cricket-like bugs that aren't crickets

:) A friend (who's reasonably bug-savvy in the first place) has some bugs :) in the basement of a house he's caretaking. :) :) They look somewhat like crickets, although the shells aren't as thick :) and defined. They also don't have any sort of wings. They have very :) long thin whip-like antennae. They congregate in large groups in cool :) dark places. They also seem to like to jump. The boddies are mottled :) brown (different shades of brown). They don't chirp or make any other :) 'noise'.

Probably Camel crickets

Lar. (to e-mail, get rid of the BUGS!!

It is said that the early bird gets the worm, but it is the second mouse that gets the cheese.

They are a type of water bug. They definitely like dark, cool, and damp places such as basements or crawl spaces. We have them under our house in the crawl space. Usually I find them on the walls and ceiling when we go under the house. They look very similar to crickets and can get very big - Yuck!

What do their legs look like?

Like cricket legs :). (M-shape from the body, with thicker sections at the part that connects to the body ('thighs') and slimmer 'calves').

Gwen