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None of us knows what crickets eat but since he has been around for about a week now George is obviously finding whatever he needs.

What do crickets eat?
Crickets are unusual creatures that will eat a variety of things, some traditional, some not so traditional including dead or decaying insects, plant matter, and fungi. If they cannot find anything to eat, they eat each other. Not a happy thought, but it saves time and energy. No going hunting. Just find your nearest relative and chow down.

Cricket diets go way beyond plant matter and other insects. This is why you need to go into hunting-mode when you hear one inside your home. They will dine on leather, certain types of cloth, and paper. Your clothing is fair game, as well, including items made of silk, wool, cotton, rayon, fur and almost any kind of fabric known to man. Any food sitting out is also fair game because they will eat meat, fruits, and vegetables if they can access it.



What crickets eat.
House Crickets – These crickets prefer warmer climates and are often found outside around garbage cans. They do also like to get into your home through crevices and live behind baseboards. House crickets are attracted to light and often jump, crawl and fly sides of homes to get to roof sky lights. They eat wool, silk, rayon, nylon and wood. These crickets will bite you if they feel they are in danger when you try to handle them.

Field Crickets – Each female of this species will lay up to 400 eggs that hatch during the spring. These are agricultural pests to crops and later at the end of summer they become pests to building and houses. They will do a considerable amount of damage to rugs, furniture and clothing feeding on wood, nylon, rubber and leather.