{"id":18311,"date":"2017-05-17T15:15:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T14:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18311"},"modified":"2017-05-17T15:16:22","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T14:16:22","slug":"earwigs-forficula-auricularia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/earwigs-forficula-auricularia\/","title":{"rendered":"Earwigs &#8211; Forficula auricularia Problems &#038; Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Earwig O<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-18342 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/oorworm.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"345\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Earwigs look worse than the bites they take out of plants. Some years there may be large infestations.<\/p>\n<h3>Earwig Problems<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Whilst Clematis, Dahlia and Chrysanthemum plants may be a bit chewed\u00c2\u00a0 and ragged by an earwig they will not come to great harm unless you are growing show blooms.<\/li>\n<li>Larger infestations\u00c2\u00a0 can strip the soft green parts to a network of veins.<\/li>\n<li>Earwigs eat large irregular holes in the leaves and petals can be damaged by droppings.<\/li>\n<li>Earwigs feed their newly hatched young on aphids and other small insects.<\/li>\n<li>During the day earwigs hide amongst the petals. The leaves of Dahlias can be ravaged by<\/li>\n<li>Earwigs do not bite or spread disease.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Earwig Control<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>To catch these night feeders use a torch.<\/li>\n<li>The inverted plant pot on a cane method with the pot filled with straw or well crumpled newspaper will act as a trap. You can then collect the earwigs for destruction.<\/li>\n<li>Birds, frogs and toads that prey on earwigs will help reduce the population of earwigs and keep it under control.<\/li>\n<li>Chemical controls such as permethrin should be applied at dusk on warm evenings. Treat the leaves blooms and the\u00c2\u00a0 soil below the plants.<\/li>\n<li>Prevention by removing moisture and decaying vegetation will make conditions less hospitable for earwigs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earwig O Earwigs look worse than the bites they take out of plants. Some years there may be large infestations. Earwig Problems Whilst Clematis, Dahlia and Chrysanthemum plants may be a bit chewed\u00c2\u00a0 and ragged by an earwig they will not come to great harm unless you are growing show blooms. Larger infestations\u00c2\u00a0 can strip the soft green parts to a network of veins. Earwigs eat large irregular holes in the leaves and petals can be damaged by droppings. Earwigs&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/earwigs-forficula-auricularia\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20999,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18311\/revisions\/20999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}