Beautiful outside, annoying inside.

Crickets can drive you bonkers with their incessant chirping.

One cricket alone in your home is bad enough, but four or five can drive you mad. Luckily, it is easy to get rid of crickets.

• Keep your grass short and keep lawn debris and compost piles away from your foundation.
• Check the perimeter of your house for cracks and crevices where crickets may enter.
• Clean out your gutters and remove garbage regularly, and turn off or reduce bright lights outside your home during cricket season.

You can make your own cricket trap with a solution of water and molasses, and you can purchase bug sprays and poisons that will kill crickets.

Good luck in your valiant effort to get rid of crickets!