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Earwigs Inside the House and Outside?
By Brenda Hyde
From Old Fashioned Tips
Just recently, since all the rain and such here in Alabama
we have seen a couple of earwigs in the kitchen...help! I've
heard that they breed as fast as roaches....we never had
any insect problems in our home and surely don't want the
earwigs to start " a family" in here now! Any suggestions
or help is greatly appreciated! ~Corkey in Bama
They shouldn't breed inside, so I wouldn't worry about that.
The earwigs are attracted to moisture, so that explains the
kitchen sightings. Eliminate any damp, moist spots like crawl
spaces, areas around faucets, around air-conditioning units
and along foundations. Use caulking, putty to seal openings
that should be closed permanently and weather stripping
around doors, windows, pipes and any other entry sites that
you locate. Outdoors you can trap them in rolled newspapers,
then dispose of them. Indoors, remove them by sweeping or
sucking them up with the vacuum. They are mostly outside, so
I wouldn't worry too much about an inside population!
READER'S TIPS
The best thing I have found for earwigs, is to mix up some soapy
water in a sprayer...this works better than the solution that my
husband bought at a local garden store....Karen Gobble
Another good tip for those nasty Earwigs is to leave a half filled can
of pop around. If the earwigs are in the garden, then bury the can in
the soil up to the rim. Those nasty little earwigs are attracted to the
sweet smell. They drown in the pop and that's the end of that! No
more earwigs! Doesn't matter what flavour the pop is, but I have heard
diet pop doesn't seem to work as well. ~Lor in Canada
About The Author
Brenda Hyde is a freelance writer living on ten acres in rural Michigan with her husband and three kids. She is also editor of StandBesideHer.com and has a family friendly blog, On the Front Porch.
Sheila "I am a Christian Woman, a stay home homemaker and a Mom.
My interests: I love to knit, crochet, sew, embrodiery, and quilt. I play the piano, read music, I write Chrisitan poems and writings. I collect teddy bears, angels, hearts and butterflies."
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