Re: CULT: Earwigs!


What do earwigs look like? I have some very small with bugs on my Iris that I have
never seen before & need to know what to use on them. They are very tiny & are down
in the fan where the stalks come up & clime the stalks, invading blooms.
Thank you ahead of time for any help.

Barney Lou Hillyard in coludy western Kentucky. zone 6

Bill Shear wrote:

> We're having a plague of earwigs.  They're everywhere.  So far no evident
> plant damage, but they are feeding greedily on any soft-rot spots and I
> suspect they could spread the soft-rot bacteria on their jaws.
>
> The real mess is that they are climbing stalks, invading blooms, and eating
> pollen!
>
> The wolf spiders are having a great time, bloating to capacity on fresh earwig.
>
> Bill Shear
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