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Index of Subjects Earwigs seem to have a "naturalized " enemy here. A few years ago I was stripping some damp siding off my house, and spraying the hundreds of earwigs with soapy water as I went. When I went to my shed to get something and returned, a flock of House Sparrows flew from the house to a nearby tree. They didn't seem too frightened of me, which is unusual, and I realized why, since as soon as I moved away from the house, they'd fly in and feast on the earwigs. Since both are European visitors, could this be instinct? Billy I have been moving a bit of wood here in Wolfville, too, recently, and > there seem to > be more sowbugs or pillbugs than usual and no earwigs.Their absence does > not break my > heart. Unfortunately I suspect they are just on a "low" in their cycle and > will bounce back > with a vengence in a few years. Most insects seem to have quite pronounced > highs and > lows, population wise. I'm not sure whether anyone has studied these > cycles to see if they > can determine why they happen. JET >
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