In Knox County and McHenry County, Illinois, there are earwigs rampant, galore, everywhere you look outdoors.
My daughter in south Georgia reports earwigs too. Has anyone else noticed more than usual? Why are they so abundant?
2007-08-09 07:05:04 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
Below is a link to a page introducing a couple of varieties of earwig. I think the one we are seeing in Illinois is the Euborellia annulipes, but I will have to take a closer look. Does anyone else know?
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2068.html
2007-08-09 07:19:50 · update #1
It seems that not only heat but moist weather encourages earwigs. Here's another link, this time from Iowa:
http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/iiin/earwis.html
2007-08-09 08:22:02 · update #2
I live ouside of Toronto and we are inundated with them. The little beggars only come out at night to do their evil deeds. I wouldn't mind so much but they eat the actual flower petals before they even have a chance to open. It must have something to do with the extreme heat wave we are experiencing. Winter doesn't have many benefits but not having insects around is one of them.
2007-08-09 07:18:37 · answer #1 · answered by Donna 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The number of earwigs is also on the rise in Wisconsin at my summer home while I was there last week. They are becoming more resistant to pesticides and bacteria due to the excess use of anit-bacterial soaps found in water runoff sources. If you have a large rabbit population, the numbers will decrease slightly. Also, if you coat the base of your tress with tar, they will not burrow into them. That is one of the only solutions aside from moving north to Canada.
I have a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of Alberta.
Dr. Mike Hammerhan Ph.D.
2007-08-09 07:36:51 · answer #2 · answered by Mike H 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yep, was a good year here too. Eliminate the plant debris, dryout the garden, they will move on. I was harvesting hollyhock seed yesterday at a hotel and got several earwigs in my hand when grabbed the seed capsule. That gets your attention!
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2016-12-15 10:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here in Ontario Canada we have a ton of them too.
It seems every few years there is an infestation of them,as last year we hardly noticed any.
Yes.they do all their damage at night.This is the first time I've ever had marigolds eaten and it was them alright.I usually plant marigolds to keep the bugs away!!!
I hat it when I remove my bbq cover and out they come.Gives me the creeps!!
2007-08-09 07:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by sonnyboy 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmmm yea. im out in fox lake and i believe its because its been so wet lately. Check wood outside. Earwigs love dead damp molding wood. Wodchips and mulch also. You can always try to kill them with pesticides.
2007-08-09 07:28:57 · answer #6 · answered by Loving Life! 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I haven't seen any more than previous years ...... yet! I'm in the fight with the ants again though. Never had so many ants in 11 years!
2007-08-09 11:23:47 · answer #7 · answered by noonecanne 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They like heat and moist places maybe its global warming.
2007-08-09 07:26:24 · answer #8 · answered by fortyninertu 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whats an earwig?
2007-08-09 07:08:48 · answer #9 · answered by ~*~ chiclets gum ~*~ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There have been a ton!!!
2007-08-09 07:13:04 · answer #10 · answered by K T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