How do you get rid of earwigs?

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  • Cheryl A Cheryl A on Jul 08, 2018

    Easy Ways to Get Rid of Earwigs - wikiHow

    1. https://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Earwigs

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    Steps. Spray a mixture of dish soap and water if you want to avoid pesticides. Make an alcohol-based insecticide spray to kill earwigs for fast results. Sprinkle boric acid powder to kill bugs in areas you can't reach. Make lighted earwig traps to kill earwigs outside at night. 11 Natural Home Remedies To Get Rid of Earwigs

    1. https://www.homeremedyhacks.com › Pest Hacks › Insects & Arachnids

    Dec 14, 2017 - If you have an earwig infestation or earwigs have entered your house, try out our natural home remedies to get rid of earwigs. Earwigs: How to Get Rid of Earwigs | The Old Farmer's Almanac

    1. https://www.almanac.com/pest/earwigs

    Lay one-foot sections of bamboo or garden hose in the beds between your plants. Check these “traps” each morning, and dump the earwigs into a bucket of soapy water. Spread petroleum jelly around the stems of your plants. Earwigs won't crawl over it.



    Sure hope these ideas I found for you will work...

  • Vimarhonor Vimarhonor on Jul 08, 2018

    I'd suggest you contact your local master gardener volunteers in your local cooperative extension. They have a PMG pest management guide that would have helpful solutions to offer.


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