Call me dramatic, but there’s no other pest that strikes fear into my heart like a wriggling, wiggling mass of tent caterpillars.It’s not because of the damage they do to plants, but because their nest
How to Identify and Control Earwigs
06.06.2023 - 20:08 / gardenerspath.com / Sylvia Dekker
How to Identify and Control Earwigs in the Garden Forficula auriculariaMy siblings and I called them pincher bugs, and they were the only creepy crawlies I feared as a kid. To be honest, I still get squeamish when I find them hiding under the lids of my beehives.
As omnivores that will happily scavenge and snack on leaves, fruits, and other insects, earwigs can be both beneficial insects, and garden pests.
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While preying on insect larvae, slug eggs, and aphids, and eating decaying organic matter, they also chew holes in seedlings, lettuce, berries, stone fruits, and flowers including dahlias and zinnias.
What’s a gardener to do?
Learn how to control them in your garden in this guide.
Here’s what we’ll cover:
What Are Earwigs?The order Dermaptera, or “skin wings,” includes about 2,000 species of earwigs which are found worldwide.
About 22 of these live in the US, and the common or European earwig (Forficula auricularia) is likely the species you’ll find hiding in your garden. It will be the focus of this article.
F. auricularia is a shiny, dark reddish-brown insect with tan legs, and short tan-yellow wings.
The ringlegged earwig (Euborellia annulipes) is also widespread throughout North America, and it’s most common in the southern states. These don’t have wings, are more of a red color than the European species, and have yellow legs.
The tawny, shore, or striped earwig (Labidura riparia) is common in tropical to subtemperate regions and has a light tan color with two dark stripes down the pronotum (prothorax plate). It rarely feeds on plants, preferring to prey on other insects instead.
Of all of them, this species has
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