Earwigs & Other Common Landscaping Pests to Look Out For
Earwigs – a Common Pest in Orange County We have a love-hate relationship when it comes to earwigs. Under normal population growth, they snack on slugs, snails, and plant decay, which helps garden ecology flourish. But, after the rainy season or in cases where gardens are located in a shady, wet area, these landscaping pests can quickly get out of control. With a bunch of bitten foliage and chewed vegetables adding more hours in the garden, how can homeowners manage an earwig infestation? What other landscaping pests are pertinent in Orange County? Read on to find out! What Are Earwigs and How to Manage Them With terrifying pinchers and a shiny ...
Spring is coming! (Also Earwigs)
Don’t panic because despite what you might have heard, earwigs do not enter people’s ears while they sleep. The myth that these insects go into people’s ears and burrow into the brain to cause insanity is completely untrue but interestingly enough is how the insect got its name. The Earwig The Earwig (Latin name Order Dermaptera, meaning “skin winged”) is a blackish brown flat and thin insect ranging from ¼ to 1 inch in length. Earwigs have pinchers on their abdomens (which is why they are also known to some as pincher bugs) and the adults have 2 sets of wings on their thorax but even with those . . ...