>Why do they call it an earwig anyway?  It has no ears, it has no wig,
>what's earwig all about?
>
I recall stories from the school playground of earwigs crawling up pillows
and into ears - guaranteed to produce terrified shudders in 6 year olds.
 
If they are inside the hive it sounds like a very damp environment - is the
hive tilted forward to allow moisture to trickle out?
 
Earwigs are attracted to half open matchboxes filled with damp wood shavings
or rotten leaves - my organic gardening book recommends transferring the
catch to the branches of apple and pear trees where they can feed upon
codling moth larvae. They are useful scavengers in compost piles.
 
Betty McAdam
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