{"id":20998,"date":"2023-12-18T17:55:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T17:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=20998"},"modified":"2023-12-14T17:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T17:05:30","slug":"earwig-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/earwig-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Earwig Oh!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9893\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/earwig.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/earwig.jpg 640w, https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/earwig-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are a lot of earwigs around this year or so it seems. Typical in a year when I had decided to grow more dahlias than usual but I guess the earwigs must have known that and got on with early breeding.<\/p>\n<h3>Facts about Earwigs<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"e24Kjd\">Earwigs chew on live shoots, flowers or decaying vegetation and like damp secluded conditions.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"st\">In my garden they do most noticeable damage on Chrysanthemums and Dahlias.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Earwigs are attracted to lights when they move around at dusk and nighttime.<\/li>\n<li>Females lay between 30 and 50 small, round, translucent eggs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Some Control Tips<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Good housekeeping, dry areas and removing leaf litter restricts an earwigs desired living conditions<\/li>\n<li>Soapy water sprays or chemical formulas can reduce infestations<\/li>\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 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<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/earwigs-forficula-auricularia\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of earwigs around this year or so it seems. Typical in a year when I had decided to grow more dahlias than usual but I guess the earwigs must have known that and got on with early breeding. Facts about Earwigs Earwigs chew on live shoots, flowers or decaying vegetation and like damp secluded conditions. In my garden they do most noticeable damage on Chrysanthemums and Dahlias. Earwigs are attracted to lights when they move around&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/earwig-time\/\"> 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-20998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20998","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=20998"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21359,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20998\/revisions\/21359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}