hyssop jubilee leaves being eaten bugs that look like tiny scorpions?

Question

Hi everybody,

I bought Hyssop "Jubilee" last year for some friend's garden last year. We loved its perky green leaves, and its brilliant tall flowers. I left it to seed over winter, which it did splendedly.

I try to visit their garden once a week, and all seemed to be going well.

Today, I dropped off some castor bean plants, and took a two minute tour of the garden.

I noticed the Hyssop had a lot of brown spots on the leaves. I took a further look, and noticed some of the leaf skeleton showing. Upon turning the leaf over, I saw some baby bugs munching away (actually they dropped immediately to the ground).

I suspect it's what I call "earwigs".

Any ideas on how to proceed in correcting this early devastation? Or should I just leave em be? HELP!

Thanks for your thoughts and ideas.

Answer 1

Yea, I'd guess that you have earwigs. There is an easy way to get rid of them. Roll up some news paper and secure it with a rubber band or you could use a small section of rubber tubing or bamboo. Earwigs are nocturnal and need a place to sleep during the day so if you put the paper or tubes in the garden bed they will go in there to sleep and get out of the sun. Every evening shake them out into a pot of soapy water and discard. Keep doing this until you are no longer capturing earwigs.

This website should help:
http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn74102.html

Answer 2

try this website... i've had them in the past & can't rembr what i did to get rid of them.