we have earwigs in our yard and they are a pain how can we control them or get rid of them?

Answer 1

good + bad
1- they can be a pest control and eat bad bugs like aphids
2- they may eat fruit tree leaves, etc
so unless you are noticing something bad in garden
leave alone
to quote;
A key element of an earwig management program is trapping. Scatter numerous traps throughout the yard. Traps can easily be hidden near shrubbery and ground cover plantings, or against fences. A low-sided can, such as a cat food or tuna fish can, with 1/2-inch of oil in the bottom makes an excellent trap. Fish oil (e.g., tuna fish oil) is very attractive to earwigs or vegetable oil with a drop of bacon grease can be used. Dump captured earwigs and refill cans with oil. Other common types of traps are a rolled-up newspaper, corrugated cardboard, bamboo tube, or short piece of hose. Place these traps on the soil near plants just before dark and shake accumulated earwigs out into a pail of soapy water in the morning. Continue these procedures every day until you are no longer catching earwigs.

Sanitation and Other Controls
Complement the trapping program by removing refuge sites for earwigs, such as ivy, weeds, piles of rubbish, or leaves. Never allow heavy ground cover such as ivy to grow near vegetable gardens. Watch out for mulches; they often harbor earwigs. Natural enemies, including toads, birds, and other predators, may play an important role in some gardens.

For fruit trees, keep weeds, brush, and suckers away from the base of trees throughout the year because they provide refuge for earwigs. Monitor populations with folded newspapers or burlap bags placed at the base of trees. On the lower trunks of older fruit trees, carefully scrape off all loose bark. Trunks can be treated with Tanglefoot, a sticky substance to prevent earwigs from climbing up the trunks to reach ripening stone fruit. Also, keeping fruit trees properly pruned, thinning heavy crops, and picking fruit as soon as it ripens will help keep earwigs from becoming pests. Remember that earwigs can be beneficial in trees when they are feeding on aphids, so keeping them out is not always recommended.

Answer 2

Roll damp newspapers into tubes and tie with string or rubber bands. Lay them around where the earwigs congregate and they'll go inside and you can pick up the newspaper tubes and dispose of them.

Repeat, repeat, repeat until the earwigs are under control.

Answer 3

yuk, I hate earwigs...I've not seen any in a long time but I use to have them at my house all the time. I hated them, they come with water so just try to keep things dry. Don't let water sit around your house in cups or anything and if you are outside don't let water get all over. I'm not sure what else to do.

Answer 4

Buy Diaznon from any hardware store. 10 pound bad usually covers 5,000 square feet. Apply in a lawn spreader.

Also use Ortho's "Home Defense" for in the house around windows, doors and in the basement. Once it dries it leaves a residual effect "mostly safe (nothing is 100% safe)" to pets and continues killing household pests for up to seven days.

Answer 5

Ouuu... DAMN but I hate those things. You could show the neighborhood kids how much fun it is to hear the scream they make when you set them on fire... then stand back and let the kiddies have their fun... just furnish the matches.

Answer 6

Reallly? Is there really such a thing? I always just thought it was a myth or a joke. Someone respond to this question who knows. Or are you just messin with me?

Answer 7

LILLY MILLER , EARWIG BAIT

Answer 8

use dish soap & water