Get Rid of Earwigs

This may not eradicate your earwigs (also called pincher bugs) completely, but it is a fantastic way to control them if they start to get out of hand.

Steps

 * 1) Take a plastic disposable container (like one of those reusable soup/sandwich containers made by hefty or ziploc). Make sure it's one you don't want anymore because you will end up throwing it away in the end.
 * 2) Fill it with something the pincher bugs will love such as olive or vegetable oil about 2 inches deep.
 * 3) Place the container near where you see earwigs frequently.
 * 4) Wait overnight.
 * 5) In the morning, the containers should be filled with drowned bugs. You can either place the container in a plastic bag and throw it away, or add more oil if needed to catch more bugs.

Tips

 * Be sure to add oil if the bugs fill the container. You don't want new bugs crawling in and crawling right back out because there isn't enough oil to drown them.

Warnings

 * Don't place the container inside the house but outside where they seem to be coming in. The idea is that the oil attracts the pincher bugs: You don't want to attract more of them to the problem area and have them wander off around your house.

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