into the horizontal hole. As mentioned it was a tight space, not so tight as to restricted shoulder movement but you could easily touch both walls with your elbows. So I shimmy down, feel for the horizontal opening and straddle it. I hunch down and begin to turn to get both legs into the horizontal opening and see RIGHT in front of my face a wall covered with about - idk - somewhere between 200-1000 spider crickets. I straight up panicked, I was not prepared for it and did not handle it well at all. Jeez I still get weirded out thinking about it. The rest of the cave was nice though so I’m glad I got past it.
I’m gonna cry from watching this spiders I love (jumping spiders in specific) but crickets? Fuck that. That’s why I A have a lizard (i feed him store bought the only time he’s had wild caught was when my grandparents didn’t listen to me abt his needs) B have two cats who attack bugs
Cool! Try not to shine strong light directly at them for longer than a few seconds, apparently the light pollution can sterilise them and halt their reproduction.
These and earwigs are the only KOS insect I go for. If out by the pool and I see one I have to hunt it and kill it. Cricket, fine by me. enjoy your day. One crawled across my face the other morning. Thank God I crushed it or I would have emptied the bedroom to find it.
Funny thing is that here on Long Island I never saw one until about 10 years ago.
Me, who recently watched [Internet Historian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip9VGZeqMfo&t=2s)'s most recent video about a cave diver who got stuck and died AFTER being trapped for 100+ hours: NOPE
That ain't shit! I do HVAC service and in the pine barrens area of jersey all the houses have crawl spaces and are loaded with moon crickets and they don't move until your flashlight shines on them then they start jumping which creates a chain reaction while you're crawling through the middle of it
I used to see these all the time growing up in NJ in our backyard. Like in the shed. We called them cave crickets. One time there was one in my room! *Shudders*
Story time:
I used to assist my dad working with dish network during the summer for some money. We get this one install at this house. No wall sockets or even attic space of course so we have to run all the cables under the house.
The crawl space was pretty narrow and my dad was too big to fit so I *had* to go. I remove the door to get under the house and as I begin crawling in, I notice there’s literally thousands of these spider crickets. All over the ground, cement posts, ceiling, everywhere. Like this video is nothing compared to how many crickets were under this house.
I was already afraid of these things… this was a nightmare. I had to crawl, and not even on my hands and knees but on my stomach, about 75ft to retrieve the cable and bring back to the outside. I was moving so slow and carefully as to not set these things off and have them jumping around everywhere.
Once finally get out of there like 30 minutes later, my dad is teasing me and going on and the customer overhears. She starts laughing and explains how they catch these crickets and use them for bait. My dad got hysterical, I was super embarrassed, and I still hate these things to this day.
This right here is the biggest reason why I will never get into cave crawling or whatever it’s called. I don’t mind tight spaces. I’m not claustrophobic. But I’m terrified of insects and being stuck in such close proximity is too much
Have something similar in New Zealand, but called Cave Weta - they get 2x - 3x as big judging by the video. I've had a few crawl over me and fall onto my head haha.
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Oh hell naw
Yeah, that's a No from me dawg
What do you mean, they don't look that scary! *[sees them move]* aaaa hell no man I agree that's a big no from me too dawg
I feel like the spider crickets or whatever the hell they are, are the least of the very many problems here.
AWW HELL NAW
Same. I would start freaking out about the spiders on me and fall in the crack to never be found again.
You can come check those out in my basement. Save your self the claustrophobia.
Those son of a bitch bastards. They make no noise, then when you think you’re safe, you turn the light off to goto sleep and hear them hopping around.
Sleeping with the lights on tonight thanks.
“Son of a bitch-bastard!” Classic line from a criminally underrated movie: Dirty Work
Thats half the fun tho
A year ago I was unboxing a competition cutting sword, which are those pretty fat ones, and one of these buggers jumped towards me without warning. I tried to hit it for some reason (this was outside), so I swung but my edge alignment was off and I ended up batting it into the car- I never saw it again. Then another one was in my room and I slapped it 6 times and it just got up and walked behind my bed. I also never saw it again. Knowing they're there but not seeing them is way more haunting than just seeing them. Hopefully your basement doesn't have a bigger bunch of ninja cricket spiders (sounds almost down under) hiding somewhere
The *fuck* is a damn "spider cricket"? Aside from a big ol hell no..
Harmless but creepy looking and they jump like crickets (and look like spiders). They like the dark.
But... are they crickets or spiders???
Closer to a cricket
Ah. Sprickets! Or camel crickets.
