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Just wondering if anyone here has a decent way of controlling earwigs on gb's.

i have them literally in the millions this year and have yet to find a control measure thats ap safe other than flooding my gb's and physical removal.

Any and all tips and tricks greatly appreciated.

Jarrod.

Perhaps a vacuum cleaner could be used? Use a suitable mesh filter on the nozzle, sized to let them through, but not your media.

Just make sure you dont let them near your ears!

Are u serious ? Sounds a tad rediculous to me..

Pictures!!!!!!Show me the earwig army!!! Show me your warzone! Show us!

A praying mantis army should do the trick if you have an army of earwigs in the millions!! then a couple hundred or a thousand man mantis army shall reap in the spoils of war that is your grow beds!

You need an army of lacewing larvae and an enlargement ray

For total annilation if you really want to get rid of all of them bring in the big guns and call in an army of african fire ants!! No Mercy! No Prisons!No survivors! Your problem of earwigs will be gone forever!! Total Domination!!

enlargement rays are so expensive now a days.. Not a cost effective way to win this war..

Remember my brethren there are millions of enemies we are facing against! we need to win but not bring our nations into a depression or loose millions of lives ourselfs in the process.. Think my brothers think!! Before it is too late.

Try a beer trap like you would for slugs. Or mix up your own, using yeast, flour, sugar and water.

Sooo making them drunk kills them?

Thanks for all the replies,

@ samrota, ill try the beer trap tonight. Will post results....

@ stuart chignell, where would one aquire said lacewing larve ?

@ onepower .... hmmm where do i start... ill take pics tonight, the army seeks cover during daylight hours.

I give you the most and best suggestions and you mention me last?

Preying mantis's are your best long term bet against the earwigs and other bugs and if you have aphids or other small bugs then I'd go with lady bugs.

But don't swarm your system with both at the same time because then you will have a turf war between the two over the earwigs.

But you can have not at same time just not too many.

Then you will have ww3 in your backyard

I started from the bottom and worked my way up, tis just the order, not personal

Ill look into the praying mantis, along with stuarts suggestion of lacewing larve, to be honest i havent seen a praying mantis in years, they seemed to become extinct here a few years back. Would be good to have a few around again, they were always facinating to watch.

I havnt any issues with aphid, just the darn earwigs and the odd swarm of 116 million sparrows which my son made the solution to that issue yesterday, see system thread.

Jarrod.