EARWIGS

[tim]

Holes in Aub & Pepper leaves - & fruit - more likely to be earwigs than slugs.

Set traps early on.

[tim]

[Svea]

i was always under the impression earwigs are good bugs, for something or other. any thoughts?

[tim]

Oh, & seal any 'inspection cut' that you may make in Sweetcorn cobs. The 'wigs'll be in like lightning!

[BAGGY]

Is it just me that calls them earywigs.  Is it a Kent thing or am I childish?

[tim]

No. No. No.

[fbgrifter]

earwigs are detrivores, they mainly eat decaying matter and therefore play a part in the nitrogen cycle.  they do however occaisonally nibble on living plant material.  they're like most people, good most of the time.

[Twospot Ladybird]

Is it just me that calls them earywigs.  Is it a Kent thing or am I childish?

We call them Earywigs up here too. I'm in Midlothian, Scotland.

[Mrs Ava]

My step daughter calls them 'AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'  :o :o :o

;D ;D

[jaggythistle]

  We call em clippinshears up here in East Lothian

[Carol]

Forkers or forkey taileys in Scottish Borders, think the latter is from Dundee, used to live there.

:D :D :D :D :D

[undercarriage plan]

My shed is full of earwigs, in every nook and crevice!! Was banging in nails to hang onions from, and with every blow, they were just falling out of the seams!!! Should I be worried? And should I do anything? Apart from scream.... Lottie  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

Get some nice big hairy spiders.

[undercarriage plan]

PLease no!! Not terribley good with them either!! Know they're goodies, but think I'd need a lorry load to get rid of earwigs I've got.  What I meant was, will they eat the shed??  Lottie ;D

[Vez1]

Forkers or forkey taileys in Scottish Borders, think the latter is from Dundee, used to live there.

:D :D :D :D :D

i live in Dundee and call them forkey taileys too.

[Carol]

Hi Vez.
Yes I lived up in Dundee for a number of years and thought that was where they called earwigs  'forkey taileys'

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[GREENWIZARD]

i thought earywigs were rather partial to dahlias.

My shed is full of earwigs, in every nook and crevice!!

~my shed's the same :o :o

[undercarriage plan]

Talk about timing EJ, my daughter sat eating bowl of raspberries from lottie while I reading this!!! Think she just found earwig :o............... screams still reverberating around house!! Lottie  ;D

[Val]

I haven't seen an earwig for years in the garden, at one time they used to be everywhere, think they must've died out here.or hiding very well.