Hedge apples are a remedy for almost all critters!! For in your home, as said before, break them and keep them out of reach etc., but you can also toss them into your attic whole, and they will keep squirrels, mice all the little creatures including bugs (ew) out! They do not smell bad when they are in the attic( (I mean they don't give off that "rotten" smell you might expect), they just dry up on their own. Does anyone still have a problem with those camel crickets? They are so gross, and still showing up in our basement! I wouldn't dream of going down there barefoot since they do not have a normal cricket shell, they squash really easily! (Although I wouldn't want to step on e regular cricket barefoot either!