[NatureNS] More Earwigian Tales

Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:11:26 -0400
From: Brian Dalzell <aythya@nb.sympatico.ca>
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I had three hanging strawberry plants on the side of a shed five feet off the ground in Moncton this summer.  The earwigs found them (don't ask me how) and ate all the strawberries from the inside out.  They were hollow except for a small hole where they ate their way in.  I moved the pots to the top of our deck rail six feet off the ground.  No good, I picked up a pot one morning and there were 100+ earwigs underneath.  They were everywhere inside the house too, even under my computer keyboard and in pots and pans inside cupboards.  I went to defrost our freezer, and the drainage tube was clogged with them (looking for water I guess).  I'm still finding them in the trunk of my car, where they likely fell out of some potted tomatoes.  Oh well, I guess it could be worse, at least we don't have to contend with cockroaches (not yet anyway).

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