Do they sound something like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg

Pest control professionals tell us that autumn is the high point of the annual cycle of cricket populations, and one of my sources indicated that cool damp weather is more conducive to high cricket populations.

A possibly unrelated fact is that male virgin crickets are more likely to produce a large hatch than their more experienced brethren, and it is the males that make the noise (they're calling the females). So if you have a lot of noisy virgins, watch out! Perhaps you can determine a way to lure the NJ virgin males over to NY? Maybe dress up some female NY crickets and leave a trail of them leading from NJ to NY?

Two species of birds that fed extensively on crickets, the Sparrow Hawk and Henslow's Sparrow were once common in New Jersey, and now are rare. You gotta figure that has an impact.

In any case, the first frost is supposed to kill them, but I notice that here in Michigan they tend to come inside when it gets cold outside. I suspect they are smarter that way then some of the neighbor hood humans.

My suggestion? Eat them like these deep fried crickets from Thailand.
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/26/56687845_398e82abcf.jpg
Source(s):
http://www.rmtermite.com/new-jersey-pest-control-seasonal.asp
http://web1.audubon.org/science/species/watchlist/profile.php?speciesCode=h...
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:dZ9eqyXR98cJ:theraptortrust.org/the-bir...
http://www.newjerseynewsroom.com/science-updates/enjoy-the-summer-sounds-of...
http://www.actionpestcontrol.com/new_jersey_crickets.htm
http://en.allexperts.com/q/Pest-Control-1500/crickets.htm

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