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An individual earwig does not live long indoors. Earwigs can continue to enter buildings throughout the summer.
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Earwigs as a garden pest
Earwigs feed on a variety of vegetables and flowers and are active from late June to October.
- They chew irregular holes in leaves and flower blossoms of marigolds, dahlias, butterfly bush and hostas.
- They can attack corn silk and seedlings.
- Larger plants can tolerate this feeding.
- Large number of earwigs can damage or even kill seedlings and flowering plants.
- Earwig feeding may look like
