Re: Earwigs

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• Subject: Re: [SG] Earwigs
• From: M* L*
• Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:41:01 -0600
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At 09:35 AM 8/18/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Every year I have extensive damage from Earwigs.  They can eat flowers off a
>plant overnight, and can scallop every leaf of a euonymus in a heartbeat.
>
>There are some cute folk remedies: hang a pot of straw upside down and burn
>the contents every couple days; put an 8" length of hose out and empty it
>into soapy water every couple days.
>
>Does anyone use these to success?  (I tried the straw thing and am not
>convinced it made a difference.)  Or have any more sure-fire ways to deal
>with this nasty bug?
>
>Thanks!
>Diann

Are you sure earwigs are scalloping euonymous leaves?  They've never done
that in my yard. Leaf cutter bees and black vine weevils do that in my part
of the world (Idaho).  Margaret L

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