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I have extensive gardens around my home. I have planted loads of butterfly and hummingbird friendly/attractive plants, but the earwigs are shredding them!! I have a couple of sprays I could try, but I need something that won't kill my butterflies! Also our city is in the process of developing an anti-pesticide/heribicide by-law, so if anyone knows of a natural way to kill off the little buggers please share!!!
Dani
I just found this on the webiste from The University of Arizona, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. This is what they say "There are a few old gardeners techniques for reducing the earwig population in the yard. One consists of filling some cat food cans (they are especially attracted to fish oil) with a quarter inch of vegetable oil and placing them around the garden. Each day the cans are emptied of trapped earwigs and replaced until no more earwigs are found. Another trick includes placing pieces of corrugated cardboard that are taped at one end outside. The earwigs will crawl in, but will not be able to get out (because they cannot crawl backwards)."
I hope this helps,
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Ya know as soon as I read the one about the cardboard I remembered reading it before!!! I
HAVE to try that! My plants look more like lace than plants!!
<going out to hunt down card board and tape!!!>
Thanx!
