Camel or cave crickets are found mainly in cool, damp, and dark areas. Outdoors, they frequent the undersides of logs and flat stones. It is the search for this kind of environment that leads them to the basement and other dark areas of the house. Logs and flat stones with suitable organic matter for food near a house increase the likelihood of infestation. These insects are not attracted to lights.
Much less damage is done by cave or camel crickets than by field and house crickets.
Their diet consists of plant debris and they may also chew paper products. However, these crickets seldom chew fabrics. This text was extracted from the publication, MF-749.