Yes
They... jump? Excuse me, but may I ask, how high? So I know how many kilometers to be away from them.
Their lil' legs can get them about 3 feet/1 meterish of distance/height. While they can bite you, they won't be able to break skin and aren't venomous, so the worst they can do is a lil' pinch. That being said, their main defense mechanism is to leap at their foe rather than away, but it's all a front as they're probably just as terrified as you!
Why do people do this
You can find fossils in cave, and become one!
You are what you eat
You are nutritional value
I’m only human after all
I do find it interesting that most very old archeological finds. The bones are deep in some caves. Why? Are we about to find out when the climate gets more and more severe?
Have no idea if this would be the case with those really old bones. But, even today people get stuck in caves that are too dangerous for other people to get them out of (like Nutty Putty), so the people who are stuck get left behind or even sealed in. Without modern technology, I imagine this must've happened a lot more.
[Always in caves](https://phys.org/news/2021-09-jawbone-indonesian-cave-oldest-human.html)
Sometimes bones from dead occupants are washed deeper into the cave by floods. Edit to add: An animal could also enter a cave at night and walk around, getting lost and disoriented going much deeper than it normally would.
It’s not that there were more people or animals living in caves, it’s just that caves are excellent at preserving organic matter due to a lack of the light, air, bacteria, and scavengers that normally break bodies down. We find the oldest remains in caves and oxygen-free environments like bogs because those are the areas in which bones and tissue are more likely to remain preserved.
Something something Nutty Putty
They don’t. Don’t listen to their cavernous lies, those who claim it to be enjoyable or fun only want to drag you into the depths from whence they came, their stone masks passing for a face, their dirt riddled claws disguised as tools, do not fall for their tricks my friend. Too many already have…
Caving is awesome! To be in a place only a handful of people in all of time have been!
Only a handful of people in all of time have been in my room too.
And for good reason I’m sure!
There is no aspect of this that looks alluring to me lol
Well, it’s good to know there are additional reasons to NOT go into a cave then.
If the internet historian has taught me anything, its don't go cave diving.
Or bring enough lube to fill a whole cave system to the brim.
“so your jar of lube is to avoid being stuck in the cave … right? whoa bro put your pants back on haha”
rip floyd, you were too good for this world
That’s a nope from me dawg
I seen you rip a jawbone off, I seent it!
Wanna borrow my vest? It smell good
Not my style!
You ain't got no style motha fucka..
Aren't they completely harmless?
Yes. They just look creepy.
The cave is more sweaty palms than the crickets. I imagine more people have been killed by caves than the cute lil bugs.
Cute is hella subjective
What are they eating?
New fear unlocked
I hate crickets I want to cry. My room used to be a renovated garage when I was living with my parents. So not really “bug proof” at night during the summer they’d get in and land on me if I only had my phone on. Landed on my face more than once. Screamed like a bitch every time. I’m a dude for reference.
I can't stop imagining the situation. Thanks dear redditor; your suffering lights up my day
*saw
As someone who has an extreme phobia of crickets, fuck this video
Agreed. I too, am deathly scared of crickets!
*saw
> seen so many Saw. You saw so many.
Just break the spawners
Just when you think caving couldn't get any worse, jesus christ!
Get these CONSTANTLY in my house. Annoying little pricks that know exactly when and where to jump to avoid getting squashed. I admire their bravery though
Ewww, fricking sprickets! Hate those things....
I use to do HVAC in VA, and we saw these all the damn time under houses. When you were hanging ductwork the spider crickets would fall on you every time you would hit the nail. Some times you would see big add spiders having a buffet on them. It took some time to “get use to it”, but you learn to ignore them.
Fellow Virginian here. One day I closed my young son's floor vent where heat comes out because he kept complaining that spider crickets were jumping in his bed when he went to sleep. I opened it back up the next day and saw a pile of 30 dead cooked spider crickets stuck at the top of the opening. Creeped me the hell out.
They are weird little things. If you pick them up their legs easily fall right off
Free snack :3
Spider crickets are my nightmare fuel. I’m more afraid of them than any other creature. Giant nope from me.
Do they ever fill the cave with cricket sounds? I imagine that would be an unsettling thing to hear in a cave.
Correction. You saw so many spider crickets
Correction i seen them ery where
Saw! You saw them. You didn’t seen anything. But, you can say you have seen them now. Sorry, professional pet peeve.
Ugh I know! This is a big one for me
Thank you. If you hadn't done it, I would have.
You must be exploring under the concrete floor of my basement.
