Finding scaly cricket (1 Viewer)

Steve Babbs

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2018

• #1

I know it's some time off yet but has anyone had any success looking for scaly cricket at Chesil beach - or eslewhere - as I'm thinking of giving it a go this summer? Any tips appreciated.

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2018

• #2

Yes, overnight pit falls on seaward side of beach, high tide line down, baited with dog food!

Cheers, a

 

Steve Babbs

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2018

• #3

Cheers Alan

Are they along the whole length of the beach or is a particular bit better?

 

lewis20126

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2018

• #4

Just over from car park - i used plastic pint pots and dug them in at dusk; kipped in car; lots of fisherman around so hard not to attract attention.

Cheers, a

 

S

Swannery Steve

Well-known member

• Feb 21, 2018

• #5

Ferry bridge car park that is. They're not as far up as Abbotsbury. When I was tern wardening there many years ago now, we occasionally found them around the actual edge of the car park itself!

 

Steve Babbs

Well-known member

• Feb 23, 2018

• #6

Thanks guys

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Feb 23, 2018

• #7

I am used to finding crickets (scaly and otherwise) in California simply by turning over rocks across the suitable habitat. Perhaps this would be suitable at Chesil, if you can possibly find the exact part of the area that they live (I never could!). There was something else alongside the scaly crickets there that I could also not find, but I was looking for...A bristletail? Springtail? I can't remember.