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Re: Control



Denise Leonard wrote:

> I have found earwigs in the petals and while I haven;t actually observed
> this happening, I am convinced that they can strip a plant clean of its
> leaves. I have ahd probelms with zinnias and this year something is
> getting the leaves (and petals) of my clematis, but leaving the stem. I
> assume it is either earwigs or slugs.  I have a bag of granular diazanon,
> I guess I'd better use it.
>

.They do chew flowers, very definitely.  I found one burrowed into a earwig
shaped hole in a lily bud last year, and had other buds that were cut out in the
same manner.  Whether they were eating the flowers or just living in them, the
end effect is the same.

Bob Campbell
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