Re: OT PESTS (earwigs)
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- Subject: Re: OT PESTS (earwigs)
- From: J* M* <m*@bcgrizzly.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:27:33 -0600 (MDT)
> We do have one pain in the neck pest that I haven't seen mentioned
> on the list...earwigs...they don't 'eat' that much but nest in the
> bearded and Siberians.
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And they are not strict vegetarians either. I have not seen them do enough
plant damage to get me very excited but there are ather reasons to avoid them.
A couple of years ago I was operating a tiller while wearing ear
protectors. One ear kept giving me an uncomortable signal and I would give
the ear muff a bang, thinking it was pinching my ear. After I found blood
dripping out of the ear muff, I checked inside and an earwig was grazing
along the edge of my ear flap. An appropriately named insect.
Since then I keep them out of my ear protectors.
Cheers
John Montgomery
monashee@bcgrizzly.com
Vernon BC Zone 5