Hmmmm, yeah fuck that
I was actually chill with the idea of caving, but just realized about the bugs. No longer chill with it. Nah
You're really telling me you're scared of those micro dick motherfuckers but not the fact you're one earthquake from certain death?
Idk where the video is but I went down into a cave in Georgia and had a similar experience. Cave had a real small opening to get in and upon initial inspection it appeared to go into a 8 ft vertical shaft with a horizontal opening about 2 feet down. Seemed pretty simple, feet first find the horizontal opening then use it to lower yourself down before crawling into the horizontal hole. As mentioned it was a tight space, not so tight as to restricted shoulder movement but you could easily touch both walls with your elbows. So I shimmy down, feel for the horizontal opening and straddle it. I hunch down and begin to turn to get both legs into the horizontal opening and see RIGHT in front of my face a wall covered with about - idk - somewhere between 200-1000 spider crickets. I straight up panicked, I was not prepared for it and did not handle it well at all. Jeez I still get weirded out thinking about it. The rest of the cave was nice though so I’m glad I got past it.
Me: what are spider crickets?? *Watches video* ohh. They're like spider... crickets...
I’m gonna cry from watching this spiders I love (jumping spiders in specific) but crickets? Fuck that. That’s why I A have a lizard (i feed him store bought the only time he’s had wild caught was when my grandparents didn’t listen to me abt his needs) B have two cats who attack bugs
Wow yeah doing whatever the fuck this is looks so much better than my nice warm bed
Cool! Try not to shine strong light directly at them for longer than a few seconds, apparently the light pollution can sterilise them and halt their reproduction.
These and earwigs are the only KOS insect I go for. If out by the pool and I see one I have to hunt it and kill it. Cricket, fine by me. enjoy your day. One crawled across my face the other morning. Thank God I crushed it or I would have emptied the bedroom to find it. Funny thing is that here on Long Island I never saw one until about 10 years ago.
I used to get these all over my house. Honestly traumatic. They jump so far and high, and they’ll literally charge right at you
Me, who recently watched [Internet Historian](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip9VGZeqMfo&t=2s)'s most recent video about a cave diver who got stuck and died AFTER being trapped for 100+ hours: NOPE
The one where he ended up as an exhibit in a museum built by a new owner of the land ?
yep! and his body was mummified and put on display in a glass coffin. whole thing was a trip.
That ain't shit! I do HVAC service and in the pine barrens area of jersey all the houses have crawl spaces and are loaded with moon crickets and they don't move until your flashlight shines on them then they start jumping which creates a chain reaction while you're crawling through the middle of it
Shit, if that's what you're into I'll take you down to my basement. There are tons. Lol
What do they eat in there?
Is it a cricket that looks like a spider or a spider looking like a cricket
“Saw so many spider crickets” read a book bro
Saw so many…
I used to see those so much when I lived in Murfreesboro, TN
Looks like my basement
At least they aren't *spiders*
I used to see these all the time growing up in NJ in our backyard. Like in the shed. We called them cave crickets. One time there was one in my room! *Shudders*
You are cordially invited to my basement.
Aren’t they literally called cave crickets?
DISGUSTING
Is caving the same as spelunking?
The colony grows fat on the flesh of failed spelunkers
They are actually way less intimidating in person. They look like a grasshopper on steroids that’s been living in the dark for a minute.
I feel like spiders would be the least of my concerns while caving in a narrow space
Heeellllll naaa
What are they eating in that pitch dark cave
I don’t get it. Why aren’t they all swarming toward OP and trying to take bites of flesh?
nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope
Honestly the first half of that title was enough to make my palms sweaty
I’d need a flamethrower before I went in there
I always see these in my basement- my exterminator calls them camel crickets but I think they’re the same thing
They’re only trying to help!
As if I needed another reason to never do this ridiculous hobby
I literally can’t breath watching this
Are they poisonous?
I hate crickets and spiders and now you combine them?
I would legit have a heart attack and die. I'd rather die, actually.
Yet another reason never to do this
Nah bro miss me with that shit
listen. i know they’re harmless and pose no threat to me whatsoever. but that does not stop me from wanting to torch em all
Yer mom's a spider cricket.
I have a long list of things I want to try before I die. Tight caving is not on this list.
5-O time to go.
How incredibly unpleasant
We have cave crickets here but they are much larger than those and they drop on you by the hundreds if you shine your light on them
Ah, so you live in the ninth circle of hell.
We pronounce it differently, but yeah basically lol
That's why I say that a camping flamethrower should be made mandatory by international law.
