Earwigs indoors?

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X-No-Archive:I've always known about earwigs, but in the last month or so I've beenfinding them everywhere inside. I have absolutely no why they'vemarched indoors, as they have never been indoors in these largenumbers before. Ever.A while ago I had a problem with moths in my pantry. When I startedusing the  Enviro Safe pantry moth trap found that it caught not only swarms of moths, but also lots ofearwigs and other bugs as well. When I last bought these traps, therewas only a couple of these traps per packet, and they were not at allcheap. I know yeast/beer lures slugs and snails like nothing on earth.Surely there must be something simple that lures earwigs. The stickytrap idea is very effective though. Any ideas?

Tim · Accepted Answer

There is, it is moisture and a dark hiding place. They prefer places such as mulch beds and will at times come out, it all depends on the weather.

If you could somehow make a moist place for them to hide you will probably capture a lot of them.

Gas Bag · Answer

X-No-Archive:I know that slugs and snails LOVE beer. I've also noticed that when Igo to cash in all my empty beer bottles and cans.....cockroaches seemto love the smell of stale beer as well, as there are tons of them inthe beer cartons. (getting off the track a bit here).I am trying to find out if earwigs are attracted to beer?

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