Huge numbers of crickets have been springing up in homes , and on social media . `` Boom , you just go into a huge mating frenzy . '' Storm chaser Chris Smith became a swarm chaser after sending video to CNN International . Late - summer rainfall after long periods of dry weather may be to blame . Thousands of dead cricket ##s rotting smell for passersby .
Huge numbers of crickets have been springing up in homes , and on social media . Storm chaser Chris Smith became a swarm chaser after sending video to CNN International . Late - summer rainfall after long periods of dry weather may be to blame . Thousands of dead cricket ##s rotting smell for passersby .