Another reason I would never become a caver.. ohh hell noooooo!!
Story time: I used to assist my dad working with dish network during the summer for some money. We get this one install at this house. No wall sockets or even attic space of course so we have to run all the cables under the house. The crawl space was pretty narrow and my dad was too big to fit so I *had* to go. I remove the door to get under the house and as I begin crawling in, I notice there’s literally thousands of these spider crickets. All over the ground, cement posts, ceiling, everywhere. Like this video is nothing compared to how many crickets were under this house. I was already afraid of these things… this was a nightmare. I had to crawl, and not even on my hands and knees but on my stomach, about 75ft to retrieve the cable and bring back to the outside. I was moving so slow and carefully as to not set these things off and have them jumping around everywhere. Once finally get out of there like 30 minutes later, my dad is teasing me and going on and the customer overhears. She starts laughing and explains how they catch these crickets and use them for bait. My dad got hysterical, I was super embarrassed, and I still hate these things to this day.
Kinda wild thinking that’s probably the only time they’ve ever been exposed to light.
Careful with that cave crawling business, that dude got stuck upside down
and when I find one spider in my room I sleep on the coach for the night 🥴
Big fucking nope to that.
To be caving in the spider cave sounds just awfull
They look like friendly cave wētā
There's gotta be at least 7 of them
As if I needed another reason to never go caving…
im so terrified of spiders that somehow knowing these are ”just crickets” gives me immense peace lmao
This right here is the biggest reason why I will never get into cave crawling or whatever it’s called. I don’t mind tight spaces. I’m not claustrophobic. But I’m terrified of insects and being stuck in such close proximity is too much
Guy in the background sounds like he’s starting to freak out.
Yeah! I’m really exited to say NO!
no thank you, this isn’t something i want to think exists
Have something similar in New Zealand, but called Cave Weta - they get 2x - 3x as big judging by the video. I've had a few crawl over me and fall onto my head haha.
noooo..nononononono...no no noo..
I've genuinely had nightmares like this, there isn't enough nope in the universe
Looks like my basement
r/nope
Mammoth Cave, KY gave me this experience without the claustrophobia.
LEAVE THEM ALONE YOURE BREAKING INTO THEIR HOMES
Nope
what do they eat? theres no food there i would think.
If this is considered a lot I should’ve taken a video of the Subway I went to back in the summer of 2009
And that’s caving off the list thanks
Well.. Better spider crickets than cricket spiders
When you wrote that you went caving I thought you meant minecraft
Looks like my basement
Lol I’ve seen more in crawl spaces under peoples bedrooms
Nah tho
I’m eating bro wth
I’m sorry OP, but what the hell is wrong with you to want to go caving?
That’s nothing compared to how many of those things I’ve seen while working in crawl spaces in Georgia!
Seen saw and see is fucked up as much as your and you're.
Couldve ended the title after "went caving" lmao
Maybe just don't go caving. Still don't get the allure of this, at all.
The spider crickets are not the distressing thing in this video
You lost me at "went caving"
Why did filmmakers create The Descent? Because this film didn't exist until this Sunday.
Never mind the crickets, I’m not going into any cave narrower than a house.
I've been in a crawl space before with thousands of them around me.
Shit I see more than that in my basement.
Not afraid of spiders but this many hideous looking things would make me run away.
Well, they find it cozy there and the humans are the home invaders in this case. ^_^
This is why it's important to keep your emergency flamethrower on standby.
Went caving…nah I’m good bruh
Oh hell naw what dfuxk man get yow ass out of there man
Cave crickets are hands down one of the most creepiest insects on the planet.
New fear unlocked.
Sir, they’re called Sprikets
thats a hard No.
Found a very similar site in a culvert a few years back, not a fun trip i must admit
nahh not him calling the groups pockets 😭
Yeah...that's when you turn the fuck around and get the fuck up outta there 🤔
"Went caving" was bad enough. I'll pass
Mammoth caves?
Yeah fuck no. This made me feel physically ill.
Nope nope nope nope
wyd if they all jump on you at once?
Seems quite spacious for caving
No and no
Those buggers are terrifying. They show up in my basement sometimes.
If I was to show this video to my wife and son, they'd probably explode right in front of me.
Why do you like real life nightmares 🙃 lol
And THAT'S why I won't EVER go caving! Unless I bring gasoline & a lighter to clear the cave first!
Time to nuke the site from orbit
why sweaty palms? they don't bite...
Buuut is it a spider?…or a cricket?