Q&A for How to Catch a Cricket Inside a Building

If you don't care if it dies, get sticky traps and food traps.

Listen for the chirping. Just keep following the sound until you find your cricket.

Most of them live in long, weedy grass. Try looking in open, grassy areas in bright sunlight. Sit down or get close to the grass and watch for a while. Also, try rustling the grass. It is likely that crickets will jump when you do this.

I recommend going after your cricket by buying a net at the dollar store and catch it back. If you are attached to your pet insect, you should gently pick it up by its metathorax and put it back into its container.