earwig control

[captainbovine]

we've had the flying ants which don't get on my nerves much but I have an altogether huge problem with earwigs....

any good way to get rid of them besides the pot on the cane idea?

[bitsnknots]

The only thing we can think of is a fly spray if they are indoors.  If they are outside, I'm sorry but I've no idea.  BTW, have you got dahlias growing in your garden?  If so, they attrach earwigs like nobody's business.

[dairyview123]

Do they like ant powder CB?

[malacandran]

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@bitsnknots wrote:

The only thing we can think of is a fly spray 

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Yes, one might think that fly-spray ought to be effective against all kinds of creepie-crawlies;

But it doesn't work against spiders.  I remember spraying a spider, until its whole body and legs were thickly-coated with the white glutinous foamy product of the fly-spray.  I was confident this would induce swift death in the arachnid.

Yet, contrary to expectations,  the spider refused to collapse and die in convulsions. It just stood still for a while, fiddling about with its legs, as if momentarily nonplussed. Then it walked rather stiffly away, in a manner than seemed stalwart, and almost contemptuous..

I was astonished!  Of course I could have simply crushed the creature, as it moved away. But I admired its tenacity too much.

The lesson is that fly-spray will kill flies, but not necessarily other arthropods such as spiders and earwigs. 

The earwig requires a dedicated spray. Has that yet been developed?

[stan3502]

Bleach and hot water ............................. ewwwwwwwwwwww creepy wigs

[captainbovine]

they're not in the house, thank the Lord, no and I don't grow dahlia's for the same reason, earwig magnets them.

They are everywhere in the garden, and I hate the divils, one bit me on the back of the leg the other day as it got up my trousers while I was gardening!!!!!

I think it's the old fashioned way...clay pot stuffed with straw on a cane....set fire to it every morning, no one can come up with a good deterant.

oooooh they give me the shivers......

[bitsnknots]

Must admit that I don't like the little blighters either.

[malacandran]

When you say that an earwig "got up your trousers and bit you"  could you expand on that please, as it seems implausible

[captainbovine]

wait until one bites you on the **bleep**, you'll soon know then......