This is a terrible year for gardeners because of a proliferation of earwigs. They’ve turned potato leaves to lace in my gardens, and several readers have complained about them. Friend Pat Roloff, in ...

Earwigs can be a pest - and not just because of that scary old wives' tale that they will crawl into your ear and lay eggs (they won't!). However, earwigs also unfortunately eat ornamental and ...

Earwigs are beneficial insects that primarily consume dead plants and other insects, contributing to garden cleanliness. While earwigs can cause minor plant damage, their benefits generally outweigh ...

Disappointment only begins to describe my reaction when I checked my newly planted cucumber seedling and my two pony packs of zinnia seedlings. Nearly all the leaves were chewed and parts of the ...

and others) have always given me the creeps. As a child I believed that their rear-mounted pincers were dangerous to people. Actually, the pincers are used to manipulate food and during mating.

With the recent rains the yellow, brown and red leaves are forming a soggy mat on the ground under the trees, with a smooth and somewhat flexible top and a gummy and partially decayed underside. Turn ...

British author, naturalist and biologist Dave Goulson states that earwigs do not “have great press” and that it is very unlikely that an Earwig Preservation Trust will be formed for them. Indeed, ...

Something is out there eating the garden and it isn`t that person who sweated so mightily planting it this spring. Reports indicate that besides being a good growing season, this has been a good pest ...