Crickets are very popular for their peculiar song and for their constant sound making and without interruptions.

While some love it, others can’t stand it. However, most of them have it as an insect that announces good luck and its song is the warning that something is approaching.

In fact, its history dates back several thousand years when people even revered the cricket song.

Its history

In 500 BC, the history of the cricket dates back. A time when people revered the cricket’s song and many even kept it in cages, with the purpose of listening to its song every day.

In addition, crickets are valued as guard dogs and as natural clocks to measure the time of a good harvest.

In fact, they had a lot to do with Chinese, Japanese, and Native American culture. It was a symbol of good fortune, vitality and prosperity.

What crickets represent

Let’s remember that crickets lay thousands of eggs, so it coincides with Chinese popular belief. Precisely that having several children is a symbol of vitality and guaranteed success.

Even in ancient times the peasants began to prepare the fields for the spring harvests, but only after they had heard the song of a cricket.

According to Chinese and Japanese history, crickets were considered by them to be an excellent protection. Precisely its song indicates when something or someone is approaching, which is why European and Middle Eastern artisans carved amulets and talismans with images of crickets. They served precisely as protection and rejected evil spirits.

However, just as few can be seen, cricket invasions also occur in many places around the world. This was the case in Argentina, in the province of Córdoba.

Invasion of crickets

It often happens that there are times of the year when there may be an invasion of these insects, this is the case of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Just two years ago, “an invasion of crickets” took place that put the citizens of the place on alert.

Due to this fact, a member of the Environmental Forum of Córdoba declared that this massive presence of crickets is due to climatic factors. Certainly, the big culprits when this happens have to do with high temperatures and high humidity.

Of course, in this context and due to the climatic conditions, they served to favor the explosion of eggs and the appearance of more crickets.

While it is true that the situation is not dangerous, you always have to take some precautions at home. It happens that the natural predator of crickets is the scorpion. Therefore, if there are many inside a house, it can attract scorpions or other dangerous bugs or animals.

The state of alert has to do with that danger simply as it happened in Cordoba, but when we talk about crickets let’s remember the general millenary feeling is that it announces good luck and its song is the warning that something is approaching.